A review by divapitbull
Kade's Dark Embrace by Kym Grosso

1.0

I suppose it isn't fair to rate a book I couldn't finish...but then again, the reason I couldn't finish it is because clearly I didn't like it. I know allot of people love this book, so as always it comes down to personal taste.

I read the first chapter and found it to be painfully boring and something about the writing style just did not sit right with me. I love a tough heroine, and I have no problem with kinky sex and foul language...but in the first chapter I thought the heroine was simply a cliché of everything I dislike in testosterone overdosed male characters. First chapter, crime scene and our heroine Sydney is checking out Kade's "supernatural assets" and then her partner notices her checking out Kade's "assets" and comments on it and I thought for a moment I'd stumbled onto the set of "Animal House".

But allot of people REALLY like this book, and by all accounts so should I: vampires, voodoo and the sultry backdrop of New Orleans - definitely a few of my favorite things! So I dove into chapter 2, found it painfully boring and decided that skimming was a reasonable option. So I skimmed the rest of the book, HEA in case anyone cares.

I never cared for any of the characters, they all seemed fairly one dimensional, like cardboard cutouts. I never warmed up to Sydney. Kade was "blah" despite his "assets". The story while for all intents and purposes really should have been interesting was...meh. (Sort of reminded me just a little bit of the Angelique storyline from Dark Shadows). Anyway, not for me. But it was free so no harm, no foul.