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Were Lost (2010)

by Aeryn Traxx(Favorite Author)

3.02 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1920468544 (ISBN13: 9781920468545)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Silver Publishing

series

Were Chronicles

review 1: Interesting setting, but shallow writingWarning: This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS. Rating: 4/10PROS: - The setting is interesting--a future society in which werewolves live in secluded areas set off by the government, similar to reservations.- There’s something sweet about Colin’s immediate need to protect Liam and shelter him from the cruelty of the world.- I had to chuckle at how matter-of-fact the men are when they have the “you’re my mate” discussion.CONS:- There’s a lot of telling rather than showing. This sentence occurs early on, for instance: “His run today included checking out the four secret caves that his pack could escape to if they were being hunted.” But that’s all we get on the topic; we don’t get to see him a... morectually doing the checking. We don’t know what he was looking for, what the caves are like, what sort of provisions he has in place, and so on.- The dialogue doesn’t sound natural. It contains a lot of context clues that seem aimed at delivering information to the reader but don’t sound as though they belong in the conversation. The most obvious example of this is frequent identification of the character being spoken to: “We’ll work it out, Robert”; “Colin, you look worried.” “I am, Greg”; “No doubt about it, Mark”; etc. At one point, this happens four separate times on a single Kindle page.- The writing contains quite a bit of unnecessary repetition, like this: “He was a good-looking man to be sure. Five foot ten, hazel eyes, and dark blond hair. Yep, he was a very handsome young man.”Overall comments: The setting here has an interesting angle to it, but that element isn’t developed enough to overcome the run-of-the-mill storyline and the amateurish writing. This also isn’t going to be your cup of tea if you’re opposed to instalove stories: there’s absolutely no fighting the mate bond here on the part of either man.
review 2: I definitely appreciated the thought that went into the background of this story, and the way all of the pieces weaved in and out of eachother to bring all of the players together for the stand-off and fight between were and human at the end. Aeryn has written a story packed with knowledge and fast-forwarded into the future, so artistic licence has given freedom in the way the weres background has been created. The character of Liam is well thought out and built up from the first introduction, with the reader feeling each and every emotion as he would. Liam is believable in his grief and believable in his desire for a better future, so this, as well as the whole mate thing, makes the one week timeframe easy to swallow. I had some trouble falling into and believing the character of Colin, Alpha of the Raeford/Solon pack. He felt, at times, like his response was made to suit the story line rather than the character. There were also plenty of supporting characters, all of whom were well placed and connected.This is a good shifting story and has a very exciting fight scene involving a secondary were pack along with assistance from the local sheriff. It will be interesting to see where Aeryn goes next. Nx less

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