Just Bleh

Fury of Desire is the new book in Coreene Callahan's Dragonfury series.

So, I usually give the description of the book myself, but I am having a hard time do that for this book, so I am just going to give the description that Goodreads provides.

No warrior of the Nightfury pack is more complicated or damaged than Wick. 

Scarred from a childhood of slavery and torture, Wick cannot bear the touch of another person. But all bets are off when he meets J.J. Solares. When she is unjustly imprisoned, Wick agrees to help rescue and keep her from harm. But Wick lives a life of self-imposed isolation and venturing into the world to seek justice for J.J. may be more than he can bear.

Brutalized by the harsh reality of prison, J.J thinks she is hallucinating when a majestic dark-haired god sweeps in to save her—and Wick is shaken to his core by the attraction he feels for J.J. But neither is out of harm's way yet. When they find themselves at the center of a Dragonkind war, they are forced to make the ultimate choice—surrender to their fears or accept each other’s love

I had liked the first three books of this series.  They were never going to win any great literature prize, but they entertained me, and had some seriously steamy romance scenes.  This book, however, was a big disappointment, and had oh so many problems.

First, I felt the author spent the better part of at least three chapters explaining that Wick could not handle being touched and why.  It dragged the story out, and could have been explained just as well in one chapter.

Second, Her male leads are not having a different enough personality to make them really stand out from the others.  Their attitudes and mannerisms are way too similar to make them entirely new and special.

Third, the author switches perspective way too many times between too many characters.  If this book was suppose to be about Wick and J.J., she should have spent more time focusing on their story and perspectives.  Instead we got Wick, J.J., Venom, Ivar, and Nian, and some of the story just felt like filler so that she could make this into a novel length.  With all the switching, the establishing of the relationship and connection between Wick and J.J. did not really happen until the book was over half done with, and because of that it felt way too rushed. 

Lastly, and probably the most annoying, the author way over uses the dramatic trail-off sentences.  I get that sometimes a drama trail-off can enhance the story and the point being made, but when you do that multiple times per chapter, it looses it affect.

This book has pretty much put an end to me continuing this series.  I just don't think I can handle more of it, and her writing style.

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The Shells of Chanticleer
by Maura Patrick