Sharon M. reviewed Eros Island: Centaur Heart / The Dream Well / Thunderstruck on + 42 more book reviews
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3 short novellas, rating each separately I've averaged the book a solid 2 star rating.
1. CENTAUR HEART by Lucinda Betts 3 Stars and the best of the lot.
I thought this story was interesting. The world created took place in an ancient time period, when goddesses lived, centaurs roamed and the elements were ruled by gods. I don't remember much of Greek mythology, but decided, yes, Centaurs would be bulls-eye shots with their arrows. This author did a fine job creating her characters. I felt I could easily picture them. For being short, the story encompassed only one big event, yet all the characters that were involved received great attention as to who they were, what they were about, and easy to categorize by this reader (are they good, bad, or worse). And yes, the heat sizzled. From beginning to end, I felt the story was complete in spite of it's word length.
2. THE DREAM WELL by Dawn Thompson - 1 star
I didn't enjoy this story at all, but read it anyway because it's getting listed for a swap as soon as I finish my review.
The story idea was a good one. But this author couldn't pull it off and blew it at the get-go. Her writing seemed disjointed to me and very amateur. Scottish lore of the fey and the otherworld was the setting for this one. A Knight is the H who grew up on Scottish lore at his mother's knee. (Knights were English, right?). A centaur was plopped in it also, along with goddesses, etc. I couldn't work up any interest in any of these characters.
The goddess of the well's main purpose was to have sex and more sex and enslave the captive with even more sex. The Centaur who is her consort, watches on as she has sex with the captive knight whom she granted a wish to. And the knight the goddess of the well has enchanted with sex and more sex? He falls for a seal (yes, she's a selkie, he just "knows" this in spite of her whiskers and fins and a big furry coat. How does he know, because she has long lashed, soulful eyes and when she strokes him with her fin, well it is just so loving and sensual (give me a break).
In spite of all the sex in this story, there was not ONE flicker of heat generated, or, enjoyment in reading the scenes. They were tiresome.
Anyway,
3. THUNDERSTRUCK by Devyn Quinn - 2 1/2 stars. Really wanted to give it 3, but can't.
Reading this story, it struck me that Ms. Quinn really has a talent for writing, but she wasted it in this one. What a shame.
The story begins as an artist has just completed her masterpiece sculpture in a marble likeness of a Greek god. Quinn's writing got my complete attention because it was done so well (in the beginning of the story). I was drawn to this artist heroine and then, BLAM, the story went to hell.
How? The marble comes to life and the interesting, warm, likeable artist sculpturor, who gave her heart and soul to creating this masterpiece...turns into a completely different individual. She is now a sex obsessed, libido centered, one dimensional character who I didn't give a sh_t about.
There was more sizzle and burn when the sculpture was marble then when it took on the persona of the man god.
Only upped the star rating to the 1/2 because I saw Devyn Quinn's talent at the beginning of her story. I so hated to see that talent wasted and her gift compromised in the last part with such lousey writing. I just couldn't give more.
And, I probably won't spend money on a book she writes if this is what she does with her skill.
3 short novellas, rating each separately I've averaged the book a solid 2 star rating.
1. CENTAUR HEART by Lucinda Betts 3 Stars and the best of the lot.
I thought this story was interesting. The world created took place in an ancient time period, when goddesses lived, centaurs roamed and the elements were ruled by gods. I don't remember much of Greek mythology, but decided, yes, Centaurs would be bulls-eye shots with their arrows. This author did a fine job creating her characters. I felt I could easily picture them. For being short, the story encompassed only one big event, yet all the characters that were involved received great attention as to who they were, what they were about, and easy to categorize by this reader (are they good, bad, or worse). And yes, the heat sizzled. From beginning to end, I felt the story was complete in spite of it's word length.
2. THE DREAM WELL by Dawn Thompson - 1 star
I didn't enjoy this story at all, but read it anyway because it's getting listed for a swap as soon as I finish my review.
The story idea was a good one. But this author couldn't pull it off and blew it at the get-go. Her writing seemed disjointed to me and very amateur. Scottish lore of the fey and the otherworld was the setting for this one. A Knight is the H who grew up on Scottish lore at his mother's knee. (Knights were English, right?). A centaur was plopped in it also, along with goddesses, etc. I couldn't work up any interest in any of these characters.
The goddess of the well's main purpose was to have sex and more sex and enslave the captive with even more sex. The Centaur who is her consort, watches on as she has sex with the captive knight whom she granted a wish to. And the knight the goddess of the well has enchanted with sex and more sex? He falls for a seal (yes, she's a selkie, he just "knows" this in spite of her whiskers and fins and a big furry coat. How does he know, because she has long lashed, soulful eyes and when she strokes him with her fin, well it is just so loving and sensual (give me a break).
In spite of all the sex in this story, there was not ONE flicker of heat generated, or, enjoyment in reading the scenes. They were tiresome.
Anyway,
3. THUNDERSTRUCK by Devyn Quinn - 2 1/2 stars. Really wanted to give it 3, but can't.
Reading this story, it struck me that Ms. Quinn really has a talent for writing, but she wasted it in this one. What a shame.
The story begins as an artist has just completed her masterpiece sculpture in a marble likeness of a Greek god. Quinn's writing got my complete attention because it was done so well (in the beginning of the story). I was drawn to this artist heroine and then, BLAM, the story went to hell.
How? The marble comes to life and the interesting, warm, likeable artist sculpturor, who gave her heart and soul to creating this masterpiece...turns into a completely different individual. She is now a sex obsessed, libido centered, one dimensional character who I didn't give a sh_t about.
There was more sizzle and burn when the sculpture was marble then when it took on the persona of the man god.
Only upped the star rating to the 1/2 because I saw Devyn Quinn's talent at the beginning of her story. I so hated to see that talent wasted and her gift compromised in the last part with such lousey writing. I just couldn't give more.
And, I probably won't spend money on a book she writes if this is what she does with her skill.
