TITLE:
SEX, WOLVES & ROCK ‘N ROLL
AUTHOR:
MINA CARTER
Pages:
53
Date:
16/01/2014
Grade:
4+
Details:
One Night Stand Series / Lyric Hound
Received from Decadent Publishing
Through Love Romances
Own
/ Kindle
The story:
Trent
Savage, Sav, is the drummer in Lyric Hound, a very popular band, consisting of
Werewolf musicians. For as long as he can remember he’s been attracted to
Karlan Rixx, the band’s guitarist. What’s more, for years he has known that
Karlan is his preordained mate. Karlan however is as straight as they come and,
as far as Sav can tell, completely unaware of or ignoring Sav’s feelings as
well as the bond between them.
After
years of trying to deny his feelings just to hold on to Karlan’s friendship,
Sav can’t take it anymore and leaves the band as well as the only life and
family he’s ever known.
Karlan
may be a womanizer, in his heart there is only one person he’s interested in.
When Sav disappears Karlan feels lost. The band isn’t the same without Sav to
drive the beat and Karlan’s life is incomplete without the man behind him on
stage, next to him in life.
When
he discovers that Sav has contacted Madame Eve to organize a one night stand,
Karlan does what he can to be Sav’s date. There was a reason Karlan didn’t know
he and Sav were mated. With Karlan’s problem solved both men are in for a few
surprises when they meet again. But will it be enough for them to embrace their
destiny?
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My thoughts:
Allow
me to start with a few qualifiers. I’ve never read a One Night Stand or Lyric
Hound story before. I don’t read a lot of supernatural stories, erotic or
otherwise and, I very often find myself having issues with novellas. For all
intents and purposes requesting this book for review seemed to be an exercise
in setting myself up for failure.
Imagine
how happily surprised I was to discover that being new to the One Night Stand
series and Lyric Hound stories didn’t make a difference. I fell into and was
captured by this story from the very first word and stayed hooked until I’d
finished the last one. What’s not too like? We’re meeting Sav, a sexy and
dominant werewolf rock star who, despite his rough exterior is breaking up
inside because his mate appears to be rejecting him. And, not only do we get to
enjoy this hunk, we’re also treated to Karlan, an equally hot werewolf. The
reader is being spoiled.
Talking
about werewolves; I’ve obviously been missing something while ignoring
supernatural (erotic) stories. If this story sets the standard, this is a discrepancy
I’ll be fixing in the not too distant future, very likely starting with the
other Lyric Hound stories.
As
far as the fact that this is a novella rather than a full novel is concerned
all I can say is that I was very impressed. This was as complete a story as any
reader can wish for. The characters are well described and fully fleshed,
there’s enough back story to give the reader not only everything they need to
know but also a real connection to the character’s feelings and actions. This
story may only have counted 35 pages, it provided everything a good story
needs: a beginning that puts the reader straight into the story, a middle that
provided all the explanations needed without slowing the story down and a
beautiful and very satisfying ending.
And
did I mention this story is hot? Well, it is. But then, that’s exactly what you
would expect when you pick up a story about two Alpha werewolves giving in to
their feelings for each other after years of having to deny them.
This
in short was about an hour’s worth of pure reading delight, leaving me with yet
another author I have to add to my must-read list.
