Review: Pure Escapist Fun for Women
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 25, 2013
This is a series of books intended for women. There is a smorgasbord of hunky, heroic AND sensitive men for the heroine to choose from. The main love interest doesn't start out as quite civilized, but he comes around. There is an abundance of descriptive detail, including many items of clothing that the heroine shops for. And of course, the heroine is super-strong, smart and nice. I am all for a smart, strong, sweet protagonist, but needed things (besides the shopping) to be a little more realistic. There is also not as much action or plot as I would like. However, there are some creative details and action scenes. I thought the beginning, with the heroine arriving in a bloody mess through an inter-dimensional portal was intriguing, and at first thought the book might combine the paranormal romance with a comic book twisty plot. The names were corny: Chaos, Angel Storm, and so on; but that could work for a comic book type story.  But these kinds of names are often used in paranormal romance, too, which is what this is. I enjoyed the unusual, and improbable, slaying of one vampire, and there were other amusing and creative scenes. This is an enjoyable paranormal romance, though it wasn't exactly my cup of tea. Each book concerns the romance of a different knight and heroine, but the second and third books also continue the story of the previous characters. There is sexual language and are some explicit scenes, especially in the second book. I received this as a free copy in order to review it. Update: I changed my review from 3 to 4 stars after much thought. I was at 3.5 stars originally, but gave it 3. For me 3 stars means it wasn't hard to finish, but I don't want to read more. 4 stars means I want more; 5 stars means I want more and will definitely re-read. But these were well-written, and this is a terrific deal for 3 books.