Book 53, 2016
Jul. 23rd, 2016 02:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
chez_jaeI brought my work book home, since I only had the epilogue to read, and I finished it last night. The book was Full Moon Dreams by Lori Handeland. It was published in 1996, and I daresay I bought it then. Had I read it at the time, I probably would have enjoyed it more. Now, however, I found the female lead too wishy-washy, and the male lead too high-handed. Le sigh.
Dr John Bradfordini is a physician, and he doesn't believe in myth and legends, until the night his brother is attacked and killed by a werewolf, and that same creature marks John with a bite.
Emmaline Monroe is a tiger trainer in Gerhardt's Circus, a traveling show. On full moon nights, they have been losing members of their crew, which the others attribute to a werewolf among them. Emma doesn't believe in such nonsense, until she sees a wolf with the intelligent eyes of a man.
Before he dies, John's brother tells him to find the circus, and his answers will be there. John abandons his practice and hooks up with the circus as a canvasman, helping to set up and take down each time the circus makes a stop on its tour. There, he meets Emmaline and is immediately attracted to her, although he knows he must keep her at a distance. For her part, Emma is attracted to 'Johnny', the drifter, even though she is aware he is hiding secrets that could destroy her way of life.
*yawns*
Emma's grandfather Franz knows a werewolf stalks the circus, and he knows it must be one of their own, but he is powerless to stop the killings. My logic brain kicked in, and all I could think was, 'If you believe it's one of your own, why not have everyone gather at the eve of the next full moon?' Either the werewolf won't dare show up, and you'll know who it is, or he will and he'll change, and you'll know who it is. Was that solution too simple? *shakes head*
And, of course, Emma falls in love with Johnny, even though he's a no-good drifter and he's never anything but rude to her. Please spare me from stupid, insipid women in literature. This paragraph sums up all that I disliked about their "relationship":
...she had merely not seen the danger past the desire clouding her eyes. She could not help but be drawn to him despite her fears and uncertainties, and though she wanted to follow what her head told her and stay away from him, she could not.
*makes gagging sounds*
The book was somewhat dark, in that John knew he carried the werewolf taint, but he was not self-aware when he changed, and he lived in fear that he was the one responsible for killing some of the victims. There was nothing light or fluffy about this, which is fine, but it's not what I look for now when I choose a paranormal romance.
Favorite line: Harboring a monster made the protector a monster, too.
Hmm. I'll give it 3 of 5. It was a well-written story; I simply didn't like it.
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Dr John Bradfordini is a physician, and he doesn't believe in myth and legends, until the night his brother is attacked and killed by a werewolf, and that same creature marks John with a bite.
Emmaline Monroe is a tiger trainer in Gerhardt's Circus, a traveling show. On full moon nights, they have been losing members of their crew, which the others attribute to a werewolf among them. Emma doesn't believe in such nonsense, until she sees a wolf with the intelligent eyes of a man.
Before he dies, John's brother tells him to find the circus, and his answers will be there. John abandons his practice and hooks up with the circus as a canvasman, helping to set up and take down each time the circus makes a stop on its tour. There, he meets Emmaline and is immediately attracted to her, although he knows he must keep her at a distance. For her part, Emma is attracted to 'Johnny', the drifter, even though she is aware he is hiding secrets that could destroy her way of life.
*yawns*
Emma's grandfather Franz knows a werewolf stalks the circus, and he knows it must be one of their own, but he is powerless to stop the killings. My logic brain kicked in, and all I could think was, 'If you believe it's one of your own, why not have everyone gather at the eve of the next full moon?' Either the werewolf won't dare show up, and you'll know who it is, or he will and he'll change, and you'll know who it is. Was that solution too simple? *shakes head*
And, of course, Emma falls in love with Johnny, even though he's a no-good drifter and he's never anything but rude to her. Please spare me from stupid, insipid women in literature. This paragraph sums up all that I disliked about their "relationship":
...she had merely not seen the danger past the desire clouding her eyes. She could not help but be drawn to him despite her fears and uncertainties, and though she wanted to follow what her head told her and stay away from him, she could not.
*makes gagging sounds*
The book was somewhat dark, in that John knew he carried the werewolf taint, but he was not self-aware when he changed, and he lived in fear that he was the one responsible for killing some of the victims. There was nothing light or fluffy about this, which is fine, but it's not what I look for now when I choose a paranormal romance.
Favorite line: Harboring a monster made the protector a monster, too.
Hmm. I'll give it 3 of 5. It was a well-written story; I simply didn't like it.
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