Meet Pickles, the cat who lives in Hobbiton
Pickles is a lucky cat. Not only was she the only survivor when someone threw her and her littermates out of a car, the person who found her worked on the set of Hobbiton. So this is where she now lives.
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Pickles is a lucky cat. Not only was she the only survivor when someone threw her and her littermates out of a car, the person who found her worked on the set of Hobbiton. So this is where she now lives.
So One to Hold is a hard book to rate because while I loved Ms Louise's writing style, there were a few bits of the story I wasn't too happy about.
As for as a summary goes, this isn't a very long book, so all I'll give you is: So, the H and h meet at a resort. And they get involved at said resort. Only both of them are hiding things....
Okay so, my issues:
Yay for the idea, meh for the execution. It's the same ol' same ol, with books like this one: too much sex, not enough plot. The scenes were hot, yes, but, I'd have preferred more characterization (there are so many characters and we get so little of them!), story telling (those sex scenes were loooong and but everything else felt like it all happened too fast), and the h and h spending more 'getting to know' you time (most of their getting to know you bits were glossed over). IIRC, i actually l think there was more plot in the synopsis than the actual book! so, yeah, meh pretty much sums it up.
every flat (and some not so flat) surface i have can attest to this.
So, this was my first Trish Doller title, and I don't know how to explain why this was only 3 stars....
It's like, as well written as the story was ( and it was well written, I don't recall anything about the writing itself, that bothered me), it didn't quite deliver on the promise of the synopsis. I just expected more.
And honestly, it's not terribly original. I could pretty much figure out the book, long before I got to the resolution ( though to be fair, while what I thought would happen, happened, the book did not end the way I thought it would.) And it sorta kinda reminded me of an after school movie meets a lifetime one....and it wasn't as deep as I wanted...like all the right words are said, and all the right actions are taken, but it was still not enough.....
and yet, I still liked it. And I want more. And I'd read more from Ms Doller. But still, I can't seem to give this more than 3 stars, 3.5 max.
Okay so I really wasn't expecting much from this Ellora's cave title. IMO, there are a lot more misses than hits, with EC titles, so I figured it'd be a quick read, hopefully a hot one, and if we got any plot at all, I'd call it a win.
So color me surprised, there's actual story to this story!
It's not very in depth, but still it's there! And it doesn't fade into the background!
Lets see, real quick, the H is a air witch, who's ferrari breaks down in the h's small town of (iirc) Stoddard. He did a douchey thing so his rich mommy cuts him off and marks him as a rogue ( this however wasn't explained very well, but I think it just means he's got a target on his back), which means none of his acquaintances ( i.e former bed bunnies) will go near him....who does help him? The h, who towed his car to her garage. Only she's got her own issues, her ass of an ex, won't leave her alone about buying her out, and a few of her recent fixes, have become unfixed....but still she gives hm a roof over his head, until things can work out.
What I liked:
So I'm in the minority here, but to be honest, if this is what mc books are like now, I just don't think they're for me. I've read KA's and those iirc, were pretty good, but I think I need to be pickier from here on out. Having said that, the rest of this review, ( if you can really even call it that) is spoilery so read at your own risk.