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Hold Me If You Can (2012)

by Stephanie Rowe(Favorite Author)

3.76 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1402241976 (ISBN13: 9781402241970)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Sourcebooks Casablanca

series

Soulfire

review 1: I could not finish this book. I felt like I was dropped in the middle of a movie and missed the first hour. The book started off as if the reader should already know what is going on. Normally with books in a series, there is a little catch up that the author provides at the beginning to refresh the reader's memory or to provide background info to a reader who is new to a series. There was none of this and my frustration with not knowing or understanding what was going on had me not enjoy what little of the book I read. At first I thought it was just me, because I hadn't read the first 2 books in the series. But I spoke to someone else who read this book and read the previous two,and she had the same issue. Good to know it wasn't just me. This is one book that I don't thin... morek I will be picking back up and finishing.
review 2: Stephanie Rowe continues to be one of my favorite authors. HOLD ME IF YOU CAN is another wonderfully imaginative read full of fabulous characters one just has to love… or hate in some cases. Her heroes are not the stereotypical bad-asses. Sure, they have all the traits we expect in good guy-macho men but they also have unusual interests most consider soft, like needlework, hair styling and drawing. They are conflicted about these hobbies but find a release in them from the harsh world they’ve been forced into. This, of course, only endears them more to the women they love. Rowe’s paranormal world is refreshing because her characters are not vampires, fae, shape-shifters, etc. They are never before heard of species of villains and heroes straight from the depths of Rowe’s imagination. The women are as tough as the men in some ways but remain thoroughly feminine. Nigel and Natalie are wonderfully flawed but find the answers to their survival and happiness in each other's love despite their best efforts not to. Oh, and they manage to save each other from doom. Their attraction sizzles but there’s far more to it than just sex. I finished the book with a sense of incompleteness though. Many of the characters from the two previous books in the series are missing. Death and his grandparents were such a delicious addition to the other stories and are barely, if at all, mentioned. The villains in this story weren’t nearly as well explored as I expected. Rowe has a real talent for giving the worse bad guys traits that hint at a redeemable soul but we don’t get as much of that in this book. The story is fun in spite of these issues though. If you like your romance wrapped in a tense, unique story, you'll enjoy this book. I did.RATING: 4REVIEWED BY: Jeanne Stone-Hunter for My Book Addiction and More less

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