Review: Merlin Deserves More - Didn't Quite Deliver
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 24, 2013
I thought that maybe the reviews of this book were fake, they made it sound so bad, but after actually finishing the first book of this novel, I think a three star is just about right.The concept was intriguing, the cover art drew me in (love a hot torso!) but the book just didn't really deliver.  The first sex scene was somewhat titillating, minus the people chanting "It's all the same," which makes EVERYTHING SEEM BORING!  Ego immortality = hell?  Hmm...The scenes with Lanny were just too weird for me – he was ten years old, for God's sake!  I just can't get past the fact that it was pedophilia.  Not … good.  Isn't that against the terms of service?The first sex scene with Juliet was just … bizarre.  Jumping up and down three times?  Treble patty cake?  I think I understand it, however – I have actually experienced a form of non-verbal communication with a kindred soul, in a higher vibrational state of altered consciousness.  The recognition signal was, you guessed it, "clap three times."  I think if the author had moved that to an earlier meeting that it might have worked, but right in the middle of a lead up to sex?  It just didn't work there.The writing style just didn't give the fantastic nature of the events their due.  It was relayed in a kind of ho-hum manner that just felt flat.Slight turn on, with the last scene, but it was just a little too hard to really see it, and it seemed kind of a rush to the ending – "BUY THE NEXT BOOK."  I'm afraid not.  Not hooked yet.I hope this author will head back to the blackboard and sharpen this up.  I have a novel myself, and that's what we have to do sometimes.  My feedback, however, was, "Make it longer! We want more!"  But that's the beauty of e-books – it's very easy to incorporate feedback from your first run,, then all it takes is a couple of clicks and it's back up, better!