Review: fun, sexy start to a new series. (no cliffhangers)
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 20, 2013
Breaking the Storm Sedona Venez.ARC supplied via Netgalley.I'd read the sample of this book and was hooked, and on starting the actual novel was convinced I'd hit a five star read. Sadly though it's not quite that.I loved the quality of the writing to begin with, felt invested in the characters and the plot and was hoping for more of the same. Then...met the aunts/mums of Storm and Light and we seemed to have pages and pages of what I can only describe as waffle, using them to tell us the background to the curse and the history of the Credence business, but we'd already grasped that, and these endless phone conversations and musings between the characters was just dull, added nothing IMO and I skipped in the end as I was bored...I think that section could have been left out and it dropped the previous high standard of the novel.Anyway once back on track the plot picked up with break-ins, flashbacks, mysteries from the past that affected the present and the conundrum of how to bring an old romance into the present. I loved Knox, but the hints about him were pretty obvious...and Storm gave in to him far too quickly I felt. She's a strong person, and would have put up more of a fight - cut that waffle with the aunts/mum and expand this part and I feel it would have read better - for me anyway :) I was puzzled by the sex part - first we are told that the Credence family can't have sex with humans, then Storm agrees to have sex with Knox, then we're told the Credence business doesn't let escorts have sex...but Storm plans sex with Knox...I was a bit confused by that. Still the sex scenes were hot, erotic, and sensual and fitted the tone of the book perfectly. I didn't guess the whole ending, though I had an inkling of some parts and overall I really enjoyed this book. Priced at 2.02 for 234 pages/426kb its good value on my VFM scale.Stars: four, almost a five and I'm looking forward to more from the Credence women.