Review: lovely moments of storytelling, but the misses in this book were too great
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 06 27, 2013
This novella started with a clever concept, and one that I hadn't encountered in a shifter story before.  Being a science geek, I really enjoyed the author's tie in of theobromine poisoning from chocolate being the one thing that both drew and deterred Roco in his romancing Briony.Unfortunately, there were only moments of that unique story contained in these pages: long passages of infodump, several characters introduced without a real defined purpose and an overall lack of character development in more than a cursory way that none were particularly empathetic or interesting.The blurb states that this is a reworked and expanded short story: while that may be true in length, the integral elements that created the world, made characters believable and built the tension into moments that drew me in and wanted a solution were missing, sadly.  McBride has some lovely moments of storytelling: the skill is apparent, and the story is unique with characters that are unique in this genre, but the misses in this book were too great for me to be interested in further exploration of this story.I received an eBook from the publisher via NetGalley for purpose of honest review. I was not compensated for this review: all conclusions are my own responsibility.