Review: Fun Journey!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 26, 2014
What a fun series!Masked Encounters: Masked Encounters was a great introduction to this series of short stories. Korah and Dane are both broken, dealing with their personal experiences in diametrically opposite ways. Korah guards her heart, while Dane pretends his does not exist. Of course, until their chance encounter.There is something fundamentally sexy about meeting a stranger at a masquerade ball, and Tatum takes that several steps further with a very seductive, and unexpected, encounter between the two leads. It left me a bit breathless, and certainly eager for the next installment!Great read!Unveiled Ties: Felicia really knows how to build the right amount of suspense, and story. So far, each of these shorts has given the reader just enough to tease, and want more. Korah and Dane are both fully fleshed characters, each with their own demons. This isn't just your average boy-meets-girl story, full of tropes. Both characters have much to learn before this series ends. Can't wait to see where she takes it!Daring Dane: As this series moves forward, the story of Dane and Korah as a couple, but also as individuals, unravels in new and interesting ways. Their personalities come out like the peeled layers of an onion, with the suspense building in just the right intervals. Despite that Dane has issues, I find him to be intriguing, and likable. And some revelations about Korah in this one explain her personality better as well, making her seem less meek and more full of appropriate fear. I’m not sure where this story is going, but I’m really enjoying the journey Tatum is taking us on so far.Pursuing Korah: The story of Dane and Korah took a much more serious turn in Pursuing Korah, the penultimate Intoxicating Passion novelette. Where before, both were trying to figure out their feelings, and their footing, now they are forced into a situation that will either bring them closer together, or eliminate all chances of a future. I enjoyed most of all getting to hear Dane’s internal struggles with understanding where his feelings were going, and realizing that while it scared him, he wasn’t going to let go. Sad that this series is ending soon, but looking forward to the final chapter!Unexpected Consequences: Dane and Korah both have their demons, and their baggage. Throughout the novellas we've come to understand there that darkness comes from, as they both struggle to overcome and find their way to salvation through each other. This was a very satisfying conclusion to Tatum's Intoxicating Passion series.