I wanted to rate this higher but I just couldn’t .....
Ok, I’m not sure how to express how I feel,but of course I’m going to try....
I really really liked “Lola” for the most part,and her story to but there is this weird disconnect thru the whole story that’s kinda hard to describe....
Might contain some spoilers along the way...
“Lola” her ID in this book was smart and clever and O soo funny in ways I wish to all that was holy and bookish that most heroines were.... Lola has a very good is say”intelligent paranoia “ going, as in she doesn’t do anything TSTL,like foolish or risky choices per se ( I’ll come back to that ) and seems to have back up plans for her back up plans.... like when she thinks a guy in the book is trying to trap her,she immediately thinks to check her body for a tracker, how to get rid of it and also has the presence of mind to get rid of any trac of herself and when she leaves via a portal she makes sure she comes many many places to confuse things if someone were able to try and track her...
I was amazed and very impressed at all of “Lola’s” skill and all the thought and planning she put into everything , the writer really impressed me on that...
I loved how the story w/the h sending a guy from the club home to his wife to give her the attention she deserved instead of wasting his time at the strip club,but took a generous tip because she deserved it and then later gave the tips to a fellow dancer who was a overly tired single mother who needed it....
Ok, while there was eventually get a few drips and drabs about the h’s background, we don’t really walk away knowing any more about her than any one else does.... I guess that what got me first and started to pull me out of the story and turn me off the most... I felt like at times I was just an observer in her life ,kinda like I’d I were reading the odd diary entries ,you know “Dear diary, today I ........ ..........”...
There is little to know world building ,we’re told at different points there are “human only” areas and “supe only areas” soo supposedly supernaturals are out in this world, but whys and how’s etc. aren’t told.... nothing is really,we get bits and pieces of her background but not really much of anything, Lola felt teflon coated not just with the men she encountered but everyone, even me the reader.... You know she has her reasons but everything just felt soo robotic at times, I work, I eat and eat and eat, eventually I F and feed ..... rinse and repeat...
I’m the avenging angel,for the downtrodden and abused,out to help all women seen as hore’s reclaim their self esteem and anything else they’ve lost.... and while that’s great and all, it felt really really preachy at times about it.... I sweep into town punish the guilty, take over abusiveor bad clubs make everyone’s life better and then ride off into the sunset to start all over again..... never letting anyone in...
Lola is broken and scared and a bit wild at times but running on empty mentally and emotionally , not able to let any one close.. she’ll risk her life but not her heart... seriously ? I’ll sleep with a one or anything just about if it’s fun but I’ll never let anyone get close because that,that will hurt ?
Sorry, I can’t relate.... I’ve definitely had my share of hurt etc. but I’m a deeply romantic person and to me, someone to love deeply and trust is what makes struggling along in this old world worth it...
I got soo damn tired of being told the h was soo wonderful and perfect by the two puppy men who chased after her,who while Dylan seemed amazing, the little amount of time she spent with him and all the hoops she had him jump thru , his adoration never made sense unless his inner bear ( which was never mentioned) thought she was his mate)..
Lola has the ability to be amazing,but I felt as I followed her thru her days she was distant and never let us the readers in much less anyone else .... I don’t know why the two men were so enthralled w/her because she was a itch to Aiden,( though he did mostly deserve it) and Dylan like Aiden acted more like a love sick puppy that a bear shifter who’s been in law enforcement for over a 100 years...
I’m all for a good RH or a M/F/M ménage ( don’t do mm), but I don’t want some woman just wandering around from place to place having random sexual encounters..... to me that’s not fun or sexy abs it’s sure as heck NOT romance... what was this again ? I don’t know .... smart h ,except w/her heart ... life’s mission to save others but honestly hasn’t saved herself,not really....
Recommend? Sorry I can’t say yes or no on this one... I’m curious to see where this goes but I’m unsure...
Lola pulled me in w/her wit and intelligence but pushed me away just like she did everyone in her fictional life by being remote and distant,and oft times narrow minded and a bit to quick to judge.... that last one is rather ironic...