Review: Not as good as the first in the series.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 2, 2014
Redemption is the story about Ayanna and Jonathan that we met in Release, the first book in the Iris series by Rebecca Lynn. I was looking forward to reading this since I enjoyed Release so much. This is a stand-alone and not a continued story from the first book, but I highly recommend you read Release before you read Redemption. One, because it is a better book and Two, there is a spoiler in Redemption for how the first book ends. I thought Redemption was OK, but definitely not as good as the first in the series and will not be on my re-read shelf. I loved the story of Ryann and Jeremy in the first book. I felt like there was a good balance of sweetness, romance, and suspense. In Redemption, I felt like we lost some of this balance. The "suspense" was minimal and over quickly. I enjoyed the build-up to Ayanna and Jonathan's relationship, but once they were together, I felt like the story stalled out. There was minimal conversations and plot and just steamy scene after steamy scene. I like an erotic romance as much as anyone, but I feel like that was all we got after that point. Once they became a couple, there was no more plot. The writing was done very well and there were minimal editing errors, but, in my opinion, the second half of the book could have been condensed into one chapter where you get their HEA. I did enjoy the glimpses of Ryann and Jeremy that we got and we do get to know other friends and family members better in this book, I am assuming this is to set us up for the future books in this series. Will I read the next one? At this moment in time, I am unsure if I will.