Review: Misleading summary
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 11, 2012
When I was offered a free review copy of this book I was excited by the promises made in the summary - a man out of time fighting for survival with only his wits, and a beautiful partner to assist him. It definitely sounded like a book I would enjoy.Unfortunately, my hopes were dashed when I discovered that my two assumptions about this book were false.Assumption number one? That this was a book! In actuality, this is a short story that barely even reaches novella length. By the end of chapter 2 my kindle was showing 28% completion and the story has a preview of another story tacked on at the end!Assumption number two? That I would be reading a science fiction story. In reality, this is a soft core harlequin romance story with some light sci-fi elements. Over 50% of the story deals with sex. This is a shame because the writing, while not genius, is fairly solid and the plot holds a lot of promise. However, so much time is spent on sex and instantly falling in love that the plot gets short shrift and just when things get really interesting the story suddenly ends with no warning.This story reads like a preview of a full length novel. Having said that, I have to admit that if the author would elaborate on the plot and turn this into a real novel, removing all of the sex for a slow burn romance, I would read it.In short, this story has the seeds of being something great but squanders them.