Way too much sex for me in this one, but YMMV.
The idea and the writing was pretty solid but they were at it even in times of strive and under attack. Shagging left, right, and centre. It honestly got boring. Take out a third of the sex scenes and it might have been manageable but as it stands I'm not too interested in reading more of the same sex to plot ratio.

Having just read some reviews for books 2 and 3 I don't think I'll continue with this series. I don't really like the MCs as much as the side characters (Xander and Caleb) and apparently those two are expendable. :(

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Way too much sex for me in this one, but YMMV.
The idea and the writing was pretty solid but they were at it even in times of strive and under attack. Shagging left, right, and centre. It honestly got boring. Take out a third of the sex scenes and it might have been manageable but as it stands I'm not too interested in reading more of the same sex to plot ratio.

Having just read some reviews for books 2 and 3 I don't think I'll continue with this series. I don't really like the MCs as much as the side characters (Xander and Caleb) and apparently those two are expendable. :(

I have a hard time really defining if I liked this book. The first two messages you need to know:

1). While this is a HEA type romance, it is book 1 (of at least 5 books) so do not expect full resolution.
2). Get the idea out of you mind that sex with other people = cheating. If that is your feelings DO NOT READ THIS BOOK. It is not fair to rate this book poorly for a different moral code. There is lots of sex with other people and NO ONE seems to mind. So just suck it up (hahahah) and accepted that it is not wrong.

That was very hard for me to get past; I kept waiting for someone to feel betrayed or upset. I was disturbed at first, but I finally let go and accepted that while their code was different it was not "wrong" in this world.

In fact, I have to say that the author had a lot of courage to make this vampire world not all sparkly and sweet. Yes, I found the love story between Lucien and Peter very intense and very beautiful. They explained a lot of the reason why the sexual intensity between vampire Master and others happens and why it is ok. I actually thought about how in the movie world of Underworld has this feeling of sexual freedom and could sort of relate this book to that.

Now, that being said, there was a lot of sex, way way way too much. So half of me goes, this book is just PWP (Porn with plot), but the other part of me found the book well written, the overall plot intriguing, and the world deeply described.

So, despite the tons of sex aspect and PWP I am actually giving this a four star rather than a 2. There was just something compelling about this story that I could not put down the book.

Last warning, the book is pretty intense emotionally, so you might want to make sure you have a funny uplifting book next in line. :)
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An urban fantasy novel centred on Peter, a human bartender and Lucien, a master vampire. The first book of the Soul Mate series which there are currently another four.

From the moment I picked up this book I knew I was in trouble. It's trashy, poorly written, filled with characters with unbelievable tempers and personalities. The main characters have two states of mind - horny or angry. What plot there is is disjointed and highly cliché, the only purpose it serves it to get the characters from sex-scene to sex-scene. There is never one moment where the characters get to relax - either some major drama happened in the two seconds anyone gets to catch their breath or the author leaps forwards in time without any warning.

And yet, as awful as it was, I couldn't. Stop. Reading.

I think it was something to do with the sex. No, Ms Lane cannot write plot or characters who would be classed sane in the real world, but can she ever write a steamy M/M (and I mean M/M - both Peter and Lucien are both quite dominant and their power struggles are enrapturing) I just wish I could have liked the characters, or at least understood them. Also, the fight scenes and gore is quite sterile and 2D which just makes those scenes boring. In fact, any time there is not sex happening, it's boring. It's a shame, and frustrating when so much of Ms Lane's ideas are either overused or not followed through with.

Though I am tempted I will not pick up the second book. PWP is fine for a game but not for a book, and there was an agonising lack of women in the book. The only one I noticed was an enemy vampire who got shot twice in the face. It really grates and the story suffers from their absence, though I assume there might be a tissue-thin excuse in the second book as the evil villain mocked Lucien for his male harem. It still doesn't excuse the fact that the only boobs in the book are the impressive pair Lucien has on the cover.

Characters: 3/10
Setting: 2/10
Plot: 1/10
Dialogue: 4/10
Overall: 2/10 ( )