Review: More of the same, in a different setting...
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 10, 2014
The two werewolves from the first book, who are now a couple, find themselves in another situation where they have to do another reality-TV-show-type-of-game in order to progress in their relationship/story.They're already a couple when we last left them and they remain a couple in this book. Thankfully it doesn't do that thing where the author needs to split the protagonists apart in order to make the plot interesting.All that being said, the plot isn't as interesting as the way that the story was written. What I mean is that: because the story is essentially the same as the first book, you can see how the author writes, how the story is structured, how the outline of this book and the number of pages per act is better in this book than in the last one. You essentially get a "how to write a good romance novel" book by comparing the 2 pieces.One of the things I noticed is: I honestly didn't pick up on the reality TV show theme of the first book until I read this one. Which isn't necessarily a good thing.It did help me review the first book by giving me a better perspective of it though. The original was a better book only because of the energy/excitement that it had, but was clearly an imbalanced one because it spent more time setting things up rather than getting into the thick of things. This book spends more time in the parts that matter, plot wise.The bad thing about this book is that it doesn't necessarily progress the romance. There isn't much relationship or character growth in this book. The characters are pretty much the exact same ones you start out with. You don't get anything new. They're just in a different location. Which isn't a bad thing, if you really liked them that way anyway.2 stars. Kind of disappointing, but well written. Get it, to dissect it, but wait for the third instalment before you continue this series (if there is one. As of this writing, there isn't one yet.).