2.5 stars. I tried really hard to enjoy this story. It has so many fun elements. A siren who leads a band of other supes. A incubus hero who leads security. A cast of other supes who are somehow related to our two leads. A somewhat interesting plot. But alas this completely fell short. In so many ways. Just FYI this is not dark, gritty, or a uf. So if that is what you are looking for, you won't find it here. This book, which is advertised as an urban fantasy when it is quite obviously a paranormal romance, started off decently. There are a lot of characters, which at times got a tad confusing, but not enough to deter me from continuing. What aggravated me and reminded me of fan fiction was Scarlett’s music career. There are chapters upon chapters dedicated to how great a singer she is (she is a siren after all, so she should be) and how amazing her band is. Okay, that’s fine I guess, but Dave Grohl filling in for her drummer at their big welcome home show when her drummer doesn’t show up? That just seems to be a huge stretch to me. Especially since Dave and Scarlett seem to be BFF’s. Not to mention that those chapters seemed completely unnecessary to me. Sure it set up another attack of the bad guy and more sexual tension between Lukas and Scarlett, but that could have been done another way. Those scenes all just seemed gratuitous and way to fulfill some kind of personal fantasy.I only finished this book because I wanted to be prepared for the second book in the series which I got from Netgalley. Although there are a lot of characters and reading one book certainly helps set up some scenes in book two, you do not need to read this book to continue on in the series. I’m disappointed that this book wasn’t better. I actually rated it 2.5 stars out of 5, but rounded up because a 2 star rating is definitely too harsh. The book definitely had a lot of enjoyable parts, I just don’t think it’s for me.
What do You think about Taste Me (2011)?
This was a good story but it was hard to follow and the mystery had no mystery.
—sel
