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avid_read's review
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
annabeth_391's review
informative
lighthearted
relaxing
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
krysley's review
2.0
Drive Me Wild - 2 stars. Lori Foster is always hit and miss with me. This one was seriously a miss.
Something Wilde - 1 star. I hated this one. So much. I've never read this author before and I don't know if I will again. I had so many issues with the characters in this book and skimmed a lot because I couldn't stand it anymore. Showing up at her house after she's already said no and then standing outside her balcony door, watching her change, is not someone you want around. That's stalking. And if some guy randomly walks into your bedroom from your open balcony door, are you really just going to stand there?
Touch Me - 4 stars. I love Shannon McKenna, which is one of the reasons I picked this up. It's not always the best reading out there but this one was entertaining and kept me invested in the characters.
Something Wilde - 1 star. I hated this one. So much. I've never read this author before and I don't know if I will again. I had so many issues with the characters in this book and skimmed a lot because I couldn't stand it anymore. Showing up at her house after she's already said no and then standing outside her balcony door, watching her change, is not someone you want around. That's stalking. And if some guy randomly walks into your bedroom from your open balcony door, are you really just going to stand there?
Touch Me - 4 stars. I love Shannon McKenna, which is one of the reasons I picked this up. It's not always the best reading out there but this one was entertaining and kept me invested in the characters.
midnightsdeluxe's review
2.0
Cuando empecé a leer no sabía que iban a ser tres historias separadas en un mismo libro y eso me decepcionó muchísimo. Aun así, las tres historias se pueden resumir de una forma muy sencilla: mucho drama y mucho sexo. No hay apenas comunicación y puede que por eso no haya disfrutado la lectura. No hay apenas desarrollo de personajes.
pamarni's review
5.0
Drive Me Wild by Lori Foster
Very good but too short! The ending is abrupt as Erica suddenly capitulates and agrees to marry him. It seemed that Foster had just realized that she had written the required number of pages, and simply stopped. It's a shame, since it spoils the lovely tension that she has spent so much time creating, and is completely untrue to her characters. Even just another page or two would have given her enough time to let the expected ending develop more naturally and realistically.
Something Wilde by Janelle Denison
This was probably my favorite of the three stories in this anthology but they were all great! After this story though I'll never look at pearl necklaces the same! The first of the "Wilde" books.
Touch Me by Shannon McKenna
This was a bit darker of the three stories, but still, I found it very good, and yes, very hot too. I just got a little tired of the insecurity shown by them both when they have a chance to grab on to a love of a lifetime. Jonah's insecurity is based on his childhood - his parents were killed and he spent his youth with his grandfather who wanted him to take over his business but Jonah wanted to make it on his own and he did very well for himself but now he feels that women only want him for his money and not himself. While Tess's insecurity comes from her upbringing - being the only child of parents that she could never please and then having a fiance who keeps trying to change her to conform to what he wanted in life.
Very good but too short! The ending is abrupt as Erica suddenly capitulates and agrees to marry him. It seemed that Foster had just realized that she had written the required number of pages, and simply stopped. It's a shame, since it spoils the lovely tension that she has spent so much time creating, and is completely untrue to her characters. Even just another page or two would have given her enough time to let the expected ending develop more naturally and realistically.
Something Wilde by Janelle Denison
This was probably my favorite of the three stories in this anthology but they were all great! After this story though I'll never look at pearl necklaces the same! The first of the "Wilde" books.
Touch Me by Shannon McKenna
This was a bit darker of the three stories, but still, I found it very good, and yes, very hot too. I just got a little tired of the insecurity shown by them both when they have a chance to grab on to a love of a lifetime. Jonah's insecurity is based on his childhood - his parents were killed and he spent his youth with his grandfather who wanted him to take over his business but Jonah wanted to make it on his own and he did very well for himself but now he feels that women only want him for his money and not himself. While Tess's insecurity comes from her upbringing - being the only child of parents that she could never please and then having a fiance who keeps trying to change her to conform to what he wanted in life.
writerlibrarian's review
2.0
More like 2 1/2 stars. I read two of the three novellas of the book. The main reason for reading was Janelle Denison's "Something Wilde" which was better than the second title in that series "Wilde Thing". The "romance" between Eric and Jill is less "hicky" but Denison uses again the whole Fantasy/Role play as an erotic ploy. It gets old fast even if in this one she didn't go off the rail as in Wilde Thing.
The surprise was Shannon McKenna's Touch me. McKenna's way of using the Fantasy/Role play as a plot device is used intelligently and usefully. Tess is a mess emotionally and so is Jonas. Both characters find something in the other that works. McKenna succeeded in less than 100 pages in creating two flesh and blood character without going over the top.
The surprise was Shannon McKenna's Touch me. McKenna's way of using the Fantasy/Role play as a plot device is used intelligently and usefully. Tess is a mess emotionally and so is Jonas. Both characters find something in the other that works. McKenna succeeded in less than 100 pages in creating two flesh and blood character without going over the top.
charmedkim's review
3.0
This is the anthology that introduced me to the writing of one of my favorite authors, Shannon McKenna.
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