Review: More like pursuing the werewolf,however that is how the werewolf pursued her.....
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 16, 2013
First let me say that I love Selena Blake's books and have read almost every single one.I have really loved the Mystic Isle collection and read each one the day it came out and didn't go to bed till I finished them.When I know she has one coming out,I get excited because I know Im going to cuddle up to a good book.Now don't misunderstand me,this is a good story and flows well and quickly,however out of the 4 in the series Im sad to say its the weakest. The sexy steam that I associate with her books just wasn't there this time.The sexiest part really was a dream she had,the night they met they made a deal to only be with each other for the 3 days they will be on the paranormal Mystic Isle.However,the ride up the elevator to his room was hot,but once they get in the room we know the action has happened and was enjoyable but none of it was described,it kinda faded to black like the romance books did 15 years ago,this was definetly not erotica by any stretch.Anyway,Hunter knows she is her mate but he also knows that something bad happened in her past so he develops a plan where he makes it so she has to chase him and there are a couple of hot kisses but that is it. This takes up the majority of the book although its a lot of fun to see all the charectors from the previous 3 books who are there to plan Shade and Izzy 's wedding.Then at chapter 16 suddenly out of nowhere the book changes over to a possible romance between Cal the hot bartender who is apparently bi-sexual and Rosanne who is Charles Lathams assistant.We find out that both Rosanne and Cal are both in love with Thane the head of security and that there is a vampire named Maxim arriving at the island whom I assume is the love interest for Valerie,the vampire who taught our Avery about how to be a vampire and we find out why she is afraid to have a permenant relationship with Hunter or any man.Or in this case werewolf lol. Then the book goes back to our story after the 2 chapters that fit no where in the book.I was startled because this is not the kind of mistake that Selena's books make and it made me wonder if she had a deadline and put the book together quickly in order to get it out in time.If you are on the fence on getting this book,I would say yes get it because there is going to be further books in the Mystic Isle series and the hints we get in this book will help to understand the next book.All the books can be read as stand -alones because they all have their hea at the end of each book,but they are much better if you read all starting with Fangs and Mistletoe.This is also the tamest book without her usual erotic feeling and descriptions in her other books,but the love story is really sweet,so I can overlook it in one book,though I hope that the next one goes back to her usual erotic steaminess that is usually in her books.So to wrap it up,this was not her best book,but it is the only one that I felt dissapointed in ,however I would still strongly recommend it and eagerly look forward to her next book and hope that it will return to her usual writing style as this one was a little unusual for her but hey,everbody can't be perfect every time and considering how much I love her other books,I am going to consider this an anonomaly  and will continue to buy her books in the future.Although I always give her books a 5 star rating this is the first and hopefully only one that I give 3 stars to for the confusion of chapter 16 and for the lack of her usual erotic steaminess (although she writes classy erotica,not smut,and it is always romantic) Hopefully this will be the only time I ever have to give her only 3 stars because that was difficult for me to do as I love her writing,but don't let that rating put you off,I explained above why this is the only book I have ever given any of her books anything less than 5 stars.