Review: AN AWKWARD REALIZATION
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 25, 2013
AN AWKWARD REALIZATION...I had signed up to be on a review team for Kallysten and picked "Awkward Holidays" as my choice if I came up in the queue as a reviewer.  Well, as I read it, I came to an awkward realization.  I REALLY am not fond of vampire stories.  This is one of those vampire stories where many of them are cruel to each other and vicious in manipulating mortals.  Add to that the awkward realization that this is actually part of a SERIAL and I had no clue about the first two books ( "WARD OF THE VAMPIRE" and "MY RELUCTANT WARDEN" ).  Yep.  Just awkward & I feel like a failure in my first outing on Kallysten's review team - ack!***Please note:  Spoilers below!You can read this as a standalone - but it'd be better NOT to do so.  I spent the first part of the novella thinking I was missing something (well, DUH - I WAS!) and then when it ended, all I could think was, "Whoa!".  The ending is ABRUPT.  I'm not sure how many of these novellas will comprise the whole serial, but if you are looking for a vampire romance, this is just barely it.  It is alluded that in prior books they had a mind fantasy, but this just felt like it was still part of a build-up to the actual story.  (And I won't bother you with my normal rant about how much I DETEST these serial books & wish the authors would just WRITE. THE. DAMN. BOOK.!!!)  There was a "romantica" scene in the book - but then, once again, she realized he was just doing a mind-f-ck on her.The writing & editing was fine, but I think I'd recommend waiting until at least the next one releases (in the hopes that the story has progressed!) and then reading all four in order.