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Book Reviews

Seduced by Magic by Cheyenne McCray

Don't let the cover fool you. It says "Bestselling Author", but this book is nothing but disgusting tripe. I couldn't even finish it.

First, let me say I've seen fanfiction written better than this book. Bland, horrible, juvenile, unbelievable--and those only begin a long list of adjectives I thought up while I tried to read this story.

The characters were uninteresting. I really didn't give a damn about them and half the time I didn't understand what the hell was going on. Some witch got stuck in some bubble thing by an evil wizard and all she thinks about is getting laid. WTFing Hell? If it were me, the ONLY thing on my mind would be getting out of there. But all this woman thinks about is fucking. And worse, she's pretty damn stupid too. I kept hoping the evil elves would eat her.

Then we have the hero, some sort of winged fae guy who is about as articulate and interesting as a cardboard box in a UPS warehouse. He's 'betrothed' cheated on him and got knocked up--then he gets sucked into the vortex thingy with this stupid witch. And guess what, they end up fucking...a lot.

*headdesk*

And I thought LKH had gone over the top. At least her characters are interesting, even if her storytelling has become as shaky as ground zero.

Don't misunderstand, there's nothing wrong with hanky panky in books, but for the love of Christ, at least make it believable. And by that I mean, let the characters do it when it's appropriate. Having them dropping trow and hiking up skirts anytime, any place, is just insulting--and ridiculous.

I won't know how this story ends. In fact, if I was stranded on an island and this was my only book, I'd toss this garbage out to sea. Rest assured, I won't be reading any more of Ms. McCray's stories any time soon.

Posted by Zoso at October 22, 2006 12:00 PM