Comments on: Willaful Review: Tempting the Beast by Lora Leigh

By: Pat

Pat — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 14:22:53 +0000

I remember when this book came out and how I felt about it. I loved it. It was a new type of read, and probably, it started a new trend in paranormals because it was so successful – and at the time, nobody wrote hotter or kinkier than Lora Leigh. I give her a lot of credit for that.

By: Willaful

Willaful — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:44:16 +0000

@Lynn Spencer: If you wanted to try one, I think Dawn's Awakening is the best. Seriously angsty.

By: Lynn Spencer

Lynn Spencer — Thu, 16 Aug 2012 16:36:29 +0000

I have to admit that I could never really get into the Breeds [can't get into Palmer either - so maybe you've nailed the reason right there! ] This one does sound kind of fun, though.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 23:36:44 +0000

The same author on different drugs comment had me LOL! I am so going to have to steal that…..

By: Willaful

Willaful — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:08:05 +0000

The irony is that this small press book wasn’t nearly as bad as some her recent books with big, mainstream publishing houses.

I think niche market authors tend to get a pass on many things. Unfortunately, so do big name authors.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 19:38:03 +0000

What’s up with editing these days? Is this just the new normal?

By: Mireya

Mireya — Wed, 15 Aug 2012 12:15:23 +0000

This was the book that got me hooked on the Breeds. I read it when it was first published, about 10 years ago I think. I always heard that LL’s work always required heavy edits. Sadly, she was assigned to an editor that I had on my list of “why the F is this woman an editor?”. Not going to name names, but, invariably, she was bad enough that whenever I bought a book from EC I checked the name of the editor and more often than not, depending on the author, I would just dump the book in my ebook TBR pile not wanting to have to deal with the hassle if the editor was the person I am talking about. Later on I believe they stopped including editors names in the books, though I am not sure as I stopped buying ECs books on a regular basis several years ago.

I didn’t particularly like Merinus either, but I loved Callan. I actually feel that the original Breeds books (which were shorter as well) were more fun to read. I don’t read the series any longer as the latest ones were DNFs for me. Sad, because I truly liked the Breeds stories.