The Bookaholic

This is a new author for me, although she’s been writing for a while apparently.

First the good points… I love the supernatural stuff.  Having a werewolf (ok, technically, she’s a shadow wolf, but I’m not going to go into the differences) in the Special Forces is pretty cool.  There’s plenty of intrigue.  The story is well-written.  The characters are engaging and don’t have that “cardboard” feel to them.

Now the bad point… what the heck is up with all the pornographic sex in novels these days?  It seems like nearly every fiction book I pick up these days has sex, sex, sex in it.  The more supernatural elements in the story, the more explicit sex it needs.  One or two in a story… fine.  But that many in every chapter??  Give me a break.

Dear writers… yes, sex sells.  But good writing, well-crafted characters and a taunt plot line is actually more of a selling point for me.  If I wanted pornography, I’d be going out on the Internet to find it.  I really don’t need to have it sneak up on me in the grocery store.  So stop it.

Having said that, I probably will go back and read other books by L. A. Banks… because she does craft a very good tale.

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