Helpful Score: 1
I give this 2.5 out of a possible 5. The story was kind of disjointed, and I just wanted to smack the hero. His character was made to "chuckle" constantly and it drove me nuts; very distracting. The erotic scenes were well-written, but the story was just missing something.
This book was such a disappointment on every level. If you're a hard core fan of this author, and want to read some early work, best of luck in reading this book. If not, I would suggest you start with some of her later works. Hopefully, they are much better.
The first level of disappoinmtent was the book cover. My reading partner thought it had at least four differnt photos cut and pasted. The barn pictured does not look like it would belong on the ranch. From the descriptions in the text, everything is up repaired. There would not be any broken down structures. The male pictured looks like a really hot ranch hand, not an executive of a powerful bank in Texas, as Storm Hyde is. The female is not very attractive and I don't see her as Syleen Webster. Her hair isn't even combed. The only thing the cover got correct was that there was a water source on the ranch. This cover would've been better with just the words of the title.
The second level of disappointment was the editing or lack there of. This was worse than reading a first draft paper from a college freshman. There are typos. There are missing words. There are conjuctions used that don't link other words or sentences. My reading partner was so upset by all the errors she went online and attempted to contact the editor about the grammatical mistakes. She was upset that she could not leave a written message at the publisher's web site. I've talked with a friend who has published a book. She explained that once the author turns the book over, it's in the hands of the publisher. Many times the author has no say in what the cover looks like even. So, I guess with that information, it's the fault of the publisher for all the errors.
The first sex scene was borning and oh so vanilla. It would have been better placed in a Harleqiun Romance as opposed to a book published as exceptional eroitc fiction. There was no erotic. There was no oral sex involved. The only other sex scene was a little more on the hotness scale, but only because of the location-work place.
So, if the typos are placed on the shoulders of the publisher, the content issues are the domain of the author. First of all, there is enough story line for 3 books. It seems as if the author did not think she would ever be able to publish another book, so this was her romantic tome. I looked up the author, and found out that 2009,the year of this book, was a very prolific year. So, not really sure why there is much going on in this book. The storyline was sloppy at best. I had more questions after finishing the book. For example,did Syleena complete college? After she leaves Storm, why does she start stripping? Why does she move in with her mother, and not with her aunt? Why does she not think her mother can figure out the general area Syleena is in from postal stamp? And the questions go on and on. Due to writing, I really could not accept or like either of the lead characters. I finished this book, just to see how it would end and if the author could tie up all the loose ends. The author did tie up the ends, but not well. I could use every single character left in this review to discuss plot, but why? It will not change anything.
In closing, I would say that this one of the worse books I've read to date. I'm going to give the author another chance though. I think with more books published, the writing will improve. Well, that's my hope.
The first level of disappoinmtent was the book cover. My reading partner thought it had at least four differnt photos cut and pasted. The barn pictured does not look like it would belong on the ranch. From the descriptions in the text, everything is up repaired. There would not be any broken down structures. The male pictured looks like a really hot ranch hand, not an executive of a powerful bank in Texas, as Storm Hyde is. The female is not very attractive and I don't see her as Syleen Webster. Her hair isn't even combed. The only thing the cover got correct was that there was a water source on the ranch. This cover would've been better with just the words of the title.
The second level of disappointment was the editing or lack there of. This was worse than reading a first draft paper from a college freshman. There are typos. There are missing words. There are conjuctions used that don't link other words or sentences. My reading partner was so upset by all the errors she went online and attempted to contact the editor about the grammatical mistakes. She was upset that she could not leave a written message at the publisher's web site. I've talked with a friend who has published a book. She explained that once the author turns the book over, it's in the hands of the publisher. Many times the author has no say in what the cover looks like even. So, I guess with that information, it's the fault of the publisher for all the errors.
The first sex scene was borning and oh so vanilla. It would have been better placed in a Harleqiun Romance as opposed to a book published as exceptional eroitc fiction. There was no erotic. There was no oral sex involved. The only other sex scene was a little more on the hotness scale, but only because of the location-work place.
So, if the typos are placed on the shoulders of the publisher, the content issues are the domain of the author. First of all, there is enough story line for 3 books. It seems as if the author did not think she would ever be able to publish another book, so this was her romantic tome. I looked up the author, and found out that 2009,the year of this book, was a very prolific year. So, not really sure why there is much going on in this book. The storyline was sloppy at best. I had more questions after finishing the book. For example,did Syleena complete college? After she leaves Storm, why does she start stripping? Why does she move in with her mother, and not with her aunt? Why does she not think her mother can figure out the general area Syleena is in from postal stamp? And the questions go on and on. Due to writing, I really could not accept or like either of the lead characters. I finished this book, just to see how it would end and if the author could tie up all the loose ends. The author did tie up the ends, but not well. I could use every single character left in this review to discuss plot, but why? It will not change anything.
In closing, I would say that this one of the worse books I've read to date. I'm going to give the author another chance though. I think with more books published, the writing will improve. Well, that's my hope.
