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ArecRain (8 KP) rated Pleasure Dome in Books

Jan 18, 2018  
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Pleasure Dome
L.F. Hampton | 2009
4
4.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
This novel had such potential. After reading the synopsis, this novel sounded right up my alley and I couldn’t wait to read it. Sadly, the leads ruined it for me. My main beef concerns a wishy washy female lead who is so indecisive I want to slap her. I felt that she wanted her cake and eat it too. After a couple chapters of this and her jerking the mail lead around, I couldn’t take much more. The story is filled with interesting characters, creatures, and planets and I would love to read more about them. However, I just can’t deal with the female lead. I couldn’t relate to her at all or understanding why she went from hot to cold in a matter of sentences. It was aggravating to read about her teasing the male lead then when he comes to see her, she hides. Don’t play with fire if you can’t handle the heat! Overall, her personality was just abrasive to me.

It wasn’t just her either. I felt that the author introduced the male lead with a very specific demeanor and personality as well, but did not stick with it. As soon as they had sex, he became a completely different character than originally described.
  
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Leanne Crabtree (480 KP) rated Summer Heat in Books

Sep 3, 2019  
Summer Heat
Summer Heat
Rachel Van Dyken | 2018
7
7.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
Oh dear...that ending...I'm wincing on behalf of both of them.

So this is my fifteenth book by the author, I think, and I've enjoyed all of them. This one was on the shorter side in length and a quick easy ready, but that didn't mean it didn't make me want the characters to get together and have their HAE.

Of course, though, it's a trilogy and I'll have to go and buy book 2 and 3 to see how Marlo and Ray get over that little revelation that's just been spilled in that shower stall.

One thing I will say, Rachel knows how to write male characters POV's. Most of the books I read tend to be in female POV's but Rachel always seems to write both and sometimes it's really great to see how the male characters are feeling in romances and I always tend to fall for them, too.

So, as mentioned before, I will definitely be off to Amazon in a little while to see about purchasing the rest of the Cruel Summer trilogy so I can finish this series after that intriguing start.

UPDATE: I can't find the rest of the series on Amazon! What am I going to do?!