Review: I feel like I've read this before.....
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 28, 2013
After reading Kristen Ashley's "Jagged", I swore to myself that that was the last book I'll ever read from her! I just didn't feel that book stood up against her other much loved novels. But a blogger I've been following mentioned that she just read "Golden Dynasty" and loved it! She was gushing about how great the characters were and loved the storyline of travelling through a parallel universe. So from that recommendation, I bought "Golden Dynasty" and loved it! And based on how much I loved the characters there, I bought the latest installment of her Fantasyland Series, "Broken Dove".  I must say I am so disappointed in this book. It seems that her newest books never quite measure up to her classics. I thought the main character, Ilsa (a.k.a Maddie) was really annoying. She's like every heroine in every Kristen Ashley book.  And the hero, Apollo, is the same alpha-male in all of her books, just switch their names. And as for the intimate moments, it's all the same including the dialogue! Just change the names the characters call each other.I didn't feel the sexual tension and angst that I enjoy when reading a Kristen Ashley story. In this story, Apollo's wife, Ilsa dies, but he finds out that she has a twin in a parrallel universe. He misses his wife so much that he goes to our timeline and saves our Ilsa (a.k.a Maddie) and brings her to his world. But then leaves her alone for four months! Then we read how Maddie bonds with Apollo's men, who are her protectors, but then nothing happens after that! Those characters disappear and she's reunited with Apollo and within a day or so, they're in bed together and he's asking her to move in with him after only being together for a week!If you'd like to read something from Kristen Ashley's Fantasyland Series, read The Golden Dynasty. Circe is a very independant heroine who knows what she wants. I've tried reading the other books in the Fantasyland Series, but they didn't capture my interest like Golden Dynasty. Save yourself and read that book instead.