Review: Definitely like but not like her other writing
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 25, 2013
I always wondered which character was most like her, so I wasn't surprised to find out that she's Dana from A Humble Heart, with a mix of other characters.  Thanks for that insight into your life!Marty and Tristan have been in love with each other forever.  Literally.  The story starts out with what appears to be an abused child and as you read along, you find that Tristan wasn't abused so much as misunderstood.  Heartbreaking and the story of how Shayne finally came to rescue him, wow.  Until you find out Tristan's secret, he just seems to be an arrogant jerk.  But then you see glimpses of his heart when Marty remembers how he used to let her follow him around and just chatter and would stop doing whatever he was doing whenever Marty stopped talking.  In a million different ways over the years, he showed her he loved her...A lot of writers by this time become rather formulaic.  I mean, she does have her standard alpha male:  arrogant, confident, jerk to everyone he considers unimportant, which would be pretty much everyone, but loyal to either friends or family and really loyal to their soulmates.  Now her heroines?  They're all tough, self-reliant, mischievous and completely able to keep their men in line.  Her conversations are funny.  I love the dialog in these books.  I'd love to see these guys played by some unknown actor and actress and laugh my head off at their banter.  I read parts out loud to my non-romantic (romantic to me, but not into romance stories) husband.  We both laughed.And then, Ms. Mathewson goes and jerks the rug out from underneath me and I'm crying.  At 1:00am, because I couldn't put it down.  I actually went back and re-read that part to see if it were the writing or the late hour that made me cry.  It was the writing.  The ending was less supernatural than just plain practical.  No Deus ex machina here, just plain on common sense, outworks the curse.I cannot wait to read the other stories.  I want to hear their heartbreak at the curse.  I want to see how Shayne's butt gets kicked by his soulmate that he doesn't like, because unlike the others, he never met his soulmate before the curse came into effect and he could care less if she's been suffering for centuries like the others have.  I want to know that Tristan and Marty live happily ever after and if they have more children.Other than the guys being like NFH, this isn't a NFH, this is another series and another type of hero altogether.  It's worth the $2.99 price.  Anyone who's read a review of mine, knows that I gripe about price because I read so fast.  This one is definitely worth every penny.