Gwen’s review of Only Love by Kit Tunstall
Erotic paranormal romance eBook published April 2007 by Ellora’s Cave
This is soon-to-be-released, short novella by Kit Tunstall, author of the Blood Lines books. It’s about a werewolf girl and a werewolf boy who meet in the forest, fall in canine lust (which they sate in canine form, eww), end up having their HEA after completely fucking up their entire pack’s and immediate families’ lives just to be together. Need I say more?
Here’s the book blurb from Kit’s website:
Their predicament isn’t quite as dramatic as Romeo and Juliet’s ill-fated affair, but Elise and Mical are star-crossed lovers just the same. She knows that from the moment she wakes in his arms after a night of lovemaking during the full moon. As the daughter of the Beta, she is promised as mate to the next Alpha of the Sundown Pack. Her family doesn’t hate Mical. His Omega status just places him below their notice.
Too many things stand in their way to make a relationship possible, but she can’t stay out of his arms. There is just one thing that can overrule her common sense, that is more important than duty and her position in the pack…
Only love.
What I liked about the book: it was excellently proofread. No silly errors that I noticed, no typos or grammar problems. It was textbook perfect. And… Well… I guess that’s it.
What I didn’t like about the book: the cover’s cheesy CGI artwork (here’s hoping they improve that before they release the book), and the writing seemed austere. The sex was very clinical and the few descriptions of their emotions that were in the book seemed oddly “arm’s length.”
I realized at the end of the book that the author gave me no reason to like, or relate to, the two lead characters. Perhaps the book was too brutally edited and all the “juice” was cut out of it. Whatever happened, I missed the “so what?” – why should I care about these two people. These two blockheads sauntered off into the sunset pursuing their own happiness at the risk of everyone else’s. All I was left with when I finished was a serious contempt for them. Not a good way to end a book.
Grade: C- (would have been a D if it hadn’t been so bloody well proofread)
