Review: Unexpectedly sweet short story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 7, 2012
Amulet is a really nice story told from the POV of an 18 year old boy in his senior year of high school. I like the fact that even with the magical amulet (which should be black on the cover, not blue), Jason never uses its power of making him invisible for malicious purposes. In fact, he uses it to save Samantha from a horrible fate. While I don't remember girls' language to be quite as graphic as the dialogues in the locker rooms, it was not surprising -- or offensive -- in a book that is considered erotica. Frankly, I don't understand the reviewers who gave the story a low rating because they were offended by the sex scenes. I thought the writing of the story was quite good and the editing mistakes were minor and did not take away from the flow of the story. The dialogues gave the characters three-dimensional personalities and the imagery was well done, especially the hostage scenes. I enjoyed reading Amulet and would definitely recommend it to anyone who wants to read a sweet love story which includes graphic sex.