Review: an interesting paranormal romance story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 12, 2013
This is a very interesting read.The story starts with Hollianne Talbot having a heated discussion with her landlord who was threatening to throw her away to the street due for not paying her rent.  This discussion caught the attention of the mysterious Erik Angell.  In the course of the story, it is clear that there is an attraction between the two.  For Erik it was when he saw her dejectedly standing outside her home after her landlord threatened to throw her out.  For Hollianne, it was when she first saw him when he came to his penthouse for a job interview.By the next narratives in the story, my interest was picked.  There were words like `he didn't see something like this in humans everyday.'  Since prior to reading the story, I know that what I'm going to read is a paranormal romance.  But I was asking myself, why would he term humans as `humans'?  What specie would he be?  How different would he be from humans?  As I read on, I learned why he did so and who he really is and that made the story all the more interesting.  The writer applied little hints and clues regarding the story's twist and potential conflict.I say potential because the story is just a first of what seemed to be a continuing story.  But if the writer's intention is to get the reader's attention, I think Sandra Ross successfully achieved this.  I am hooked and I will definitely look out for the continuation of the book.The premise as I said is an interesting read.  Sandra Ross's writing style in this story is quite effective in a way that she can get the readers' attention even from the first page.  She was able to create characters that do not live in the pages of her book but instead, make them live in the readers' minds like as if they are real human beings.  Hollianne is in a tight fit and she got my sympathy.  Erik Angell sought her out to help her and he got my admiration.  This does not include Erik's charming, mystery sex appeal even though he has an attitude that is explained later on.I also like that this time, description of characters comes from the point of view of the opposite character - the description of Hollianne comes from Erik's point of view and Erik's physical picture comes from Hollianne's point of view.  I think this is more effective as I can feel the attraction between the two just by describing each other alone.My only worry for this is that will the writer be able to sustain my interest?  Will it be able to deliver in the succeeding books the promise that I see in it in this book?  I also wish, Ms. Ross uses dialogues that are more natural although there are only just a few parts in here that seemed not natural to me.  Most parts are okay, though.Regardless, this book is certainly something to look out for.  This already has my attention and I am looking forward to the next books that contains the continuation of Hollianne and Erik's story.