Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Review: The Compass Rose by Gail Dayton

The Compass Rose (One Rose Trilogy, #1)I didn't really read this book. I started to but when I got to the part where the heroine sleeps with Stone and then goes directly to bed with another man, I lost interest. I went through it at random...

from what I understand she take men as sex slaves and creates her own little harem. One guy is in love with her (even though she can't admit she is too), another in really hot and slightly insane, the third has blind faith in her and basically worships at her altar and the last one has no self esteem. Of course there is also the poor girl who was raped that she doesn't seem to care about much. Speaking of, it was strange how she changed from hating all men to some sort of seductress when she got a it of magic.

Of course there is a lot more to the story: something about a Goddess and a demon possessing a king or something like that. Wasn't very interesting because I hated the heroine. she basically made Fox a cripple because she didn't want anyone to discover her pregnancy.

The synopsis is deceiving. I thought she would become possessed (or at least stuck)with an annoying - but nonetheless VERY hot - God. There would be prejudice and fear from the People because she is so powerful, but the God would give her a duty. They would fight adversity (in the form of warrior, demons, thieves, killers, assassins, weird primitive desert tribes etc.)and try not to "succumb to temptation" or something. But it would be in vain because they would fall in love "but will their love make them stronger... or destroy them". I know this all sounds very cliché but there is reason they BECAME clichés in the first place, you know. It's because people like me love them.

I do NOT recommend this book.(But if anyone could find me a book like I just described I would be very appreciative)

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