Review: Hot forest guardians. ..
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 18, 2014
This copy provided by the author in exchange for an honest review3.5 starsI like Jessica Freely's writing style. She can really paint a picture with words. I love that.Now, I haven't read many books about Dryads (guardians of the forrest/tree people) and Naiads (guardians of the water/water sprites). So I was intrigued right from the start. Forrest is a lonely dryad who feels he can't protect his home. Lake is a naiad who is looking for a home after losing his years ago. Together these men are more powerful than they imagined. They face adversity in the form of Dennison, the evil Forestry service supervisor. A cast of wonderful secondary character had me laughing at their antics. The sex scenes were interesting (*cough tree erection). And there is a definite HEA, which I love. My only complaint was the lack of world building. I know this was a shorter story. Only a hundred pages or so. But I feel like with some more background information on the town folk and the area, it would have gone from good to great. I wonder how the town folk got to be the way they are (no spoilers) and why the area is so special to the Powers that Be.If she writes a book two in this world I will definitely read it.