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A review by saltyred
The Isis Collar by Cat Adams
4.0
**3-1/2 Stars**
For me, this is one of those series that you can count on to get a good, solid and entertaining read. Like the other books in the series, The Isis Collar has an action-packed plot and a group of interesting characters that you enjoy reading about. The problem for me was, although I didn't get bored reading it--because is IS a good storyline, it didn't excite me quite as much as the previous books either. The writing seemed a bit disjointed in areas, like things/facts were being thrown out and frankly, I didn't know what to do with some of them--this includes the facts about The Isis Collar itself that seem to be thrown at the reader 2/3 of the way into the book.
Also, I know this is an urban fantasy series, but when you introduce a series with sexual tension from the very 1st book and by the 4th book you have not 1, but 2 romantic interests, the reader (meaning me) starts to get frustrated when NEXT TO NOTHING happens. This is a trend in UF, and it drives me crazy (thank you, thank you Stacia Kane for NOT doing this)! Please don't string the reader along and then in the 3rd or 4th book when we're looking for something, anything to at least move in a forward direction, completely stall the romantic possibilities and make us wait another 6-18 months in hopes that something, anything will happen in the next book! As I said, I know these are not meant to be "romance" books, but when it's there for the taking, most of the readers are going to take it, enjoy taking it and wish to keep on taking it!
Thank goodness the writing in these books is "that good", because although the romantic stallings did frustrate me, I will definitely keep coming back!
For me, this is one of those series that you can count on to get a good, solid and entertaining read. Like the other books in the series, The Isis Collar has an action-packed plot and a group of interesting characters that you enjoy reading about. The problem for me was, although I didn't get bored reading it--because is IS a good storyline, it didn't excite me quite as much as the previous books either. The writing seemed a bit disjointed in areas, like things/facts were being thrown out and frankly, I didn't know what to do with some of them--this includes the facts about The Isis Collar itself that seem to be thrown at the reader 2/3 of the way into the book.
Also, I know this is an urban fantasy series, but when you introduce a series with sexual tension from the very 1st book and by the 4th book you have not 1, but 2 romantic interests, the reader (meaning me) starts to get frustrated when NEXT TO NOTHING happens. This is a trend in UF, and it drives me crazy (thank you, thank you Stacia Kane for NOT doing this)! Please don't string the reader along and then in the 3rd or 4th book when we're looking for something, anything to at least move in a forward direction, completely stall the romantic possibilities and make us wait another 6-18 months in hopes that something, anything will happen in the next book! As I said, I know these are not meant to be "romance" books, but when it's there for the taking, most of the readers are going to take it, enjoy taking it and wish to keep on taking it!
Thank goodness the writing in these books is "that good", because although the romantic stallings did frustrate me, I will definitely keep coming back!