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A review by rebeccareadsmut
Judgment Road by Christine Feehan
4.0
His blue eyes moved over her face. He didn’t look at anyone else, or even acknowledge their presence. He caught the front of the shirt he’d loaned her and tugged until she was right in front of him. One hand slid under the mass of her hair, curling around the nape of her neck. It felt like possession. Ownership.
Probably more like 3.5 stars than actually 4 for me. I really like a lot of it, but then there were things in the book that really drove me nuts.
I'm usually the type in romances where I'm always yelling at the heroine to not be dumb, don't leave him over something so dumb. I can say this is probably the first book where there were 2 pretty Fked up situations that happened that I thought she should have left.....at least for a bit but she didn't. I really couldn't believe it. I think the situations worked out okay in the end, but the first one, I was just like WOW she gave in super easy.
I've read a lot of PNR with dark character backgrounds, from other Feehan books (Carpathian Dark Ones I'm looking at you) and Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunters, so I really thought I was a bit immune to dark back stories. I can say without a doubt that Reaper had pretty much the most Fked up back story ever. So dark and just messed up that it almost made it not believable.
I also spent about 3/4th of the book trying to decide if they had some kind of psychic abilities or not. It wasn't talked about a lot.
I also couldn't believe t6here was like a new drama/action happening at like 80% of the book, especially since it felt like the main characters were so far from a good point in their relationship. I just found myself going, really? Now? It felt totally unnecessary and not going to lie, I skimmed most of that part.
I did like the characters overall and some good steam. I can honestly say I've never read a romance where the hero had so many sexual issues because of past trauma. It was a bit refreshing and a bit horrifying, but also just really surprising.
I have to say though I think Feehan was a lot more appealing to me as a PNR reader back in the very early 2000s when there weren't a lot of other options. I will say though, she is good at dark characters and intense relationships. I will probably read some more in this series but it probably makes me want to read other MC books more instead.
“Think there should only be one bloodthirsty person in our family, babe, and you’re not near mean enough.”
Probably more like 3.5 stars than actually 4 for me. I really like a lot of it, but then there were things in the book that really drove me nuts.
I'm usually the type in romances where I'm always yelling at the heroine to not be dumb, don't leave him over something so dumb. I can say this is probably the first book where there were 2 pretty Fked up situations that happened that I thought she should have left.....at least for a bit but she didn't. I really couldn't believe it. I think the situations worked out okay in the end, but the first one, I was just like WOW she gave in super easy.
I've read a lot of PNR with dark character backgrounds, from other Feehan books (Carpathian Dark Ones I'm looking at you) and Sherrilyn Kenyon's Dark Hunters, so I really thought I was a bit immune to dark back stories. I can say without a doubt that Reaper had pretty much the most Fked up back story ever. So dark and just messed up that it almost made it not believable.
I also spent about 3/4th of the book trying to decide if they had some kind of psychic abilities or not. It wasn't talked about a lot.
I also couldn't believe t6here was like a new drama/action happening at like 80% of the book, especially since it felt like the main characters were so far from a good point in their relationship. I just found myself going, really? Now? It felt totally unnecessary and not going to lie, I skimmed most of that part.
I did like the characters overall and some good steam. I can honestly say I've never read a romance where the hero had so many sexual issues because of past trauma. It was a bit refreshing and a bit horrifying, but also just really surprising.
I have to say though I think Feehan was a lot more appealing to me as a PNR reader back in the very early 2000s when there weren't a lot of other options. I will say though, she is good at dark characters and intense relationships. I will probably read some more in this series but it probably makes me want to read other MC books more instead.
“Think there should only be one bloodthirsty person in our family, babe, and you’re not near mean enough.”