Review: Great concept, OK book.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 3, 2013
2.5 starsAlthea is a gallery owner who always wanted to be an artist but never measured up. One day Steel, a handsome, dark stranger, enters her gallery and asks to rent her basement to work on his sculptures. Little does she know that Steel is about to change her life by revealing another side of her.I thought the concept behind the book was interesting with a unique take on your usual opposites attract story. However, I feel that the concept failed in its execution, focusing mainly on their sexual relationship and not enough on their romantic one. I loved Steel, but I didn't really connect to him because the glimpses I got of him were superficial at best. I wanted to know what really drove him and what his story was all about. Although Althea was developed throughout the story I truly did not feel that her development was real mainly because all these changes in her happened too fast.There are stories you start reading and immediately capture your attention. Although this was the case with Platinum in the beginning as the story progressed I lost my interest. I'm sorry to say that there was too much sex. Yes, I said it. Too much sex and only a couple of them really added to the story at all. Don't get me wrong, they were hot and on the kinky side and I loved them, but apparently I like a little story with my sex and Platinum did not deliver.Although the writing was very good and the characters were interesting together, I felt that their story was rushed. From what I gathered Althea and Steel had major issues with how to make a relationship work and I could not believe that their relationship would come by so smoothly. Especially since it was based mainly on sex.I really wanted to love this book, especially since I thought Steel was such a great character and the concept was so different, but it didn't reach its potential.I received this title from Carina Press through NetGalley in exchange of my honest opinion.