Review: another sweet romance from Erik
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 5, 2013
I'm still amazed at the fact this series is written by a man. Not that men can't be sweet and romantic, but a man writing lesbian romance who has such a good attitude on the subject is a slightly rare find. I guess he is in good company with Geonn Cannon. I have read this entire 3 book series (thus far) this week and although IMO this one didn't have quite as much depth as the first one, Music of the Soul, it was on par with it in the sweet, romantic and light read category. I adore the characters in these books as they are people you wouldn't mind knowing in real life. I'm seeing a pattern in his characters as similar personality traits carry from book to book, but they are all just different enough to entertain without becoming redundant, from sweet, caring lead characters with good hearts and souls to their quirky best friends. I also enjoyed the second book in this series, A Deafening Whisper, but anyone paying attention will notice its the only one so far I haven't left feedback for. That's not because it wasn't a good story, but I was torn as to how to rate it. While it was good and had the same endearing characters, I don't read to invoke sadness and that story was a clusterf...of such.I enjoy reading late at night into the wee hours of morning when it's quiet and peaceful in my world so their are no interruptions and I can take my time absorbing the story with its every detail. I often rate a book by not only how enjoyable the story was and how well-written it was, but also by how the characters stick with me at the end, and hopefully into the following days. By reading late at night I can always tell when I'm really into the characters & story because I often find myself dreaming about them and writing out their continuing stories in my sleep or thinking about them when I first awake. While I doubt I will be thinking about them deep into coming weeks, they did star in my dreams that night after reading the first and third books. I'm pretty sure my brain shut down after the second book. As much as I loved the characters, my mind needed a recharge after that emotional roller coaster so there was no dreaming that night.Also, I noticed each story seems to have a few less editing mistakes. I'll look forward to the next one Erik and I know it's not logical for you to continue cranking them out as fast as you have been so far, I must say its been nice not waiting for a year or more in between books.I do have to ask about the fascination with lip gloss and how the lips of your protagonists in one way or another are often mentioned as sticking together or similar in your works. LOL, just a continuing observation. Have you kissed a lot of girls while you were wearing lip gloss or do you have lesbian friends feeding this info to you? Just kidding, don't answer that. I guess I'm a little too butch for gloss so I can neither confirm nor deny this claim, but had to laugh at the number of mentions it garnered throughout the series.