Review "Threads of Desire", by Eleri Stone
Title: Threads of Desire (Spellcraft #1)
Author: Eleri Stone
Format: E-book
Publisher: Carina Press
Synopis: Guild-trained weaver Ily is furious her rival
Kal, a smug yet wickedly sexy rug merchant, outsells her at every turn. She
knows her magically crafted rugs are far superior to anything he can produce,
but can't compete with his charming personality.
When Kal fixes his lusty attentions on Ily, she is
reluctantly aroused by his interest. She knows he desires her and against her
better judgment, she wants him too. A chance encounter leads her to make him a
scandalous offer: her body in exchange for enough money to leave the city. She
sees their time together as a temporary erotic adventure…until Kal reveals that
what he truly wants from Ily is more personal—and more dangerous—than bed play.
And she must choose between taking her chance at a new life or risking it all
for a man she never meant to love.
Review: I have to be honest with my blog readers, I can’t find
a way to finish reading this book.
At my first approach with this book, I believed that I
had a wonderful story ahead of me. I was reading a synopsis which seemed to
promise so much and the beautiful cover made me think that I would have a great
way to spend my next hours dreaming about a new world, full of magic.
Unfortunately, and now is the time not to judge a book by its cover, nothing
happened like I was planning mainly because the book is small. Due to that
aspect, I had some issues with the story and the characters. There was no time
to create some empathy with them.
Maybe I was on that kind of moments when we need
something more enthusiastic, but instead I had a rushing relationship with
little story at all. Their relationship was poorly forged and, in my opinion it
was the greatest mistake of this book. The beginning was also quite poor, which
didn’t help to grab my attention.
All I gave you until now was negative aspects of this
book, but I have to point out the author’s courage to write a book series where
everything happens in a world of magic, ruled by guilds. There is a market for
these romances but only a few whose theme is focused on spell and artists.
Despite the negative review, I’m not going to give up
on the author, as I believe that she can do so much better and I’ll be reading
more of her books soon.
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