This series would simply have gone without ranking to my mm-not-for-me shelf, but then its author and a friend trolled into another reader's review... it wasn't a good play. ( )

The blurb definitely stands out and grabs your attention. And then sucks your brains out. If that's the way the whole story is written, it deserves a solid negative one star. Too bad there is no such rating available:(

However, I heard that the book was written by a paranormal creature. A zombie or an ogre or a troll or some such, which explains the foul language, disjointed sentences and body parts with strange inclinations (ie eyes, grabbing for straws)...

So, what the hell, I'll throw in a star for the poor dear trying to censor herself and keeping the nastiest nasties out while writing the book, not that it was a total success.

There you go!




Oh, look! Turned out to be 4/5 of a star. Well, have no choice but to round it up to 1.



Looking for a cup of bleach for my brainz.

One star for the blurb and the first chapters. ( )

I went and grabbed a sample of this book because of all the 'snublicity' (not my word- but the author's) that I saw on Goodreads and the author's Facebook page.

I am glad that I did so and did not rush out to purchase because although I do enjoy well written romance, this was not the case. The author relies too much on description. There should be a balance between showing and telling, the emphasis being on showing, but the author goes too far. Everything is a simile. Not for me. I give it one and a half stars for the exaggerated similes.

In addition, I leave you with this screenshot of the author's FB page and her post about me to let you know what you are potentially facing if you leave a less than enthusiastic review (which has been reported officially, and has been taken down):

http://s914.photobucket.com/user/arhturner1/media/LLEWELLYN2_zps28633550.png.htm...



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That fucking blurb. My eyes. ___

I read the first chapter of this, which the gracious author was kind enough to post on her Facebook page. Thank you! Too kind.

I hated it. The writing was terrible and trite. It was pretentious and wordy, just like the blurb. The plot, what I read of it, was boring and not engaging. My biggest gripe is the main character. Complete asshole.



I'm so glad I didn't waste any money on this book. ( )

Jangly uncomfortably written prose. ( )