Review: He may purr, purr, purr, but this hero's no soft kitty
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 27, 2013
The Lion and the Lamb isn't a perfect read, but it was easy and very sexy, with some sweet times and some hot times. The romance is quick and done shifter-style, but I really love that whole 'you're my mate and have to have you now.' That's sexy and fun for me.I enjoyed that the heroine is curvy, ample and thick. Tatum does have some body-image issues due to an abusive childhood, and mostly, I found her character sweet and likeable. I also liked that she's twenty-five and the hero is forty, and I really wish more had been made of this age difference. That's such a great age gap, so why not cause some friction with it?I thought the hero, Leo, was super fine. Tall, buff and golden, a lion shifter, he's bossy and demanding, possessive and protective. I really liked his character and that alpha edge to him. Leo loves Tatum's curves, and some of the things he says to her are really very sweet and romantic. He's gruff but sweet at the same time.The sex is really good in this one. Hot and erotic, kind of animalistic, growly and greedy, all pretty arousing to read. This hero certainly knows how to use that tongue of his; he likes to lick and bite. And good, hot sex with an alpha male is always appreciated by me.A few things that could use some work are the typos that did cause some confusion while I was reading. The story could use a re-edit of those issues and a clean-up of some grammatical errors as well. Also, I think there could have been more at the ending about the baddie. What was the fall-out after?But even with all that said, I did enjoy this story. I felt a good connection to Leo and Tatum, and the sex was hot and erotic. Of the JS books I've read, this one maybe feels the most complete to me, even with the issues I mentioned. Probably should take a star off for the editing, but I did like this more than 3 stars, so 4 stars it is. For me, it was fun and hot, an easy escape with a sexy lion on the prowl.