Review: readers are in for an intriguing and engaging start and steamy sex scenes thereafter
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 19, 2013
If the writer's goal is to get her readers' interests outright even if those readers haven't read the preliminary books of this series, she is a raving success.  This book starts with Adair, a secondary character who has lustful designs on the newly vested King of the magical world, Marcus Swan.  This is bad because Marcus has just recently married the heroine Lola Ravensworth.Adair is seen talking to an evil being.  And as this evil being was introduced in the same Chapter, I get the feeling that he is the bringer of the main conflict to the soul mates.  This character was successfully shrouded in mystery.  Sandra only gave the readers his thoughts which are pure evil but she never drop his name or who he really is.  If you are like me who read the book and stumble on this page, you would surely want to know what will happen next.As I go on reading the next chapters, I think it all became a blur, probably, because this book is just part of a bigger story.  I also think that since the setting of this book is time of their honeymoon, this is the steamiest and sexiest part of the series - so hot that it can actually turn a reader on.  But somehow, through the cloudy vapours of the hot sex scenes, the story is moving forward.  Only in this book, I must say that it is moving `slightly' forward.  I wish the writer put more actions in this story as the premise is interesting for a sub-story.The presented conflict of Marcus forgetting Lola seemed to be very important but is dealt with in the story in a very short time.  Ms. Ross could have prolonged this dilemma a little longer and make the story more interesting.  I can only guess that the conflict is just a supporting problem to the main conflict that is why she did not focus so much on that part.  Or that because they are soul mates, they will eventually remember each other no matter what other people do to keep them apart so why even bother think of keeping them apart for so long?Another point, I do not want to become mean especially to those whose names or nicknames are the same as the female heroine but I am not sure if `Lola' is an applicable name to a character like hers.  She is set to become the Queen of the magical world and I don't think "Queen Lola" is right to the ear.  My opinion and this is subjective, that this story employed a classical plot and theme.  I think it can transcend through time.  Several generations will read this book and they will appreciate it just the way I do.  The writer should have thought of a more classical name, something that will never go out of style.  Lola to me just don't sound like royalty, a teen-age drama queen ala Lindsay Lohan may be, but not a real deal Queen of magic.I like Sandra Ross.  She strives to write intriguing and engaging stories all the time.  This book is not in any way different to her style.  Sadly, this is not the best of her work but as I said, the plot is intriguing, and the beginning of this book is already engaging.  Enough said, I'd still want to read the rest of Marcus and Lola's story.