This past summer, I jumped on the bandwagon and read the 50 Shades trilogy. Seems every woman in the country was doing the same...and even though I typically don't do what everyone else is doing, I did it anyway. It was...okay. Definitely not the norm for me, but I read it anyway. The writing, as I am sure many will attest to, was less than stellar. Very repetitive and rather unimaginative (especially given the subject matter). Anyway...
I stumbled across 'No Turning Back' via the Pixel of Ink newsletter. Yep...it was a free download. Still isn't what I would typically read...it's a bit of the 'romance' genre, with action thrown in. Actually, this is more like how 50 Shades should have been to make it a little more interesting (in my opinion). More action (the only action, really, in the 50 Shades trilogy was the kinky sex and it really wasn't that impressive...at least not impressively written). People are killed. There's a little of the 'whodunnit' going on in addition to the romance/love triangle. There are some similarities to 50 Shades - the female lead (Kathleen) is young, naive (not the virgin that Anastasia was, but just about)...the male lead (Blane) a wealthy playboy (and the secondary male lead (Kade) - his younger half-brother, also wealthy, also gorgeous). While Blane does not have the long list of subs, he does have a reputation as a bit of a womanizer with at least one former fling (Kandi with an i) holding a grudge against him. The trouble Kathleen is constantly finding herself in is a wee bit on the unreal side...but I guess it is what it is. Wasn't digging the names Kade and Blane...worse than soap opera names of the 80s and 90s...but whatev.
So yes, I admit, I liked it. As mentioned, 'No Turning Back' was a free download...and then I paid $4 to download the second in the series - 'Turn to Me' - and now I am anxiously awaiting the third installment in the series, available at Christmas.
And one minor gripe about the second installment: I realize that not everyone reading that has read the first...but I found it rather annoying all the excessive explanations the author felt the need to make for the benefit of those that had read the first. It got to the point I was skipping over paragraphs and perhaps even a page here and there.
I stumbled across 'No Turning Back' via the Pixel of Ink newsletter. Yep...it was a free download. Still isn't what I would typically read...it's a bit of the 'romance' genre, with action thrown in. Actually, this is more like how 50 Shades should have been to make it a little more interesting (in my opinion). More action (the only action, really, in the 50 Shades trilogy was the kinky sex and it really wasn't that impressive...at least not impressively written). People are killed. There's a little of the 'whodunnit' going on in addition to the romance/love triangle. There are some similarities to 50 Shades - the female lead (Kathleen) is young, naive (not the virgin that Anastasia was, but just about)...the male lead (Blane) a wealthy playboy (and the secondary male lead (Kade) - his younger half-brother, also wealthy, also gorgeous). While Blane does not have the long list of subs, he does have a reputation as a bit of a womanizer with at least one former fling (Kandi with an i) holding a grudge against him. The trouble Kathleen is constantly finding herself in is a wee bit on the unreal side...but I guess it is what it is. Wasn't digging the names Kade and Blane...worse than soap opera names of the 80s and 90s...but whatev.
So yes, I admit, I liked it. As mentioned, 'No Turning Back' was a free download...and then I paid $4 to download the second in the series - 'Turn to Me' - and now I am anxiously awaiting the third installment in the series, available at Christmas.
And one minor gripe about the second installment: I realize that not everyone reading that has read the first...but I found it rather annoying all the excessive explanations the author felt the need to make for the benefit of those that had read the first. It got to the point I was skipping over paragraphs and perhaps even a page here and there.
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