A fantasy that is just not my cup of tea.  Didn't seem that thrilling.
596591
Let me start by simply saying I just didn't get it.  This is sort of a fantasy/science fiction/thriller/romance.  I didn't really take to the characters and I didn't find it all that thrilling.  Romance is something I am not interested in reading.  This takes place in some unknown world at some unknown time.  Some things seem behind us in technology and others ahead of us. A lot of things are named in Latin and it takes some time to even understand what some things are, such as the motorcycle Penny (the protagonist) rides, the mechanical butterflies and mechanical horses, etc.  I just didn't take to this fantasy world and found the battle of the good guys against the bad guys confusing and not that interesting.  The only experience that I've had in fantasy is my favorite book, which is Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. This is not that kind of fantasy. I can only rate this based on my own tastes. I picked this book from the Kindle Firsts, because the editor raved so much about it. I do believe that many readers will give this four or five stars, if this is their kind of book. It's not a bad book, just not very interesting to me.  I have to admit, though, that it is different.

I just read some other reviews and discovered that this book is in a genre called Steam Punk.  That is where the setting is something like the late 19th century, but there are inventions like those of H.G. Wells, that take us into the future.  I must say that this may be why I found this so confusing.  Now that I know this, I can say that I am not a fan of Steam Punk. I suppose it might have helped had I known the genre before I started. It didn't engage me.  I see it got a lot of high reviews.  I suppose there are a lot of fans of this type of book. So my rating can't be based on how this rates within that genre, as I am not familiar with it, but simply what I thought of it as a book. Boring, confusing and not believable.
3032534
I mean... the book isn't terrible. But it didn't captivate me. It... it didn't interest me much at all. I usually enjoy different worlds but this was just... absurd.
I... don't know what I should write about. The characters were ok enough but the whole... ??plot?? and concept were lacking, sadly.

I will most likely not be reading the second book.

The plus side is that you can have it finished in under an hour.
4277847
Have read other books by here that I have liked better...this series I read but it is not my type of book.
2247496
I am a fairly new fan of dark erotica. I knew going into this story that it was not going to be a fun and fluffy fairytale, but it still sounded interesting to me. It was not bad, but just okay in my opinion.

I think the biggest struggle for me was that the story never really went anywhere. There seemed to be no main objective other than the prince rescuing the princess, which happened in the first chapter. Other than that it was quite repetitive. Additionally, the characters were very one dimensional. The way the story was written there was no real chance to get into their heads, to get to know them. For me, that is what makes the story. Overall, the story just did not catch my interest and I do not wish to read the rest of the series.
2548524
this story I  found  not to my liking,but will read others by the author maybe next one will  be  up my alley
3289820
This book was too confusing for me. It was a very creative story, no doubt but I just couldn't keep up with this fantasy realm. Not for me
1168638
No it just wasn't really there for me. As I was reading it I was actually thinking ways up in my head that it could have been written better. I know there are more books in this series but the characters just aren't really the kind to make you want to KNOW what's going to happen.
2719140
This did not keep my attention.  It just didn't appeal to me.
2242956
Maybe I should have done more research before buying it. Maybe you like fantasy of this type, disregard my review if you do, just don't buy it for the title or cover.
4109983
I had a hard time getting into this story. The characters were just okay for me and it was a bit slow. The fiance was just a bit too bizarre to be believable. I found myself just wanting to get to the end of this slow moving book.
11769
I generally really enjoy magic realism but did not find this to be a good example of it.  I found the metaphors to be overdone.
3992174
i personally wasn't a fan of the book because i was never into the fantasy type genre to begin with. reasons why i didn't enjoy reading this book was because it was filled with boring text and long wait for anything interesting to happen. Confusing grammar being used throughout the book also. i can see why so many people like it and i understand but its just not my preference.
3368621
Big fan of Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman, but this was not a book I enjoyed.  I kind of understand what they were trying to do, but it didn't do it for me.  I'm not lamenting the loss of the Dragon Lance characters, I enjoyed the "War of Souls".  This seemed silly in some places, overly dramatic in others.  This may not be the series for me, but maybe for some.
3233856
It was a struggle to get through this book for me.  I found the concept to be so far-fetched that I couldn't buy into it.  I guess it's not for everyone...
1122266
An interesting concept and one I am not opposed to, but I just didn't like the story itself. I felt the author could have done better in making the erotic scenes more...erotic. Everything went by so quickly I almost missed that it even happened. Not one of the best I have read, but not the worst.
2579572
Could not get into it....just a little too weird for me.
1687605
*This book was received in exchange for an honest review*

Let me just start out by saying that I do not dislike this book, however it is just not my thing. I enjoyed the author's realistic descriptions and characters. I tried as hard as I could to get into it and enjoy it, thinking that maybe it was just a slow start. After getting about halfway through I just couldn't read it anymore. This being said, I felt that is was a great book. Just not the book for me.

Laura