Review: Not so great
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 1, 2014
Charlotte is one of those books I started to read as soon as I got a copy and I was hoping to love. However, there were so many things going wrong that instead of enjoying the reading I felt like an obligation to finish the book.One of the reasons I was so eager to read this book was the interactive part. I used to love interactive books because you can choose where the character goes and you get the opportunity of reading a lot of different endings, in this case 11. I know many have complained about some technical issues with the ebook and they are right. More than once when you click a choice you end up in a place with no relation to the previous chapter. Maybe it is something the publishers-editors can fix easily. For me this wasn’t the biggest problem or even an issue to be concerned about.Mainly my problem was: the characters. None of them was likeable (in any of the different paths you could choose). Charlotte is a woman who doesn’t know about her magical side and once on the cruise she discovers a new world where fantastical creatures are real. She goes from shy to a crazy queen, or crying like a baby because this new reality is too much. I felt like there wasn’t much development of the characters and it was hard to really understand them. Now about the men, Ivor was annoying or an awful person, there were no ending who showed a side of Ivor that I like. This alpha wolf is so full of himself that is disgusting. Then we have Ryder, the vampire, ok maybe he is the only one I can like a little. He has a vulnerability that is cute at times but he never fully seems like a likeable character.The other thing I had problems with were the finales; to say that I enjoyed more the sad ones than the happy endings has to mean something. There were a few that were cruel and really terrible but I liked them because they sounded believable. Now, the ones where Charlotte ends up in a good place were ok but not great.Now, this is supposed to be an adult erotic read so it has sexual content. Some scenes were good, they had the perfect temperature and were described in a good way. The rhythm was natural and the passion flowed naturally. But then again, there were scenes with no sexual chemistry and the action occurred only because it was supposed to happen.*** I received an ecopy from the publisher in exchange of an honest review. ***