Review: Finding Love when the World around you is Collapsing
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 20, 2011
Plot:1. When an EMP (Electro-Magnetic Pulse) wipes out all electrical devices in the US, chaos reins. It will be years before a stable government and economy can return. Until then it's Survival.2. Julia, Arden and Ben have only each other to rely on. When love blooms between all three they do the only thing they can - accept it and work and love together for a better future.Comments:- Contemporary post-apocalypse menage erotica.- 4550 kindle locations, 59,696 words.- m/f and m/f/m - explicit, loving, occasionally Dominant. Not overly frequent. No m/m. Aiming for committed threesome.- The book starts immediately after the EMP went off. We are watching the results of the apocalypse, as they unfold and as the first year passes. The best and the worst of people. And we think about the sorts of things that are actually important and necessary; How do you make soap? Where do you get salt (iodine!) and sugar from? Little things like these show Ms Ryan has done some research, thought about how it affects her characters, and cares about the World she is developing.- More books? While this story is happily complete for our heroes, there are a few stories left untold. Whether John returns to them remains to be seen, but it would certainly be interesting to see what happened to John and Laura, Ann, and even the Sargeant from the prison.Opinion:"Saved by One, Shared by Two" is very story driven with explicit sex and a loving HEA. It's an excellent post-apocalypse plot, very moving, very intense in places. It has a lengthy timeline (over a year) which allows us to see the relationships develop, the seasons pass, and our heroes settle into their new life. The menage is wonderfully organic and certainly understandable for the circumstances. And the apocalypse scenario is well-explored; it is integral to the plot and our characters. We understand how it affects people, which is why I hope it is further explored in future books.Aside:Also recently released with very similar premise,Belonging to Themby Marla Monroe.-CR-