Beattz
I've been sitting here all day contemplating what to say about Bear.
It was and wasn't what I expected, I suppose. It *was*, at the very least, a one-sided love affair between a woman and a bear. I'm not sure if I was expecting more coercion, or training involved, but that wasn't there. There was really only on scene where I'd say the FMC actively tried to *make* the bear do what she wanted, and it was practically brushed over. It was well written. The entanglement was approached in such a way that almost made the intimacy between the two seem inevitable. At one point I found myself debating - who really made the first move here? Which is kind of a crazy thing to have thought, but here I am. It was a highly sensual novel, even without considering the seduction taking place on the main screen. Engel very consciously used words and phrases rarely heard outside of the bedroom to describe common place items and sights to keep the reader focused on what was to come. And it was, if not wholly believable, then certainly far more realistic than I initially presumed.
I don't really know what else to say, and quite frankly, my brain would like to move on now.
I've been sitting here all day contemplating what to say about Bear.
It was and wasn't what I expected, I suppose. It *was*, at the very least, a one-sided love affair between a woman and a bear. I'm not sure if I was expecting more coercion, or training involved, but that wasn't there. There was really only on scene where I'd say the FMC actively tried to *make* the bear do what she wanted, and it was practically brushed over. It was well written. The entanglement was approached in such a way that almost made the intimacy between the two seem inevitable. At one point I found myself debating - who really made the first move here? Which is kind of a crazy thing to have thought, but here I am. It was a highly sensual novel, even without considering the seduction taking place on the main screen. Engel very consciously used words and phrases rarely heard outside of the bedroom to describe common place items and sights to keep the reader focused on what was to come. And it was, if not wholly believable, then certainly far more realistic than I initially presumed.
I don't really know what else to say, and quite frankly, my brain would like to move on now.