Review: Enjoyable, great read!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 10 21, 2013
CLAIMING TARA is set in a unique world. It's a futuristic setting but has a very historical feel with their culture and values.There are two different factions of people that this story focused on--the Runners and the Gothman. Tara's a Runner; her people move around and don't stay in one place too long. They're a group of warriors, both the men and the women. Tara was in her Age of Searching and was going through a time of self-awareness. During this searching, she went to Gothman.In Gothman, women were considered submissive and are treated as such.  A woman could be claimed (married) by a man without her consent or even knowledge, for that matter. Tara was a very strong heroine, so you can imagine how she felt about all that.As soon as Lord Darius, the Gothman's leader, met Tara, he wanted her. He saw a strong woman, someone who was different, who didn't willingly throw herself at his feet and he saw the value in that. Darius is your typical alpha male. He saw Tara, wanted Tara and that was that. He was going to have her. She did fight him on this a little bit, but she was such a feisty character that I would have liked to see this come through during their little mating dance. She gave in to him a little too easily for my tastes. Especially since Runners and Gothman are considered enemies, this could have made for a lot of fun banter and shenanigans.Darius had some major faults and made some major mistakes, but he was true to his culture, so I was able to accept this about him. Mostly. I always find it fascinating when such a hero can still be made likeable and is someone I ended up rooting for.This was an enjoyable story. There was romance, action and adventure. What I especially loved was the world building and the atmosphere that was created by the author. It was something different and made for an interesting read.Reviewed by Breannfor TheRomanceReviews.com