Review: Slow Start to an Excellent Finish
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 5, 2014
I snagged this book after I checked out a sample on Amazon. Felicia Tatum pitched the title to me during my 12 days of Christmas party and I really got into it. Needless to say, I picked up a copy pretty quickly when I hit the last page and was left screaming, "Noooo! Not yet!" I read it in an hour or so and will now give you my review.From a Reader's Perspective:I liked the main characters, Korah and Dane. It was obvious each had their fair share of pain the in past, and a novella was the perfect way to introduce the two. Masked Encounters is a quick read with a lot of action and college-age angst between the sexes. There are a couple of graphic scenes that bordered on erotica but they never played out "just because." It seems the main characters needed the interactions to happen and the reader needed to see/feel exactly what was going on during the act(s). That being said, there's plenty of good stuff for a series starter and the characters are well developed for this to be a novella. I'll be checking out the other books in the series because I want to find out what happens between these two.From an Editor's Perspective:There are a couple of tense hops in the beginning of the story that left me scratching my head until I worked through them. Other than those, the editing was pretty good. I did find a couple of minor errors. Here's a funny one: ...I shared with Leela and Windi, I slid my shoes off hoping they wouldn't hear me enter. Again, this is a pronoun mix-up. They is referring to shoes, not the roommates like it should be.Rating:+1 Star for giving me a fast, interesting read that left me wanting more+1 Star for well developed characters despite the length of the book+1 Star for making me actually care what happened to the characters+1 Star for a great plot (so far)+.25 Stars for not writing "those" scenes just because-.75 Stars for the tense hops, making for a slow startOverall, 4.25 stars! A highly recommended read if you want to lounge and indulge in something that will read fast and hold your attention.