Elementals 1 Review

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Small Magick
Drey is a young mage, sent away by her family in the hopes she would learn how to harness her magickal powers to do wondrous deeds. She becomes frustrated when everything powerful seems beyond her reach. She begins to feel she will never master anything but Small Magick.
Frustration brings her to a natural magick circle and she decides to put it to use. In doing so, she accidentally binds the Wind Spirit into human form, not quite sure how she did it. Cyrus, as the spirit calls himself, sets himself to the task of getting to know Drey quite intimately, and then is ready to return to natural form. Unfortunately, since she has no idea how she trapped him, she doesn't know how to release him!
Only the mage who cast the spell can undo it, so they set about trying to find away to free him, all the while finding they cannot resist the lure each other offers. The harder she tries to free him, the more frustrated she becomes. When an unknown stranger comes to town, also a powerful mage, Drey offers to apprentice to him, in the hopes he can teach her how to master her powers and free Cyrus. Drey learns much about herself and her powers from this mystery mage, but he has a plan all of his own. What does he want with her? Will she ever learn the secret to unlocking the great powers she possesses and to freeing Cyrus? Even if she does find the secret, will she ever truly be able to let him out of her life?
This is the second story in Ms. Midnight's Elementals series and it is a delight! What a unique world she creates in her stories. Small Magick is hot enough to keep the reader yearning for more. Cyrus and Drey are individuals, each with great powers of their own. Drey is a free spirited young lady, who desires above all else, the ability to harness great power with her magick. Cyrus longs for his freedom, but finds he quite enjoys the pleasures of the flesh as well. Drey comes into her own in this story, finding that the truly powerful ones get their strength in the unlikeliest of places and ways.
There is enough intrigue as well, in the mysterious mage, Kelsh, whose agenda is as unknown as his origins. And the details of the passionate love scenes are so inventive and imaginative! The readers will want their significant others at beck and call after reading this book, in hopes of cooling the flames brought on by the details. Definitely worth the time to read; and highly recommended for anyone who likes a little adventure with their passion.
Fire and Ice
Trina was a slave to a powerful sorceress, Kalidah. What she doesn't know is that she herself has a bit of magick in her soul, not that she had ever been given leave to develop it. Then one day as she is gazing into the fire, she unwittingly casts a powerful spell, introducing her to a whole new world, that of the fire spirits.
She can never let her mistress know, and one day her fate is decided for her. Kalidah is set to sacrifice her young slave to a powerful demon, in order to harness its powers for own selfish desires. When her plan backfires, Trina is given her freedom, and finds a new passion for life, in the form of the mysterious Brand, who appears out of nowhere to assist her in beginning her new life. and awakening burning desires Trina never knew existed.
Trina is on her quest to find her family, and her history, with the help of some friends she meets along the way. All the while on her quest for her family, she is also on a different quest... to explore these passions and erotic fantasies she has suddenly been enlightened to discover.
Fire and Ice is quite an interesting read. Who could have ever dreamed up a world of flame spirits, dancing in the hearths of the ordinary people? Ms. Midnight takes something that seems so ordinary, simple fire, and delves into a whole new world. The passion between Trina and Flame burns brightly, never wavering, even in the light of dangers stalking Trina as she continues her journey of discovery. If one is looking for an erotic foray into another world or alternate reality, this is the book to read. One will never see fire in the same light again after finishing this one.
Elementals 1 is a foray into a world of fantasy and erotic pleasure that is sure to captivate readers.
© Kelley A. Hartsell, May 2006. All right reserved.

