Review: Not Recommended
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 10 10, 2013
Incomplete. That's the only word that comes to mind when I think of this novella.Julia's character seems like a nice girl, a decent main character, but the author doesn't really end up showing us much when it comes to her motivations. She tells instead - Julia felt this, Julia felt that. It leaves the character of Julia a bit flat and not easy to relate to. Damien is much the same, though I walked away feeling a bit more attached to him than to Julia.The story itself also just never quite moved me to where it should have. There wasn't enough explanation behind things the arc cut off abruptly, and characters acted in ways that simply didn't fit any sort of expected behavior. For example, and this definitely counts as a spoiler, when Julia finally accepts Damien as her mate (which, by the way, her rage over him being `engaged' disappears like magic - *poof* no more rage - another inconsistency) they end up having naughty naughty times out in the woods. Julia, assumedly, tells Damien she's a virgin ("I've never..." but then nothing more). Still, he takes her right there on the floor of the woods, doggy-style of course, and then starts a little breath-play action. That's just not...expected. He lied to her, shifted in front of her without letting her know he could (albeit because some random wolf came out of the woods), and had yet to actually come out and say he would end his engagement to be with her, yet she puts her life in his hands to let him get his rocks off.Sure...okay.Overall I can only give this one two stars - sadly, it's just not worth the $2.99 price tag attached to this 89 page novella. The plot needed fleshing out, the stopping point more of a chapter end than the end of the story, and the characters just didn't jump off the page. They didn't even bounce on their toes. I am going to read the second of this series (because it's already on my Nook) but I doubt I'll be reading more after that