Helpful Score: 6
This book is erotica, m/f, with a couple of m/m scenes (not with the hero, but with a pair of ongoing secondary characters). This book is 2nd in the ACRO series (first is "Riding the Storm"
Plot Summary: There are two secondary storylines that are continued from the first book, however the main plot centers around an "animal whisperer" Kira, who can speak with animals, and goes into a yearly "heat" causing her to need sex every 4 hours or she will die. The hero of this story, Tom Knight aka Ender, is sent by ACRO to recruit OR kill her (to keep her from the enemy agency Itor, who plans to use her as a weapon of mass destruction).
Main Characters: Kira- the heroine is generally sympathetic and likable. Tom (Ender)is VERY alpha and occasionally crosses the line into "caveman" (a lot of grunting and growling rather than speaking). The two are hot together, but neither stood out as great or terrible leads.
Best About This Book: This is an erotica book and the sex is scorching! WOW. Hot. Even better than the first book. And the secondary character development continues, providing more background, more drama, more sex, and an almost soap opera feel, but way sexier.
Worst About This Book: The absurdity level hits new heights in this book. The reader is not just expected to suspend disbelief, no, the reader must be expected to turn off their brain for short periods. The authors (Sydney Croft is the pen name of Larissa Ione and Stephanie Tyler writing together) put in "conversations" that Kira has with animals. And these conversations were so DREADFUL that they really made me laugh and totally broke the mood for me. Some examples: a horse that BRAGS about competing in horse competitions in Europe (why would a horse brag about going to Europe??), another horse that comments on the hero's penis size (that one can cause laughing seizures in the unprepared!), a dog who commiserates with the heroine about men being unbearable/ foolish, etc... (dogs are engaged in the "battle of the sexes"???)
This book also hits one of my pet peeve triggers in romance. This may be an upside for some readers, but for me, it is NOT: there is, for me, WAY too much talk (towards the last 1/3 of the book) about pregnancy and kids. I love kids, have three. I like my romance/erotica child-free, so I can have a BREAK from kids. And, again in the last roughly, 1/3 of the book it isn't just mentioned it is a focus. Yuck for me.
My Summary: Worth a credit for the hot sex scenes and the ongoing plot line (if you are reading the series). However, I paid full price for this book (bought it new) and it wasn't worth full price. It was mostly enjoyable, but nowhere near a keeper for me. Passing it along.
Plot Summary: There are two secondary storylines that are continued from the first book, however the main plot centers around an "animal whisperer" Kira, who can speak with animals, and goes into a yearly "heat" causing her to need sex every 4 hours or she will die. The hero of this story, Tom Knight aka Ender, is sent by ACRO to recruit OR kill her (to keep her from the enemy agency Itor, who plans to use her as a weapon of mass destruction).
Main Characters: Kira- the heroine is generally sympathetic and likable. Tom (Ender)is VERY alpha and occasionally crosses the line into "caveman" (a lot of grunting and growling rather than speaking). The two are hot together, but neither stood out as great or terrible leads.
Best About This Book: This is an erotica book and the sex is scorching! WOW. Hot. Even better than the first book. And the secondary character development continues, providing more background, more drama, more sex, and an almost soap opera feel, but way sexier.
Worst About This Book: The absurdity level hits new heights in this book. The reader is not just expected to suspend disbelief, no, the reader must be expected to turn off their brain for short periods. The authors (Sydney Croft is the pen name of Larissa Ione and Stephanie Tyler writing together) put in "conversations" that Kira has with animals. And these conversations were so DREADFUL that they really made me laugh and totally broke the mood for me. Some examples: a horse that BRAGS about competing in horse competitions in Europe (why would a horse brag about going to Europe??), another horse that comments on the hero's penis size (that one can cause laughing seizures in the unprepared!), a dog who commiserates with the heroine about men being unbearable/ foolish, etc... (dogs are engaged in the "battle of the sexes"???)
This book also hits one of my pet peeve triggers in romance. This may be an upside for some readers, but for me, it is NOT: there is, for me, WAY too much talk (towards the last 1/3 of the book) about pregnancy and kids. I love kids, have three. I like my romance/erotica child-free, so I can have a BREAK from kids. And, again in the last roughly, 1/3 of the book it isn't just mentioned it is a focus. Yuck for me.
My Summary: Worth a credit for the hot sex scenes and the ongoing plot line (if you are reading the series). However, I paid full price for this book (bought it new) and it wasn't worth full price. It was mostly enjoyable, but nowhere near a keeper for me. Passing it along.
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