Reviews for Something special

The average rating for Something special based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-02-09 00:00:00 David Converse I want more! I thought all four stories were pretty good. Each one had characters that were secondary characters in the other novels in the series. Each one different, but all had action, inner turmoils and excellent, erotic love scenes. A Time to Howl by Liz Maverick: I thought this was great. Even when it started out almost as 'poor little rich girl', Tajo and Gia overcome their differences and learn about one another. What started out as a spur of the moment kidnapping turns into an excellent love story. I was disappointed, though, but not because of the story. I want Jill and Marius! Please, oh please, Ms. Maverick. I need Jill and Marius. By ending their torment you'll be ending mine. Right at the beginning, the page just before the title page, Liz wrote: "To the fans waiting for Jill and Marius … we'll get there." Oh, I hope it's soon. This novel had been published in January 2007. Please! The suspense is killing me here! Rating: 4 stars DX by Carolyn Jewel: Pretty good action and plot, but I found DX/Jaden to be a little overbearing. While I felt the characters were attracted to each other, I didn't find the basis as to why Hell would become Jaden's mate, just because. I didn't feel the connection strong enough. While I know that there was a reason for it, I didn't feel it was enough. Not bad, but not the greatest. Rating: 3 stars School Bites by Jade Lee: This one was delightful! I really liked how Toni and John fumbled with each other, turned to each other, trusted each other, helped one another. Each one strong in their beliefs, even when they change. I thought the story was a great change to the usual fighting and will to survive. The had a point to push across and I loved how that played out in the story. Even though fiction, we can learn from this one, and it was a pleasant surprise. Rating: 5 stars Dark Awakening by Patti O'Shea: Oh, I really enjoyed this one. I truly love how Kimi and Nic come together and win against the odds, just the two of them. I felt the connection between them, and I understood Kimi's hesitancy. Nic doesn't push, and Kimi, bold yet wary, learns something new every hour she spends with Nic. Their love blossoms, and the reader can feel it. I love how they team up to beat the bad guy, and no matter how scared she was, she did what she had to, to keep Nic alive. For a woman of only twenty years of age, she did something that most can't, and it was incredible to watch. Rating: 5 stars And yet, I can't help reiterate once more: Please, Liz! I need Jill and Marius! Average Rating: 4.5 stars

Review # 2 was written on 2013-02-08 00:00:00 Latoya Mitchell first read in June 2012 The four stories in Shards of Crimson, from current female fantasy writers, are interesting and themed together in a way that strongly reminded me of Thieves' World, especially when they started straying from the storyline into a highly explicit recount. The first story, "A Time to Howl", was a classic theme of sheltered princess / erring peasant. It had echoes of Aladdin, as in the cartoon of the same name, but with a great twist. The two primary people in the story were both werewolves, one a sheltered princess, the other a rogue street walker, both with something missing in their lives. It was very well told, and the explicit scenes were very tastefully handled in a way that added to the storyline rather than, as so many do, abruptly jarring you out. The second story, DX, dealt with human and demon interaction. Sadly to say, it was so uninteresting that I had to go back to the book to see what it was about. Helen, aka Hell, was the chief protagonist, and she was the love interest of vampires and demons, and the dinner date (as in the entrée) of werewolves. Other than that, too humdrum to remember. School Bites, the third read, was an excellent story dealing with prejudice, and how unwarranted stereotyping of a race, people, or species, can often do more harm than good. In this story, the teachers struggle, literally, with the forces of evil, in this case the prejudice of the "normal" people against any they perceive as different. The teacher, Toni, is a Special Education teacher who deals daily with the children that are different, not cluing in to the fact that many of them are werewolves or vampires. She is bitten, and the prejudice of her fellows turns against her. The story turned out differently than I expected, and the outcome, and Toni's reactions, were different than I expected, but except for thinking this could have been better as a full length novel, I felt this was an excellent story. The fourth and final story, Dark Awakening, was also dealing with demon and human interaction. It opens with a witch, Kimi, who, barely out of her teens, is now struggling to face her power while also coming to grips with the fact that the young man (Nic) she is interested in does not want her. She struggles with a slew of demons, and is forced to call on Nic for help, and together they struggle to contain the evil forces out to get her. A well written story. Overall, 3 out of four were excellent, with only the second being forgettable. A good choice for an evening.