Review: Really liked this short story
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 29, 2012
I really liked this short story, although, like other reviewers, I think it would have made a great book, and I want to know more about Claudia and Luis' lives.  Maybe she will incorporate it in one of her other books.I prefer reading urban fantasy books, but also like paranormal romance(PR) ones.  The problem is there are a lot of bad and really bad PR books and writers.  Before reading Natural Evil, I just finished one of the not-really-bad but not-really-good PR books--I won't say the name.  I started reading the book and thought the writing was a little too cutesy, but it wasn't bad, and then the heroine does something with her supernatural powers that we the reader didn't know or had any hint she had.  Other plot consistencies followed.  I put the book down several times before finishing it and marking that author off my list of want-to-read more.With Natural Evil, Ms. Harrison works Claudia's skills into the narrative so that when she pulls some fantastic moves out in a fight, we're not really surprised.  The author also hints at other skills which makes me think she may bring the couple back.And the writing is so smooth that I found myself wrapped in the story without internal editor going "what?"  or "another typical sex scene" that PR writers are so guilty of.If you haven't read Ms. Harrison's book, Dragon Bound, please check it out.  I think it is my favorite PR story.  I didn't like her other books as well, but they were still worth reading.