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A review by slc333
Soul-Mate by Anna Santos
3.0
I received a free copy from the author via insta-freebie in return for an honest review.
For me this book was somewhere between 2 and 3 stars. I rounded up (damn you GR when will you give a half star option?) because it did manage to keep my interest and I know that it will appeal to many.
Now the first line of the blurb starts "Anna is a bad-ass hybrid hunter..."which raised my expectations. Unfortunately we don't really get to see Anna being a bad-ass anything aside from one brief scene near the end of the book. And in that scene she totally is but I would have liked a lot more of that Anna. Instead the Anna we get is a more confused, sappy, loved up version. Anna and Shane do have some good chemistry and there are plenty of hot scenes but I was expecting an awesome UF with a kick-ass heroine, what I got was a fairly syrupy romance with lots of insta-love and internal monologues about the relationship (from both H & h due to semi alternate POV). It wasn't necessarily bad - just not what I was hoping for.
Also there were a couple of really minor to the story things that bugged me. First there was the whole bit at the start where he takes her to his house after she passes out and undresses her completely so she will be 'comfortable'. Umm no that is not ok. Nor is it comfortable to wake up naked after an attack in a strange man's home. Secondly was the issue I have with Shane's ex just roaming around and being the object of Anna's cousin Jason's lust (and presumably the lead in an upcoming book?) give that she
For me this book was somewhere between 2 and 3 stars. I rounded up (damn you GR when will you give a half star option?) because it did manage to keep my interest and I know that it will appeal to many.
Now the first line of the blurb starts "Anna is a bad-ass hybrid hunter..."which raised my expectations. Unfortunately we don't really get to see Anna being a bad-ass anything aside from one brief scene near the end of the book. And in that scene she totally is but I would have liked a lot more of that Anna. Instead the Anna we get is a more confused, sappy, loved up version. Anna and Shane do have some good chemistry and there are plenty of hot scenes but I was expecting an awesome UF with a kick-ass heroine, what I got was a fairly syrupy romance with lots of insta-love and internal monologues about the relationship (from both H & h due to semi alternate POV). It wasn't necessarily bad - just not what I was hoping for.
Also there were a couple of really minor to the story things that bugged me. First there was the whole bit at the start where he takes her to his house after she passes out and undresses her completely so she will be 'comfortable'. Umm no that is not ok. Nor is it comfortable to wake up naked after an attack in a strange man's home. Secondly was the issue I have with Shane's ex just roaming around and being the object of Anna's cousin Jason's lust (and presumably the lead in an upcoming book?) give that she