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Book 12, 2012
Jun. 9th, 2012 05:39 pmOn Friday, I finished Prey by Melina Morel. It should have been titled "I Was a Teenage Mary Sue". *shakes head*
The story premise was interesting--Russian werecat security professional meets American werecat in trouble, and they fall in love. Add in a mystery, and hey! Wonderful story. But, it wasn't. The writing was trite and filled with cliches. If I had to read, "let's make love like wildcats" one more time...
Also, the main female, Vivian, was such a Mary Sue. She was gorgeous and powerful, having been descended from a demi-god, and every man wanted her. At times, I wanted to kick her ass and remind her that she's a werecat, and at other times, she came across as all-powerful and able to kick anyone else's ass.
The male lead was Pavel Federov. I don't know if the author is a hockey fan, but really? Pavel Federov? I suppose Sergei Bure sounded too ridiculous. Pavel holds the leader of his own clan in disdain for "mating" with a werecat from another clan, yet as soon as he meets Viv, Pavel falls in twu wuv and suddenly stops being so prejudiced against other septs of werecats.
I don't know. The story itself wasn't all bad, but it read like a fifteen year-old wrote it. I also didn't like all the tangents. Having subplots is okay, but going off to follow other characters sort of threw me out of the story. Also, the author's characters from a previous book made an appearance for no apparent reason than to make an appearance.
On a 5-star scale, this would get a 2.
The story premise was interesting--Russian werecat security professional meets American werecat in trouble, and they fall in love. Add in a mystery, and hey! Wonderful story. But, it wasn't. The writing was trite and filled with cliches. If I had to read, "let's make love like wildcats" one more time...
Also, the main female, Vivian, was such a Mary Sue. She was gorgeous and powerful, having been descended from a demi-god, and every man wanted her. At times, I wanted to kick her ass and remind her that she's a werecat, and at other times, she came across as all-powerful and able to kick anyone else's ass.
The male lead was Pavel Federov. I don't know if the author is a hockey fan, but really? Pavel Federov? I suppose Sergei Bure sounded too ridiculous. Pavel holds the leader of his own clan in disdain for "mating" with a werecat from another clan, yet as soon as he meets Viv, Pavel falls in twu wuv and suddenly stops being so prejudiced against other septs of werecats.
I don't know. The story itself wasn't all bad, but it read like a fifteen year-old wrote it. I also didn't like all the tangents. Having subplots is okay, but going off to follow other characters sort of threw me out of the story. Also, the author's characters from a previous book made an appearance for no apparent reason than to make an appearance.
On a 5-star scale, this would get a 2.
