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A review by nabenn67
Outcast by Cheryl Brooks
3.0
3.5 overall, but a range from 2.5 - 4.0 if looking at only individual parts of the book.
This was a freebie on the Kindle, and though it was book #4 in the series you didn't need to read the others as long as you took the secondary characters for what they were. When I read the Prologue and you immediately jump into the sex-slave action I thought "Oh boy, here is a book that is all sex and no story". Not that I am opposed to sex in my romance novels -- not at all -- but just like any book I want to have a good plot and characters I care about. The plot was okay but I really enjoyed Bonnie and Lynx.
I thought their character development was great; though you can't really relate to Lynx's backstory (at least I hope not!) I think we can all relate to having severe emotional scarring from bad relationships in the past. I like how the characters were both emotionally damaged and had to work at coming together; how it took time for them to overcome the obstacles, even if I thought Bonnie fell in love too fast -- but apparently that is how it is with the men on the planet that Lynx is from.
What I didn't like was the dialogue. Some was okay, but other sections it felt jarring and out of sync with the flow of the story. I also agree with another reviewer that commented on the sex scenes involving people other than Bonnie and Lynx. This was their story and the other characters should have been secondary.
This was a freebie on the Kindle, and though it was book #4 in the series you didn't need to read the others as long as you took the secondary characters for what they were. When I read the Prologue and you immediately jump into the sex-slave action I thought "Oh boy, here is a book that is all sex and no story". Not that I am opposed to sex in my romance novels -- not at all -- but just like any book I want to have a good plot and characters I care about. The plot was okay but I really enjoyed Bonnie and Lynx.
I thought their character development was great; though you can't really relate to Lynx's backstory (at least I hope not!) I think we can all relate to having severe emotional scarring from bad relationships in the past. I like how the characters were both emotionally damaged and had to work at coming together; how it took time for them to overcome the obstacles, even if I thought Bonnie fell in love too fast -- but apparently that is how it is with the men on the planet that Lynx is from.
What I didn't like was the dialogue. Some was okay, but other sections it felt jarring and out of sync with the flow of the story. I also agree with another reviewer that commented on the sex scenes involving people other than Bonnie and Lynx. This was their story and the other characters should have been secondary.