Review: A Gem!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 26, 2012
I read a lot of romance books, and this little gem ranks on my short list of favorite novellas.  Although, I was actually surprised that it was longer than I expected.  There was adequate world-building, good character development, a nice helping of action and violence, humor, and let's not forget hot, steamy sex with a huge, powerful, hunky alien who turns into a snake (sort-of).  Oh, and there was generosity, self-sacrifice, and love.  There were a few typos, but overall it was fairly well edited, especially for this kind of book (and for the price).  I can't recommend this paranormal romance highly enough.SPOILER ALERT:  So, this paranormal romance starts in an alternate version of our world in which witches are generally powerful, rich, and spoiled, and vampires, ghouls, shapeshifters, and other paranormal things are commonplace.  Our heroine, however, is a trade witch, the lowest of the low, and a very poor witch, working hard as a witchy bounty hunter and part-time waitress.  Long story short, she winds up on an alien planet somehow with alien snake people, carted off by the hunky leader of the alien good-guys to have mind-blowing sex, then fighting the vampire-like bad guys while falling in love and having lots of alien sex while helping their people and discovering that she belongs.  There are a few scenes with DP involving some phantom-like phallus that is the "true self" of the hero- weird, but it works, since he's an alien snake-guy.  The club owner/boss who sent her to the room where she teleported to the alien world turns out to seem to be a god to the alien snake people, and they believe she is a gift he sent them to help them win against the vampires and reclaim their peace, etc.  This question isn't necessarily answered, but it plays a big part in the plot, and comes up in the end, as well.  END SPOILERThroughout this story, the hero is gentle and protective of the heroine (well, there's some biting, but no bondage or anything).  In fact, his race is unable to harm their women, and he "worships" her a lot.  Although there is some DP, it's all him.  He sort of shifts to be more snake-like, but he doesn't actually become the snake, his tattoo does, he just gets fangs and snake eyes, so all sex is (alien) man and woman.  There is a HEA, of course.  There is some death and violence, but overall, I'd definitely call this a light read.  I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!