Review: Great reviews were misleading to me
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 08 23, 2012
The reviews I read were so good and I love this time period so I was excited to read this book. The story was ok with some good differences from the normal girl meets boy story. When they meet you can almost sense some compassion in Jax. Then as he is described as this heartless, horrific brutal murderer of women and babies (described in graphic disturbing detail) it becomes very hard to put him in "hero" status. As the book progresses, I lost all respect for a heroine that can so quickly fall in love with this beast and if you have any respect for the so called hero, you lose it when he so quickly becomes lap "pet" to her. She does a very good job developing Jax and trying to give some backround into why he is so brutal but no man with that kind of history changes to compassionate lap dog so fast. It had no hint of realism that I could believe in and not a single character that I could relate to, root for, or love. Some parts that started off dramatic had humorous lines at strange places that really ruined the mood of the moment. Saddam Hussein becomes Mrs. Doubtfire. I don't think so. Unlike some of the other reviewers I read, I will not be rushing off to buy more books by this author.