Review: Review: Desire, by Marina Anderson
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 20, 2013
Being that the description of this book makes reference to authors like E.L. James and Sylvia Day, I almost didn't want to touch this one. There aren't many things that'll turn me off from a book as much as taking two "huge" names in a given genre, and throwing it as an attention grabber in a description. Despite this, I was intrigued by the part of the description that was actually about the book, and I'm glad I did.From reading enough excerpts of Fifty Shades, I'm confident in saying that this book is not comparable to that series. Anderson has a very well written and well thought out story to it. There's not much to this part of the full story, but the author was able to get a good start to the development of the characters and what the overall story will be.The main female character, Grace, is set up nicely and I liked that she's a strong woman, but has a softer side that plays well with the male lead, David. I have a feeling that as I read more parts of The Dining Club series that these characters will only become more complex, as will the story.My only real complaint about this is simple: It's part one of (so far I can see) eight. It's not a story one or book one. It's just part one, and it ends with you wanting more. This isn't normally an issue for me, as for the most part this does wrap up the conflict of this section, but it also cuts off at a point just before more action will start. I'll probably be reading part two in the next day or so because of the urge to keep going, but I have a feeling that I'd rather have had this as one complete collection instead of as a serial novel.