annen's reviews
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re-read.

There was my first zombie, werewolf story and I honestly don't know how it rates compared to whatever else is out there, that's why I am not rating it.
I can't say that I was thrilled by it, I tend to want to stick to things that are likely to happen so I found parts of this book ridiculous.
The only reason I read it was because it's a Keira Andrews book and I was hoping for a book similar to what she usually writes in the non -paranormal books but I was a little disappointed that she failed to deliver the sexual and emotional tension that she does so well. I guess there was too much else going on to build up that part of the story.

I really liked this one, I loved Levi's family even with all the issues they had with coming to accept him.
I had a really had a hard time with the subject matter concerning Jamie.
Levi was someone that was hard to take at the beginning but he came around eventually and was really loving and sweet to Jamie that I forgot all his previous bad behaviour.
I am officially a fan of Marie Sexton's stories.

Marie Sexton writes well that's for sure. There was something missing with this one for me this time though.
For some reason Angelo had mannerisms and behaviours of a teenager even though he was 27.
Their relationship felt rushed from Zach's cluelessness to love almost instantly.
All the complications were not properly explored. There were quick fixes towards the end.
Good read all the same.

I really loved this one, it does the GFY sub-genre quite well with the slow build up from friends forced into close quarters with each other to attraction and finally to lovers.
There was questioning from both Trace and David about whether or not the friendship would survive if it transformed to a sexual relationship.
Trace didn't lose much sleep on his attraction to a man but that was explained in a way that made it not seem strange or unbelievable.
Most of the tension was in them not knowing that the other one also felt the attraction but that was the beauty of the story, the build-up was based on the little touches and how they intensified the feelings.
These two had great chemistry, the writing really brought up every emotion and how it strengthened their attraction and reinforced their friendship.
I was a little annoyed by the use of certain description like using "the blond", "food critic" etc in place of names.
I still don't know what the title of this book has to do with the story because no one got away, before, during or after the story.
Overall this is a great book.

This was a sweet, angst free and humorous read. I like how Merrow told this story, I liked the "terrible twins" they were mischievous and lively, I liked Rose and directness, I can't say that there was much written about Sean for me to feel strongly about, I think this was more about Robert and his small drastic move from an affluent life to teaching little kids in a small village than it was about romance between him and Sean. I think I knew more about Rose than Sean.
Still I liked the romance moments when they occurred, the sex scenes were quite limited and not too detailed which is okay seeing as it was a lovely story anyway.
After a few books by an author you begin to notice a pattern even when the stories seem so different, for Merrow, there is always an absentee father.

This one is really short, it was fun and a very slow burn.
I can't say that I loved Luke all the time but he was interesting.

This book was alright, it was a light,sweet romance but nothing particularly memorable in it.
The writing is good, the story flows well enough and both MCs are likeable.
I noted some strange inconsistencies like the author didn't remember all the details of the book eg

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How is it that David can't shower in his house because of the problem with the sewer line but he uses the toilet and kitchen sink without a problem? or how is it that David needed to drive Jackson to the hospital because it would be an issue getting his mom in his truck but his mom had a Mercedes sedan that could have done the job? I mean Jackson's brother made quite a stink about how Jackson was going to deal with it, I kept wondering why his mother didn't have a car. Also how come all these rich men are working blue collar jobs that don't seem to pay much? Gil's family is loaded but he is a painter. Michael is next in line for the head of department but he is David's assistant not a second in command.

It was a nice book though.

I expected to love this book, it has very high ratings but I just couldn't get into the story enough to even like it.
First of all I really didn't want to read the details of Michael's work, I understand that it was part of his character but once he met and started to fall for James it was a turn off to see him engaging in sexual activities with other people no matter how noble it was supposed to be, it was worse that James was unaware of it. I know nothing about sex surrogacy but to me having sex with other people without the consent of your partner is cheating, the fact that James had to apologise for being hurt by Michael's deception really annoyed me.
Secondly I didn't care much for the excerpts from James' books, there is something about writers writing about writers that puts me off, when reading such books it sort of makes me withdraw from the story to the reality that this is a novel, it's not happening and I start imagining the author just sitting there making up these other characters within the book, it completely distracts me from the book.
Thirdly, the blatant ethnocentricity. The way the author described India was a little offensive to me and I am not Indian. She even implies that James' mother taking him there was irresponsible, as if India is an inhabitable place where everyone contracts polio just by setting foot in it. The irresponsible thing was not vaccinating her child not going to India. I am of the opinion that if an author is going to write about a foreign country and they have to infuse a negative commentary to it, they should also add positive things about it and not make it seem like the other country is just some hell hole. Also there is no reason for geographical ignorance in this day of the internet, especially for a writer, all she had to do was look up Majorca to see that it's in Spain.