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A review by amyiw
Marked by Moonlight by Sharie Kohler
2.0
I just finished the second book in this series. After reading this one I wouldn't have started the second but I promised to give it to someone else.
This was good to OK, definitely not very original. The beginning and a bit of the middle seemed to drag on. I was wanting the story to progress or something to happen. The romance was marred by misunderstanding and general miscommunication. And the sex was marred by fighting the attraction and then kicking oneself once the couple gives in to the urges. Kind of typical in many romance to keep the sex scenes valid but didn't move me.
The one thing that redeemed the story was the twist and introduction of the lycan who controls his urges and doesn't feed, Darius. He was the most interesting character in the book. Unluckily you only get a little of him in the next book.
I did like Claire as she changes and grows out of her shell. She finally starts standing up for herself, though again she berates herself for it afterwards. Gideon seems real as he struggles with his conscience. But again this drags and repeats.
At the end, I had mixed feelings. The story was overall good, not great, with a definite dragging and then it seemed to end a bit abruptly. There were interesting points in the story but not enough to call it a great paranormal romance.
To read a great paranormal romance, look to Nalini Singh's psy-changlings, Kresley Cole's Immotals After Dark, and even really good Paranormal Romance like, Gena Showalter's Lord's of the Underworld, Alyssa Day's Atlantis Rising series, and Alexis Morgan's Paladin's of Darkness. This book is not up to the caliber of those at all.
This was good to OK, definitely not very original. The beginning and a bit of the middle seemed to drag on. I was wanting the story to progress or something to happen. The romance was marred by misunderstanding and general miscommunication. And the sex was marred by fighting the attraction and then kicking oneself once the couple gives in to the urges. Kind of typical in many romance to keep the sex scenes valid but didn't move me.
The one thing that redeemed the story was the twist and introduction of the lycan who controls his urges and doesn't feed, Darius. He was the most interesting character in the book. Unluckily you only get a little of him in the next book.
I did like Claire as she changes and grows out of her shell. She finally starts standing up for herself, though again she berates herself for it afterwards. Gideon seems real as he struggles with his conscience. But again this drags and repeats.
At the end, I had mixed feelings. The story was overall good, not great, with a definite dragging and then it seemed to end a bit abruptly. There were interesting points in the story but not enough to call it a great paranormal romance.
To read a great paranormal romance, look to Nalini Singh's psy-changlings, Kresley Cole's Immotals After Dark, and even really good Paranormal Romance like, Gena Showalter's Lord's of the Underworld, Alyssa Day's Atlantis Rising series, and Alexis Morgan's Paladin's of Darkness. This book is not up to the caliber of those at all.