Change of Heart (Audible Audio Edition) Mary Calmes Sean Crisden Hudson Audio Publishing Books
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As a young gay man-and a werepanther-all Jin Rayne yearns for is a normal life. Having fled his past, he wants nothing more than to start over, but Jin's old life doesn't want to let him go. When his travels bring him to a new city, he crosses paths with the leader of the local were-tribe.
Logan Church is a shock and an enigma, and Jin fears that Logan is both the mate he fears and the love of his life. Jin doesn't want to go back to the old ways, and mating would irrevocably tie him to them. But Jin is the mate Logan needs at his side to help him lead his tribe, and he won't give Jin up so easily. It will take time and trust for Jin to discover the joy in belonging to Logan and how to love without restraint.
Change of Heart (Audible Audio Edition) Mary Calmes Sean Crisden Hudson Audio Publishing Books
Because this book had so many high reviews I downloaded it despite the high price tag ($5.38 for 200 pages). Unfortunately I don't feel as though I got my money's worth.Cons: everything is repetitive. I imagine the first ten pages of the book were the most interesting for me. After that it's just following Jin's self pity and contradicting actions and hearing Logan's verbal claims on his mate. All the characters are shallow and their actions don't match their thoughts. The universe itself has already been done by other authors so I can't even give much credit to that. The sex scenes, although hot at first, were overdone. By the end of the book every other scene was sex with only little change. I felt as though there was very little character development that we could see and what changes happened were because the author states that they had. I'd pay $5 for a regular novel with no problem but this was something I'd be disappointed to read even finding it for free somewhere as an amateur work.
Pros: Calmes writing isn't bad on the word by word level and it was properly edited. The cover art is nice which was probably the reason I even looked at the page in the first place. All over this book was physically done with a lot of care. The characters seemed like they had a lot of potential and their personalities were interesting, I just wished I'd seen more done with that.
I read this whole book to give it a fair review but I'm sorry to say I don't plan on buying the rest of the series. The next book seems like it's much of the same and 200 pages is enough of Jin's self pity and Logan forcing his mate to do what he wants him to for me.
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Change of Heart (Audible Audio Edition) Mary Calmes Sean Crisden Hudson Audio Publishing Books Reviews
Warning This review might contain what some people consider SPOILERS.
Rating 6/10
PROS
- The tribal politics of the shifter society are interesting and from what I can tell, unique to the story. I also like that the politics are backed by actual written laws.
- The narrator’s attitude is amusing sometimes, particularly when he makes snide comments about other characters or his surroundings.
- Jin is a typical Calmes protagonist in that he gets himself into all kinds of trouble and then reacts with a foolishly freewheeling attitude. “If I got upset every time someone beat me,” he says, “or chased me, or tried to rape me, I’d be crying in my cereal every morning.” (I put this as a PRO because I found the *first* character like this amusing, although I admit that I’m growing tired of it now.)
CONS
- There are arguments throughout the story that go on for far too long, with the same points being made multiple times on each side. The writing is needlessly repetitive at other times, too. Here’s an example from (I think) the second page “The fact remained that she was out, seemingly alone, at two in the morning in a very bad part of town,” and then three short paragraphs later, there’s this “Two in the morning in a bad part of town all alone, the girl obviously had a death wish.”
- The dialogue is sometimes a little awkward because the speaker is talking more to the reader than to the other characters present, using conversation to impart background information in a way that doesn’t sound realistic. Also, I take exposition to heart, so when “several minutes [tick] by before he [speaks],” and then less than a page later, “we[‘re] silent for several minutes before he [speaks],” and so on…I imagine the conversations taking FOREVER.
- I found the ending anticlimactic.
Overall comments This is the third or fourth Calmes book I’ve read, and there’s certainly a pattern among them her main characters lead charmed lives with foes getting their comeuppance in satisfying ways and past loves being told flippantly by the protagonist that they’re too late. I didn’t dislike this; I’m just growing tired of the formula. (WARNING for those who are squicked by animalish sex scenes there are a few scenes here when the guys aren’t entirely human.)
