Review: Steamy erotica, but don't read this series out of order, you'll feel lost
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 23, 2013
Shameless Desire is a scorching hot sci-fi/paranormal erotica. It blends genres effortlessly, providing the reader with breath-taking excitement and lots of steaminess.The sex scenes were (numerous and) explosive, the writing was gripping and at times evocative:"He caught the woman's scent on the damp breeze. Earthy like the fragrance of the surrounding vegetation. Sensual with female musk and spices from this realm, some sweet, some warm...the same as he imagined her breath and skin.Those fragrances and danger had led him here."but Shameless Desire is Book #3 in a series and it can't really be read as a standalone. Not having read the previous books I was lost when all those secondary characters got mentioned or even appeared, and when past events were alluded to (Pleasure Palace, battle against the vampires, etc), which must have all taken place in Book #1 and #2.Kuma was a great hero: growling alpha hero oozing raw sexual charisma, whenever he was on scene he drove my pheromones wild. While Gwen was a headstrong and independent heroine, there were some parts of her character that irritated me: the way she ordered her cousin around without a simple please and how straight from lust she really quickly fell in love with Kuma.Verdict: Shameless Desire worked very well as a steamy sci-fi erotica, however I didn't really enjoy the mystery/urban fantasy element of the storyline not having read the previous books and not knwoing about the bigger picture of the story/series. I would also have enjoyed Shameless Desire better if Kuma and Gwen, got center stage and wouldn't had to share the screen time with Regina and Nikoli (a couple of a previous book who featured heavily here as well) and even Staci and Teeko (not really important secondary characters, whose romance was also included and described).Plot: 7/10Characters: 7/10Writing: 8/10Ending: 6/10 - the story isn't really concluded, it ends with a cliffhanger epilogue so the sory will continue in the next book(s)Cover: 8/10I give Shameless Desire 3 stars!