Review: Honey: Not So Sweet
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 17, 2014
-----HONEY: NOT SO SWEET-----TITLE: Honey For Her BearAUTHOR: Lynn RichardsMALE LEAD:  DerekFEMALE LEAD: HoneySERIES: NoSTORYLINE:  Derek is a bear-shifter running from a miserable past.  Honey knows if she can get through his defenses, they can have the HEA she wants…but Derek wants nothing to do with.  Throw in a couple troublemaking kids and a wannabe suitor and you got yourself a story.--GRADING (scale 1 – 10, with 1 being horrid and 10 being HEA material)--Likability (Male): 8.  Maybe a 9. Actually I liked him, despite his resistance to a long-term relationship.  I especially liked the conversations with his bear and ribald talk.Likability (Female): Maybe a 6.  I appreciate the fact that she wanted to break through his defenses, but I felt like she disrespected his wishes.  SPOILER: Though the scene following them having sex, I’m sure was meant differently.  I appreciated what he said.  She had no right to go all boo-hoo-hooey on him because he didn’t fall into her plan of a cuddly good time in which he would declare undying love for her.  She never once re-thought her plan.  She never once wondered if she was pushing him too far.  She wanted him.  What he wanted, didn’t matter in the least.Hot Factor between Leads: 4. Didn’t feel it. Felt it more with him due to his self-talk and some ribald talk with her.  There was one sex scene that lasted about 1 paragraph it seemed like.  I’m sure there was an orgasm involved, but I’m not sure.  And another seen where he got her off in a truck, but really no hot scenes.Hot Factors between Secondary Characters: There was none.LIKELIEHOOD OF THE SERIES CONTINUING:  Not that I can forsee.WHAT I LIKED ABOUT HE BOOK:  Derek’s hotness and self-talk with his bear.  And the price.  The author.  This is the only book of hers I haven't liked.  It won't deter me in any way from buying anything else she writes.WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE ABOUT THE BOOK:  Honey.  The name and the person.  She was just annoying.  And the lack of sex.  The description should have clearly said this wasn’t any type of an erotic novel…but the author hasn’t always written what I would call erotic novels…but they were spicier...some very much so.  I think what made this just hoo-hum, was there was no chemistry between them.KEEP or REFUND: At the price, it’s worth it to keep.GRADE:   books out of 5ReaderGurlReviews: 1421