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I admit to an addiction to romance novels that bizarrely parallels my passion for non-fiction. Walking through the bookstore, the steamy cover of this book caught my attention. Reading the back, I assumed that it would be a usual romance novel. Blind artist meets/makes love with Black Ops agent and falls in love. Normal plot. Or so I thought. It turns out that Enticed is set in a pseudo-modern world where everyone is in some way a warlock or witch. I can live with that. But, what I didn't realize was that Enticed is also part of a series of sorts. That prior knowledge that is no doubt found in earlier books would have been useful. With the witch-world setting, the plot becomes more and more unfeasible. The blind artist can see via second sight. I'd have to ask what the point was in making her blind in the first place? Answer: sex. Being a romance novel fiend, I have no problem with sex, even when it's graphically described. Sometimes that's refreshing as certain euphenisms for erotic content get boring. But, the sheer amount of extremely graphic sex in the novel ultimately helped along the process of destroying my suspension of disbelief. Everytime I tried to buy the plot, setting, etc. the hot and heavy action jerked me back to reality. Add in a "twist" that's apparent from the beginning pages and the book, even as a romantic bit of fluff reading, died for me. Those interested in fantasy-romance may want to give Enticed a try but be warned if you err on the reserved side or haven't read the other books. Enticed left me rather uninterested.

2022-10-21 05:39