slc333's review against another edition
2.0
Meh. It was ok. Ryan kind of annoyed me with his whole - 'you must have bewitched me, how can I trust you because you didn't immediately tell me all you secrets random naked stranger who saved my life and I had sex with' attitude.
melaniebopp's review against another edition
1.0
Full review on All About Romance - http://likesbooks.com/cgi-bin/bookReview.pl?BookReviewId=10574
I have thought long and hard about this book. Honestly, I have. And I’ve seen that many of us are in reading slumps. I can honestly say that I think this particular book is the reason for mine - it took me about 6 weeks to read, when similar books of the same length generally take 2 hours. And as I look at other reviews and reactions people have posted about The Three Fates of Ryan Love, I find myself wondering if we read the same thing...
In the middle of the night, after closing up his family-run bar, Ryan Love hears a woman scream in the nearby alley. Rushing over, he finds a naked woman shivering in reaction to something, but no obvious threat around her. She turns to him, gives him her name (Sabelle), and tells him that his life is in danger, and he (and his dog) have to grab their things and go. Once Sabelle convinces him to at least give her a chance, they grab clothes and money (including something for poor, naked Sabelle to wear), and rush outside. Just in time, because Ryan’s bar (with his upstairs apartment) immediately explodes.
From there, Ryan and Sabelle go on a road trip of sorts to a location that Sabelle will know when she sees it (she’s only got the general direction down at the moment), and the reader discovers that she is a powerful seer from the Beyond, and that someone is trying to arrange for Ryan’s death. There’s a lot more to the story than just this, though, and Sabelle knows a lot more about it than Ryan.
Oh god, where do I start. Okay. First, Sabelle and Ryan. Sabelle is a stalker, pure and simple. She has been literally watching Ryan for years, and attempting to influence his life choices. That seriously creeped me out (I know I watch a lot of Criminal Minds, but this is not healthy behavior), and made it impossible for me to sympathize with her. Ryan wasn’t much better - he seemed like a victim most of the time, and was really harsh with Sabelle (drags her around by her arm, yells at her about not staying in the car, etc...). Their relationship was lust-at-first-sight, and I was never convinced of an actual romantic relationship. Sexual, sure, but not romantic.
I have thought long and hard about this book. Honestly, I have. And I’ve seen that many of us are in reading slumps. I can honestly say that I think this particular book is the reason for mine - it took me about 6 weeks to read, when similar books of the same length generally take 2 hours. And as I look at other reviews and reactions people have posted about The Three Fates of Ryan Love, I find myself wondering if we read the same thing...
In the middle of the night, after closing up his family-run bar, Ryan Love hears a woman scream in the nearby alley. Rushing over, he finds a naked woman shivering in reaction to something, but no obvious threat around her. She turns to him, gives him her name (Sabelle), and tells him that his life is in danger, and he (and his dog) have to grab their things and go. Once Sabelle convinces him to at least give her a chance, they grab clothes and money (including something for poor, naked Sabelle to wear), and rush outside. Just in time, because Ryan’s bar (with his upstairs apartment) immediately explodes.
From there, Ryan and Sabelle go on a road trip of sorts to a location that Sabelle will know when she sees it (she’s only got the general direction down at the moment), and the reader discovers that she is a powerful seer from the Beyond, and that someone is trying to arrange for Ryan’s death. There’s a lot more to the story than just this, though, and Sabelle knows a lot more about it than Ryan.
Oh god, where do I start. Okay. First, Sabelle and Ryan. Sabelle is a stalker, pure and simple. She has been literally watching Ryan for years, and attempting to influence his life choices. That seriously creeped me out (I know I watch a lot of Criminal Minds, but this is not healthy behavior), and made it impossible for me to sympathize with her. Ryan wasn’t much better - he seemed like a victim most of the time, and was really harsh with Sabelle (drags her around by her arm, yells at her about not staying in the car, etc...). Their relationship was lust-at-first-sight, and I was never convinced of an actual romantic relationship. Sexual, sure, but not romantic.
suleika's review
4.0
Loved it! This book started with a BANG! It had so much action, so many things were happening to the characters.
In the beginning we meet Sabelle, she is from the Beyond, she is a Seer and has been (how do I say it without sounding creepy) watching Ryan almost all his life and trying to manipulate him. He never actually did what she would whisper to him, if she said go right he would go left. When they meet it was in a very shocking way and Sabelle was naked behind his bar and doesn't really know what to tell Ryan. The story gets really good from there but Sabelle keeps a lot of secrets from Ryan which actually cause them to fight a lot, every time Sabelle reveals something new Ryan gets mad and with good reason because she did have a lot of secrets.
The chemistry between Ryan and Sabelle is great, I really liked them as a couple and the sex scenes were incredible. There were quite a few very steamy sex scenes, definitely not for under the age of 18.
I loved Roxy and Santo and will definitely need to read their story one day. They sound like a great couple and their story was probably super awesome. I liked that they were a big part of how this story got resolved.
The villain is something else, 100 % crazy and when you read the reason why she wanted what she wanted in the end you might be shocked.
All the characters were likable, except for Aisa of course, she was just crazy, but she made a very good villain.
I was very happy at how the author ended the story, it does end with a HEA. I would have liked a little bit more at the end but we can't always get everything we want. At least the ending was a happy one.
Recommended if you want a fun read with lots of action and steamy sex scenes.
In the beginning we meet Sabelle, she is from the Beyond, she is a Seer and has been (how do I say it without sounding creepy) watching Ryan almost all his life and trying to manipulate him. He never actually did what she would whisper to him, if she said go right he would go left. When they meet it was in a very shocking way and Sabelle was naked behind his bar and doesn't really know what to tell Ryan. The story gets really good from there but Sabelle keeps a lot of secrets from Ryan which actually cause them to fight a lot, every time Sabelle reveals something new Ryan gets mad and with good reason because she did have a lot of secrets.
The chemistry between Ryan and Sabelle is great, I really liked them as a couple and the sex scenes were incredible. There were quite a few very steamy sex scenes, definitely not for under the age of 18.
I loved Roxy and Santo and will definitely need to read their story one day. They sound like a great couple and their story was probably super awesome. I liked that they were a big part of how this story got resolved.
The villain is something else, 100 % crazy and when you read the reason why she wanted what she wanted in the end you might be shocked.
All the characters were likable, except for Aisa of course, she was just crazy, but she made a very good villain.
I was very happy at how the author ended the story, it does end with a HEA. I would have liked a little bit more at the end but we can't always get everything we want. At least the ending was a happy one.
Recommended if you want a fun read with lots of action and steamy sex scenes.
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