Review: Good but not Great = 3.5 stars
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 19, 2014
I feel  a little sad because this is the 3rd book written by Kristen Ashley that I'm giving a 3 star rating to; (Knight and Law Man were the other two); its really 3.5 but I don't know how to do that given you have to click on the star icons on Amazon and there's no way to give it 1/2 star.So, I saw that many of the reviewers liken this series to the Colorado Mountain series, which I love - I decided to read the Burg series because the 4th book in that series, Jagged, features a character who appears in the For You book - Reece. So, there are definitely some similarities between the Burg and the Colorado Mountain series that I like: older female heroine with a cool name - February;  hot older alpha male who is tender, cherishes the woman he loves, speaks in short sentences (this is sexy in a book but would piss me off in real life), bossy but not super domineering; the hero in this book - Colt (another cool name) knows when to be bossy and knows when to back down, and hot, romantic sex. What I LOVE about Ashley's heroes is that they are bossy and super protective of the women they love but they treat the women with respect and DON'T TREAT THEM LIKE CHILDREN.  I also love that she puts just the right amount of love scenes in her book; so many erotic romantic authors saturate their books with sex, so that after a while it becomes almost boring.  What I also LOVE about her books is she manages to make sex both HOT and ROMANTIC.  This book also had suspense - a deluded psychotic killer who goes around killing people February used to be involved with and/or that he thinks hurt her.  Colt is the hero who eventually rescues February and they have their HEA.So, what's not to like?  Well, I really thought the book was too long - 100 pages could have been cut and it would have been fine.  Ms Ashley typically does have longer books (which I actually like), but this story seemed to drag on too long; its always a bad sign when you start skipping ahead.  Also, we know the identity of the killer pretty early, so in that sense, most of the suspense was over 1/2 thru the book.  Ms. Ashley is also known for her detailed descriptions, particularly for scenery but again, was a little too much.  So, if the book had been shorter and little less descriptive, I would have given it 4 stars.  Still worth reading, but not as good as the books in the Colorado Mountain series. I think my favorite series from her is Dream Man and I would suggest people definitely read that series if you have not already done so.  I'm still a huge KA fan, I do plan to read the next book in the Burg series, because even KA's "OK" books are better than most of the erotic romance novels out there.