DNF 20%
My issue with this book is something you either REALLY mind or you don't. If I had to name it using just one word I think "destiny" might help out but it's not just it.. Reading PNR books you are usually presented with a lot of situations in which people are "destined" to be together and so their attraction is either OTT or there's this "click" between them they can't shut off and here they are - a couple. While I CAN accept that in PNR books to some extent I don't like it. Heck, the MC in this book doesn't like the idea of being stuck with someone because that's how the "laws of attraction" works so why should I?
Jin Rayne is a werepanther but he's not just ANY werepanther, he is destined to mate with a pack leader (there's a special name for that "destined job"). That's is quite bizarre considering he is male and pack leaders is male "job". What kind of pack leader would want a man for a mate? Jin does his best to avoid any pack leader not only to NOT stumble upon his destined mate but also because he has a certain appeal because of his special "destiny" that makes him likeable to right around anyone who meets him (human or shifter). Though it's nice having most of everyone on your side it felt a bit "staged" and very "fake". While Jin was trying his best to stay in the side lines, wherever he goes people just want him to stay and almost worship his strange appeal. When meeting other shifters with other "destinies" (other "jobs") it become a little unbearable for me. I understand that shifters are not a real thing.. but I would like the story at least to feel realistic somehow. Alas, it wasn't.
The obsession with Jin's "destiny" was beyond annoying. He is this rear thing everyone wants to snatch. But since HE is the only one who knows the "old rules" he keeps explaining it to everyone - why they CAN'T have him and why HE has to choose his mate. 20% in and I was not only bored with learning the special pack "jobs" (mostly destined ones) I was annoyed that people's acts were NOT their own. They behaved through those roles with instinct and at times without knowing why they are doing what they are doing...
An example needs to be made.. I know.. okay, so there's the job of a "protector" to a pack. Jin meets this guy who is a protector to a pack leader (the one who is going to be Jin's mate, only one knowing that is whomever read the synopsis ;)) when he meets Jin he wants to know who is mate is and if he doesn't have one (which it seems to be so because he isn't marked and because he doesn't smell mated or something like that..) he INSTANTLY becomes overly protective of him. He doesn't know who he is but he wants him to meet his pack leader (to determine if he is his destined mate) and even though he is suspicious about him (saying he is mated, yet he isn't) he is still protective of him. SAY WHAT? Jin, naturally, knows why because he knows what his destiny "job" makes him out to be, and he instantly realizes the "job" this shifter has which helps him determine the guy's behaviour.
Are you confused yet? I am.. I was reading this book and thinking to myself - WTF man? Even animals have more brain to DECIDE how they want to act. Yeah they can be ruled by instinct at times, but they are free beings. It's not like that in this book AT ALL. Everyone's behaviour felt so damn OTT (and mostly unreal).
As I said at the beginning of my review, if you don't mind the whole "destiny" concept you might really like this one. It's quite unique and I think it's going to deal with interesting issues later on. But for me, who switched my main focus from PNR to "regular" contemporary romance I have little patience for something that takes away from the realism of a couple.
Tags Paranormal MM Romance
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Because this book had so many high reviews I downloaded it despite the high price tag ($5.38 for 200 pages). Unfortunately I don't feel as though I got my money's worth.
Cons everything is repetitive. I imagine the first ten pages of the book were the most interesting for me. After that it's just following Jin's self pity and contradicting actions and hearing Logan's verbal claims on his mate. All the characters are shallow and their actions don't match their thoughts. The universe itself has already been done by other authors so I can't even give much credit to that. The sex scenes, although hot at first, were overdone. By the end of the book every other scene was sex with only little change. I felt as though there was very little character development that we could see and what changes happened were because the author states that they had. I'd pay $5 for a regular novel with no problem but this was something I'd be disappointed to read even finding it for free somewhere as an amateur work.
Pros Calmes writing isn't bad on the word by word level and it was properly edited. The cover art is nice which was probably the reason I even looked at the page in the first place. All over this book was physically done with a lot of care. The characters seemed like they had a lot of potential and their personalities were interesting, I just wished I'd seen more done with that.
I read this whole book to give it a fair review but I'm sorry to say I don't plan on buying the rest of the series. The next book seems like it's much of the same and 200 pages is enough of Jin's self pity and Logan forcing his mate to do what he wants him to for me.
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