Review: Crossing the Line by Karla Doyle
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 27, 2013
I enjoy reading erotic ménage stories so I was excited to hear that author Karla Doyle was writing one! I've read several of Ms. Doyle's books and she has become an immediate go-to author for me. When I was given a review copy of Crossing the Line, Karla warned me upfront that this book was different than her other ones in that it's more of a darker and edgy contemporary romance. Hence, I went into Crossing the Line with this in mind.To be honest, I have mix feelings about this book. It was different than her other books, yes, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. The steam factor and sexiness were still present and I actually liked the darker elements, such as the angst, that Karla brought into Crossing the Line. Perhaps the biggest issue of mine with this book was that I couldn't connect well with the characters Hannah, Derrick and Jeremy. The characters' interactions felt a bit forced in my opinion and I just didn't feel the connection between them. In addition, the pacing of the story was a bit slow for my liking and for that it lost me at some parts. In fact, it actually took me a while to get into the story.I've read my fair share of ménage stories, but for some reason I just wasn't feeling the ménage in Crossing the Line. Something  was off about it although I can't really put my finger on what it is; Yet, I believe it's due to what I mentioned earlier about not feeling the connection between the main characters and so that just killed it for me.I did, however, enjoy the emotional aspects of this book. It did take me on quite an emotional ride especially when Derrick's demons came out to play. There were also moments in the book where it had me questioning and worrying if there was going to be infidelity involved...since that's something I do not tolerate in my books. Yet, rest assured that there is no cheating! I know that Karla would never go in that direction with her romance novels, but I seriously had no clue what direction this book was heading so kudos to Karla for keeping me on the edge of my seat guessing.As for the ending, it was rather nice. I personally would have preferred Derrick to grovel a bit more and really work for Hannah's forgiveness especially after his unlikeable behavior and doubts about her loyalty to him. Yet, that's just my two cents.Overall, Crossing the Line wasn't bad. It was well-edited and well formatted and I enjoyed the writing as usual. It just wasn't a story I connected well with along with its characters. Yet, I know that Karla Doyle has a great talent for writing engaging romance stories so this won't be my last book of hers. I'll be looking forward to many more stories from Karla Doyle in the future.*I received a review copy from the author in exchange for my honest opinion.