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The Southern Devil Review

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(More customer reviews)I wanted to like this book. It had a nice cover (albeit very modern in feel) and it was a Western. You know how they say authors should start with the action? I believe that wholeheartedly. The book should start with the action. It shouldn't pretend to start with the action with a two page teaser which then plunges into several hundred pages of backstory. It was Chapter 5 before we were back where we started in the opening two pages. And those first four chapters were such snoozers that I can barely remember why I continued reading the book.
What did I learn in the backstory? That Morgan and Jessamyn were promised to each other. That Morgan betrayed Jessamyn's trust early on. That Jessamyn married someone else and had good sex with him but not great sex because really good sex ONLY comes with the hero. That Morgan got a taste for bondage on night with Jessamyn when she held him hostage. Ha ha ha ha. I am sorry, but that just seems ridiculous. I mean, maybe it is completely true but I felt it was used solely for the purpose of creating a plausible reason for Morgan to have perverse sex tastes.
It's perfectly fine for characters to have different sexual tastes. There doesn't need to be a reason for it. Saying that its because of x, y or z reason seems ridiculous to me. There's never any explanation for why characters like oral sex (i.e., their mother made them suck on their thumb for 3 days straight). Or why characters like to have sex in the shower (i.e., first time they jacked off was in water). But whatever, that was the least of the problems in the book.
The plot was part search for gold and part dairy farming. Why do I say that? Because the heroine creamed so many times she should have been a cow. Was there no other word the author could have used? According to word search on my ebook reader, she used "cream" 18 times.
The villian was a cartoon. Let's not spend time creating a multi dimensional villian. Let's just think of all the evil, disgusting characteristics that a person could have and give that to the villian. (Spittle, impotence, cruelty, deviance, bad table manners). There's a ton, A TON, of telling in this book. Just because a character tells us something in dialogue, doesn't make it showing. That's still telling. Showing is having the character act in accordance with the traits the author is trying to imbue. I.e., if the author tells me the characters are being clever, show me that they are clever. Don't have them have this exchange which is completely devoid of cleverness:
Her husband pursed his lips (I think men should never purse their lips unless they are Carson Kressley), considering his general manager. "You can repay me at cost." He put his hand over his wife's.
"Cost plus-"
"Cost" william said flatly.
Morgan laughed. "Deal. I should have known better than to try to outwit you."
The hell? Not negotiating is "outwitting"?
There is so much sex in this book that there isn't much time for plot advancement or character development. In between the search for gold, we are treated to some stunningly awful sex scenes in which Morgan asserts his dominance over Jessamyn to pay her back for a) tying him to the bed so many years ago and b) for marrying his cousin and c) for actually having eyes that might accidently land on a man other than himself. The trouble with these books with all their sex scenes is that romance seems to be lost. Do Morgan and Jessamyn really love each other or do they just like a roll in the hay/dirt? I am guessing the latter.

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Enslave Me Sweetly (Alien Huntress, Book 2) Review

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(More customer reviews)After her parents were brutally murdered, young Eden Black was raised by Michael, the head of an ultra-secret alien assassination agency that eliminates aliens that prey on humans. Wounded on her latest assignment, Eden still wants to go after her target, but her step-father partners her with Lucius Adaire, an agent she comes to totally detest at first. However, he also pings her sexual radar with an intensity Eden has never before experienced. Bound together to complete an almost impossible assignment, Eden learns that her enemies aren't the ones she has to fear the most: it's her partner, dark and brooding Lucius who sets her on fire.
Gena Showalter is one of the new young lionesses of contemporary romance, paranormal romance and YA. She's burst onto the scene with a handful of books and as many worlds that beg exploration. When she's not mapping out a future where some aliens view humans as merely prey or traipsing through an Atlantis where magic is real and comes with shapeshifters who are always more than they seem, she's writing contemporary romances with a touch of wonder.
ENSLAVE ME SWEETLY starts out like a bullet, and the trajectory never slows down. Eden is a great heroine, the kind of woman who can take care of herself in any kind of situation. And she's drawn to Lucius Adaire, a dangerous, physical man who's been hurt and betrayed in the past enough to last a lifetime. To get to Eden's latest target, she has to pair up with Lucius, and it's a partnership that neither of them want. The prose just sings along, pulling the reader through the adventures and the romance with the familiar comfort of a favorite sweater. Readers who have the time to read it in a single sitting will devour it.
Fans of J. D. Robb's (Nora Roberts) Eve Dallas series and of futuristic romance will love this book. As another of Simon and Schuster's Down Town Girls book line, ENSLAVE ME SWEETLY delivers spicy romance that will amp readers up to the nth degree.

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