I've read some of the books in Maya Banks KGI series and enjoyed them very much, but this trilogy I couldn't finish. I'd heard so much about these books and read many good reviews, so I thought I'd give them a try. Well, a try was as far as I got. I started reading last year and basically struggled through the first book, refusing to give up, even though I knew I wasn't enjoying it. Plodding through it, I finally finished, so I thought, okay I did it! Of course, I was counting finishing the first story as a sort of victory and went blindly onto the next one. What was I thinking?!!! I'll never know, because I found the hero or heroes, whatever you deem to call them (I didn't stick around to read anymore to find out) as insufferable as the one in the first story.
Having read quite a few of the different kinds of books that the Romance Genre offers, I found the first story short on romance and long on nothing but sex and not the kind of sex I'm used to reading about. Not even in erotic romance. The hero, if you can call him that, had sex on the brain at all times. There never did seem to be a time that he didn't. I mean, c'mon we know men think about it a lot, but asking the heroine to not wear panties to the office so he could have her whenever he wanted during the day? Hell no! The heroine put up with all of this, because she truly loved him. That was evident by the fact that she got engaged to his twisted ass at the end of the story. Really, I can't even remember the name of the book, but it was one long story about the guy's sexual appetite and what he preferred and how she did everything to appease him. I kinda felt sorry for her, because she truly cared for him, but there were times I wanted to slap her a few times to try and drum some sense into her. It was very demeaning how he treated her in my estimation and love or not, I'd never have gone along with any of that b*******!
There was one part in the story where he actually seemed to feel contrite about leaving her with some other man for him to enjoy his sexual favors with her. That was the one glimmer that showed he cared about this woman at all, because he didn't like what the man was doing to her. I keep saying the story, because I honestly can't remember the name of the book! It was just that bad as far as I'm concerned.
The second book, which I thought started out pretty well (can't remember the name of that one either) was fine until I found out that both of these men wanted to sleep with this woman. That they actually shared their women. One of the guys was the heroine's brother from the first story. Needless to say, I could read no further after I found out their intent. I had no idea what the woman's preference was, nor did I care. I'm a one man woman and I found out I can't read those kind of books, even if the story is fictional. So, so much for that.
I marked it as finished, because I didn't know how to get out of having tried to finish it as part of my challenge reading. My first DNF! Do I feel bad about having to do that? Part of me does, but it's not enough of me to care that I did it. I had to do something to relieve myself of the burden of seeing this book just sitting there staring back at me as the months passed by and never being read anymore. If I meet my Reading Challenge goal, I'll just have to read an extra book to keep it honest as that book has been counted toward my total.
I'm glad it's a virtual book rather than a real one to hold in the hand. Maybe I can delete it? If it was a real one, I could give it to someone else to read. I'd have to do that or take it to a resale book shop, because I don't throw books away or tear them up. I love them too much for that! Sorry, the books didn't leave me breathless at all. Only wanting something with substance to read.