Review: Atrocious writing. Best selling author? By whose standards?
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 08 5, 2013
Lola is half witch, she lives with her human father since her parents divorced. Lola wants to live in the human world and help the humans with her powers. Her full witch mother needed to be in the magickal community. Lola works for a publishing house and goes on a business dinner that turns out to be with her mother. Lola has been told that she will find and bring to the Council, a warlock who is unaware of his powers. The Magickal Council has commanded it. She finds Marcus near New Orleans, arrives at his mansion in the evening. It's storming and he invites her in. He's been dreaming about her. They talk for hours, he provides a suite for her since it's flooding on the way back to New Orleans where her hotel is.They spend the next day together, she wonders aloud if she'll get home for her birthday on Halloween (next day). When it becomes apparent she won't, Marcus' cook/housekeeper makes a special meal for her birthday. Later they kiss and they move it upstairs. SPOILER ALERT: When they have sex their past lives are revealed to them and they realize why they felt like they knew each other.Somewhat interesting story concept but so poorly executed I only finished it because I couldn't believe how bad the writing was. The writer is certainly not a native English speaker, the use of tense and phrases is wrong and awkward:"The room was enormous. It has a lovely four-poster bed and sitting..." This mixing of tenses happened ALL the time, so it wasn't a typo once or twice."'Really, huh?' She could not believe someone who looked like him could be an introvert. 'Let's see how it would pan out then.'""He laid her on his bed and her hands pulled at his sweater so they could not part, so they could continue kissing."Much of the phrasing was like that, a few other passages seemed stolen, from other authors perhaps, they were smooth and felt completely out of place. Thank goodness it was free and short.