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To Taste Temptation
by Elizabeth Hoyt
I was in the mood for a romance novel, but unfortunately, this one was just okay. I didn't particularly care about Emeline and Samuel as a couple, and while I wanted to root for them, I had a hard caring about them as a couple. Maybe I wasn't completely in the mood for romance- or maybe I just needed one that wasn't this one.
I will say that I did really like how this book had a quote from a fictional book at the beginning of each chapter. I know I've read one of her other books, and she incorporated a fictional book into that one as well. I don't know why I liked that so much, but I did. I can't imagine coming up with a full story, plus quotes from a fictional on top of that, though fantasy and sci-fi writers build entire worlds, so it shouldn't be that much of a surprise. But still, there is something about a fictional book within a book that is really cool. So while part of me wants to read that fictional book we see mentioned in To Taste Temptation, I also don't want to, because what if it's just not that same? I don't want another Fangirl/Carry On scenario.
I do like that her books mirror a fairy tale, though I didn't particularly pay too much attention to the parallels between the fairy tale and the actual story. It does seem to be her thing, if this book and The Raven Prince, are any indication. Maybe I just happened to pick up the two books connected to fairy tales, or maybe it's a thing she does in a lot of her books. At any rate, I do like the connections between the two, and it does make things interesting.
Overall, I'm not really sure what else to say about To Taste Temptation. So before I start repeating myself, I'm just going to end things here.
My Rating: 2 stars. It was okay, and while I liked the story within a story, I didn't really care about the main romance.
I will say that I did really like how this book had a quote from a fictional book at the beginning of each chapter. I know I've read one of her other books, and she incorporated a fictional book into that one as well. I don't know why I liked that so much, but I did. I can't imagine coming up with a full story, plus quotes from a fictional on top of that, though fantasy and sci-fi writers build entire worlds, so it shouldn't be that much of a surprise. But still, there is something about a fictional book within a book that is really cool. So while part of me wants to read that fictional book we see mentioned in To Taste Temptation, I also don't want to, because what if it's just not that same? I don't want another Fangirl/Carry On scenario.
I do like that her books mirror a fairy tale, though I didn't particularly pay too much attention to the parallels between the fairy tale and the actual story. It does seem to be her thing, if this book and The Raven Prince, are any indication. Maybe I just happened to pick up the two books connected to fairy tales, or maybe it's a thing she does in a lot of her books. At any rate, I do like the connections between the two, and it does make things interesting.
Overall, I'm not really sure what else to say about To Taste Temptation. So before I start repeating myself, I'm just going to end things here.
My Rating: 2 stars. It was okay, and while I liked the story within a story, I didn't really care about the main romance.