Wild and Free by Kristen Ashley
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
What’s new pussycat? Whoa, Whoa
What’s new pussycat? Whoa, Whoa
(FACT- If you did NOT sing those lyrics in your head in Tom Jones’ voice I don’t think we can be book buddies.)
This book held such promise! A sexy vampire-werewolf hybrid (Abel Jin) finds his mate, Delilah Johnson amidst supernatural political turbulence. With insatiable sexual appetites, beautiful bodies and character features from the first 2 books in the series?!? Swoon! I couldn’t download this book on my kindle fast enough!
Perhaps my expectations were too high because the story fell short for me. Truth be told there’s not much I liked about this book. In fact, the best part was hearing the “What’s new pussycat” song every time Abel used this term of endearment…which was a lot. As I dug deeper and deeper into the story I found my interest waning. There was sex, lots and lots of sex but it came across as “overkill”. Abel and Delilah have waited their whole lives to find their other half and yet when they find each other they spend all their time screwing instead of talking. Don’t get me wrong! If given the opportunity I’d be jumping into bed with Abel myself but after the first fling I’d want to find out more. Here they were blessed with this precious gift of a partner and they do nothing to cultivate that relationship.
Alas, at 55% of the way through I set the story aside and haven’t returned since.
