Review: disappointing - spoilers ahead
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 3, 2012
Spoilers aheadI really liked the start of this story,  the idea that people would voluntarily sell themselves as bond servants,  the idea of who would buy them,  all these rich juicy motivations.  I liked Jason's quiet resolve and Devin's tempered curiosity and how neither really knew how to handle the situation.  So the first third was very good. Then a few things started to niggle,  things were moving awfully fast and I thought to myself, I'll just pretend that this book takes place over 6 months rather than 3 weeks...  but the last third of this book just blew it out of the water for me,  it shifted from intriguing erotic romance to silly adventures story where the wounded hero leaves his hospital bed to rescue his true love,  and the action was both distracting and unnecessary.  There was enough plot and tension without resorting to it and I just sighed.  I got this free as a prime member but I'm returning it,  it just didn't work at all for me.  I think it had the potential to be something quite wonderful but went way off track and became something rather silly instead.I read it to the end,  so that's an automatic 3 stars for me,  but I don't think it's a keeper nor will I reread.  Shame,  because it could have really been something...