Scarlett Dawn - Obsidian series 3 books
Nov 10, 2018 23:12:50 GMT -7
Banana Boat, Rhea, and 1 more like this
Post by diane on Nov 10, 2018 23:12:50 GMT -7
Obsidian Liquor
Obsidian Mask
Obsidian Music
Ok. These came up on a j/p facebook group and were KU so I grabbed the first one not knowing anything about it other than the H was j/p. There are certain tropes in books that I absolutely hate. As an example, if I discover the h is a reporter of any kind I will NEVER read that book. Fortunately I didn't know the h was a reporter until after I started it. I also hate large age gaps. In these books the H is 49 and h is 28 or so. He was married with four children (started at 16) before she was even born. That is a huge generational and life experience gap that I hate. Finally the h's parents start off as nosy, interfering, intrusive jerks. They do redeem themselves but the initial introduction was not good.
Now given all that you would think I dnf'd these or hated them. I really enjoyed these despite my above issues! I actually read the first and immediately started the second (cliffhangers) the same night and read the 3rd the next day. The writing is not smooth and there were a couple of times where I thought maybe a chapter had been left out or something. Some important things happen that the author seems to assume we would know but she hasn't actually told the reader yet. This seems to be a self contained series but I was confused and a bit annoyed by the H's son's romance taking over a good bit of the page when their story seems to have been told in some other book series that I didn't read and I wanted to read about the H and h of this story. Honestly I have no idea why I liked these as much as I did but sometimes that happens. I really like a good j/p story and this H was well over the top and fun to read about. There are some events that happen that are a bit too unbelievable (how many times can they kill 40 or more people at a time in generalized massacres and assassination attempts before police or anyone else notices?).
The story was a bit too vague kind of skimmed over and the writing itself wasn't that great but I liked the OTT j/p H and they were quick, enjoyable reads.
Obsidian Mask
Obsidian Music
Ok. These came up on a j/p facebook group and were KU so I grabbed the first one not knowing anything about it other than the H was j/p. There are certain tropes in books that I absolutely hate. As an example, if I discover the h is a reporter of any kind I will NEVER read that book. Fortunately I didn't know the h was a reporter until after I started it. I also hate large age gaps. In these books the H is 49 and h is 28 or so. He was married with four children (started at 16) before she was even born. That is a huge generational and life experience gap that I hate. Finally the h's parents start off as nosy, interfering, intrusive jerks. They do redeem themselves but the initial introduction was not good.
Now given all that you would think I dnf'd these or hated them. I really enjoyed these despite my above issues! I actually read the first and immediately started the second (cliffhangers) the same night and read the 3rd the next day. The writing is not smooth and there were a couple of times where I thought maybe a chapter had been left out or something. Some important things happen that the author seems to assume we would know but she hasn't actually told the reader yet. This seems to be a self contained series but I was confused and a bit annoyed by the H's son's romance taking over a good bit of the page when their story seems to have been told in some other book series that I didn't read and I wanted to read about the H and h of this story. Honestly I have no idea why I liked these as much as I did but sometimes that happens. I really like a good j/p story and this H was well over the top and fun to read about. There are some events that happen that are a bit too unbelievable (how many times can they kill 40 or more people at a time in generalized massacres and assassination attempts before police or anyone else notices?).
The story was a bit too vague kind of skimmed over and the writing itself wasn't that great but I liked the OTT j/p H and they were quick, enjoyable reads.
