Review: Sugar crash
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 9, 2011
I was all set to like or to love this story. I've read and have really enjoyed other Lissa Matthews' stories, but this story is missing something for me. First of all, it ends at 88%, and it ends abruptly, in my opinion. As far as conclusions go, this one seems more like a big question mark. I even went to the next page, expecting more to be there, asking myself, is that it?It ends with really no firm HEA and no I love you. Now, if I'm not getting the I love you exchange between h/H, I definitely need for it to be implied, for the message to be intended by every other act or word leading to the ending. I need to have read the story so far with a clear idea of where both lead characters stand in the relationship. This relationship consisted of a one night stand, a meeting where h confronts H about his tendency to run away from anything meaningful or serious, and then one last night of sex. That's it. That's all they had.Of course I've read books with as little going on, but in those books I at least got strong emotion, conflicted feelings acted out, words depicting depth of love or wanting; I at least came away knowing what both characters meant to each other. Here, with this story, I can't tell you if they will stay together, if they love each other, if they need each other for more than just sexual gratification.It seems to me that h has found her strong, make-her-crawl Dom, and H has found his complete submissive, one who is a natural at it, in and out of bed. Other than that, what else can I tell you about them as a couple? I really don't know. That's how shallowly they are sketched out to me. These two characters have no distinct purpose and no strong motivation at all. They are almost like cardboard cut-outs, just nothing behind them but emptiness.This story had some hot scenes, but have I read hotter? Yes, and I've definitely read scenes with more depth of emotion. This is what's lacking to me: these love/sex scenes needed more meaning attached to them. Without showing me and letting me feel the connection between h/H, the author leaves me hanging, leaves me expecting more, wondering how things will be with these two down the road. In the very last paragraph, H tells h, 'You're more than just a f*** to me.' Oh wow, thanks for clearing that up.For me, this wasn't a fulfilling or satisfying read. You might get a brief sugar high from the sex, but you'll be let down and wishing you'd had something with a bit more substance to it instead.