Review: What to do when your flatmate and his sexy brothers want to share you...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 20, 2012
Plot:The second time Jayden saves Violet from Bruce, he and his brothers are forced to change her. Now they have to find just the right time to tell her a) she's a Bear Shifter, and b) she has three mates. Life's never going to be the same again.Comments:- Contemporary paranormal (shape shifting) romance with explicit ménage sex.- 2669 kindle locations, 34,290 words- 1f with 1, 2 or 3m - generous, caring, forceful, dominant. Some mild bdsm (erotic spanking, anal, Dominant Males). No m/m (brothers). Aiming for a committed foursome.- Big Brother Declan made an appearance inSuddenly Wolf, Too. He is Louise's childhood friend.Opinion:Abby Blake's "The Suddenly ..." series are very easy paranormal erotic reads. Basically, our heroine suffers some great misfortune that results in her Men changing her. The rest of the book seems to be spent in bed or coming to terms with The Change. Nothing too difficult, entirely relationship driven. And, you know, that's okay. I like Ms Blake's style, I find her books eminently readable, and the characterisations are clever, interesting and hot.That said, "Suddenly Bear" is not favourite of her books. The actual turning is a little clunky, not as cleanly done as for the wolves. Perhaps this is because instead of a nice easy bite to the neck, we need an over-abundance of "healing magic". It's just not as sexy. I'm not particularly enamoured with Violet, and I feel we are missing relationship conflict in the hurry to get another good bonking happen.Part of me kept seeing this through an alternative synopsis: Poor waitress finally succumbs to the passion between herself and her wealthy flatmate. After a Hot Night, his brother arrives and declares "my brothers and I want to share you". So she does him too. And gets to know the third brother with the intent of going for all three. So she's easy, manipulated, a sex toy, a diversion. Different view of the same scenario.And that confused poor little me. I kept really liking Jayden and his brothers. But I wanted The Talk. And I wanted Violet to be, well, tougher. But still it's A Good Book and I'm glad I read it.3.5 stars rounded up. The sex really is hot. And at the end of the day, it's better than average.-CR-