Review: What could have been....
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 25, 2014
Dom Wars- Round One by Lucian Bane was not exactly what I hoped it was. Now, I often don't get what I expect with books and that isn't always a bad thing. I read several reviews on this series over the course of the last couple months and after much him-hawing around I decided to give it a go. Well, here is my brutally honest opinion. It is both as good as the best review and as terrible as the worst review I read.Confused? Let me clear that up for you.The editing and formatting of this book is subpar at best. I rarely, if ever, mention formatting. Being a blogger I read a ton of books that are mid-edit, pre-formatted messes... I give leeway because they aren't complete, aren't uploaded, and frankly I didn't spend my money on them. This book, it's been out for months... I paid for it... it was bad enough on the formatting side that I had to reread sentences sometimes whole pages because there was a POV swap and I didn't realize it and that changed the context of what I had just read as well as the "voice" of the characters. Not to mention a serious lack of quotations that made it difficult to know if one was "thinking" or "speaking" in the scene. I would say hot mess describes it best.The storyline...  so here is where some of the "best" reviewers got it right. There are moments in this storyline that are brilliant. There are some quotes that I highlighted (amazon wouldn't allow them to be posted in this review because Lucian has a bit of a filthy mouth) that are fairly epic. I liked the premise of this book... I think that it has some serious potential. As a rough draft I would say this book is amazing  as a published work? It's just meh.All that sounds terrible right? You ask, three stars whore? Yeah, three stars and here is why... even though it was poorly executed and confusing at times it has enough potential that I want to know what happens with Lucian and Tara. Will this book stick with me for days? Nope. I just finished it and had to look up Tara's name because I already forgot her... but because of what could have been... THREE STARS for storyline and on my smut scale I will give it THREE wet panties.Review by the Head Whore at Mommy's a Book Whore.