Loading ...Wednesday’s Child - Marked by Tears by L. Shannon
This brief tale starts out by telling the reader all about what’s going on…but it rarely simply pushes the reader directly into the action. The author uses that same unfortunate distancing technique till the end, which makes for a less than invigorating read. Demon Kry’n and human Jane have a powerful attraction to one another and a passel of problems standing between them and both abundant sex and true love. While they overcome their obstacles after a fashion, it is difficult to muster up enough compassion for these poorly-drawn characters to really care.
The voices of both characters waver throughout, neither one ever gaining enough personality to stand out and indeed even flip-flopping wildly enough to wonder how well the author knew Kry’n and Jane. Kry’n wobbles between sounding like an ancient being prone to making sweeping statements and a modern dude lusting after a chick. Jane simply never has enough resolution to morph into a fully-delineated character rather than the cardboard figure of barely-recovering grief that she is. I found myself skimming pages and forcing myself to go back and read them more closely in case I had missed any important information.
Most distressing of all is the writing, which is somewhat awkward and bland, and the weak plot. There’s a basically good guy, a bad guy who lives by strict rules, a flat heroine, lots of sex, and then there’s just…the end. The sex is well-written and pretty hot, although some may be put off by the sex-and-blood theme (though some vampire-lovers out there may find it quite titillating, of course!). However, the sex is so plentiful and the character development so minimal that it reads like a story about hot lovin’ rather than about two people connecting deeply through physical and emotional communion, which is clearly what the author attempted to portray.
Book Stats:
- e-book, digital format
- Publisher: Noble Romance Publishing
- Book Length: Novella
- Language: English
- ISBN: 978-1-60592-020-7
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(2 votes, average: 3 out of 5)
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