Well, this was book 3 out of, apparently, 5 written. It was a stand-alone book, the story seperate and independent from the others, and... I didn't like it. The plot, itself, was interesting enough. It was the writers voice that kept me from enjoying this story; Tasha, the narrator of the tale was presented as shallow, gullible, naive, arrogant, narcissistic and somewhat stupid. She considered herself just shy of perfection and seemed to feel the world owed her simply because she had a pretty face and beautiful body. This reader felt writer Angela Foxxe was telling her the tale instead of using words to show her what Tasha was experiencing and felt. That makes for a dry read, even boring, in this reader's view, which is a shame with all of the action Foxxe planted inside the pages. There were a few spelling errors - mainly the word 'form' was often substituted for 'from' - and there were tense issues - when Tasha was studying the other surrogate candidates, it was suppose to be happening in the present but the inner dialogue was written in the past tense. The overall dry tone to this book is what really made it a long, tiresome read - even though the plot should have been more than interesting and the action should have been more than enough to keep a reader's attention while moving the plot forward. Yet, the tone made it plod. There are some reader's that will likely find this an enjoyable read; however, this reader is not among them. This reader wants the writers world to be open for exploration via being shown the details instead of told about them. This reader felt Foxxe was trying to present a strong female figure, a believable warrior woman that would fight to the death for the love of her child, but spent too much time presenting Tasha as a narcissistic female that considered herself perfection personified; her love for her child was, to this reader, completely unbelievable. Tasha was and is a completely unlikeable character that this reader could not contrive to feel any empathy towards or like in any way. Furthermore, Dane, the dragon shifter love interest for Tasha had no character or true personality presented for a reader to be interested in. More time was spent presenting the outward beauty of the other surrogate candidates, than building either protagonist's personality traits or budding relationship between them. Stars for this tale are offered for the original intent of the tale, even though it did not live up to it in any way. ** Review originally published to Amazon reviews on June 11, 2016. **
