Review: A Bit Lukewarm For Me
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 22, 2014
This is the first book I've read by Sue Lyndon. I just don't think the writing style is for me. I felt I was being told a story instead of experiencing it. I would have preferred a deeper point of view.The Hero:  I really enjoy an alpha hero but this alpha came out with a mew... instead of a roar. I has hopeful things were about to get interesting when he snarls and pushing her against a wall but everything fizzed from there. Within a couple chapters he is putty in the heroine's hands. *Snore* He is the commander of the alien military. His wife and children were killed by humans, but he seems to forget all of this the moment he meets the heroine. I found it odd that other than some spanking he is very sensitive and considerate of Betsy's needs.The Heroine: She is way too accepting of being this man's slave. This alien's race has attacked her home planet. She has been convicted of crimes she didn't commit and sold as a slave. Where are the sparks between the two of them?  There is very little conflict between the two, except regarding where she sleeps. Oh, and he wants to know her name.I don't feel the H had a unique voice separate from the h either. There was a line where he actually said "Fear twisted his insides as he imagined the terrible things the scoundrel was doing to Betsy." I just don't picture the commander of an alien race saying "scoundrel". Especially when he should be enraged that she is in danger. This character just didn't ring true for me.The two sex scenes in this book were great but strange considering the tone of the rest of the book. It felt a bit... insert hot sex here.... One minute were they using the word pervert and scoundrel and then the sex scene is hard core p**sy and c**k.This was an odd read for me. All the pieces were in place for a really great story but it just never quite got there.