Review: I wish I could give 1/2 stars cause this is riding around the 2.5 mark
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 29, 2013
I don't think there was enough of Wolf's Haven. It read as a very condensed snippet from what could have been a larger work. There was very little narrative tension and what there was, was too easily resolved. I would have liked more pathos from all of the characters. A little more fall-out between past and present actions and more ramifications from the events that open the book. Considering how it opens, the female lead isn't nearly as damaged as I would have thought. The male lead also falls into his appointed "destiny" with little kicking and screaming considering his reticence throughout the book. Because the characters are so isolated for the majority of the story, I thought there would be more build up and more, well, just more tension between them. But everything generally goes real smooth. There's just not a lot of story here.The sex scenes when they finally happen are rather disconnected from the rest of the book in tone. It's a huge shift from the more romantic tone of majority of the book to something a lot more carnal. Not that it can't be done or that there's anything wrong with it, but tonally the language shift was jarring.The book was also very abruptly ended. Wasn't sure what to make of that. I'm a little curious about some of the other books in the series, so I may give one or two a try. The writing is competent and flows pretty well.