Review: Home-Run! hot Hero, Inventive Story! Can't Wait For More!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 5, 2013
Update, more detailed review (from another site):I admit, I am a total sucker for books where two people - or one person and one monster/beast ;) - are alternately fighting and surrendering to a deep attraction for one another. The see-saw is a fun ride.I never know how much of a blow-by-blow plot account to put in reviews, so I'll just say basically Kiryn is caught trying to steal a golden idol and is punished by being forced to work at a ranch collecting 'essence of minotaur'. Yup, she's a fluffer with a bucket for the big finish. Nice work if you can get it. She's rescued from being molested by one of the minotaur by their leader, Rogan. She's already had a pretty steamy fantasy about him as he helped capture her, while he bluntly tells her he's not interested and is just trying to keep the peace on the ranch. He demonstrates otherwise later on, and so the slow boil begins. Which I LOVE!Sometimes in these stories you kind of rush along to the good stuff, but I found the time spent in Kiryn's head as she mused over her situation to be well-spent. It didn't feel like a lot of pointless exposition...the dreaded 'info dump.' Some really good stories are killed by this.Artez does another thing really well -- she delays gratification. We get right up to the precipice with Kiryn and Rogan, and BOOM! Our couple is separated once more and we have to wait to see if they'll finally come together. (yeah, I meant it exactly like that! lol) And in this story the payoff is excellent.There are readers who don't care for cliffhangers, but I think, well, for sure in this case for me anyway, that when you really like the characters it's a bit of a groaner because you want to know what happens next because you care, not because you feel the author decided "Yeah, I'm done."'The Minotaur's Mate' finishes with a really good "Uh-oh!" moment regarding the impending arrival of a mysterious character known as the Baroness.I can't wait to see what happens next!