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North of Need
| Title | North of Need |
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| Date | 2024-11-25 02:19:18 |
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| Link | Listen Read |
Desciption
While attempting to escape the agonizing memories she associates with Christmas, twenty-nine-year-old widow Megan Snow builds a snow family outside the mountain cabin she once shared with her husband-and collapses in tears against the snowman at the sight of what she'll never have. Called to life by the power of Megan's tears, snow god Owen Winters appears unconscious on her doorstep in the midst of a raging blizzard. As she nurses him to health, Owen finds unexpected solace in her company and unimagined pleasure in the warmth of her body, and vows to win her heart for a chance at humanity. Megan is drawn to Owen's mismatched eyes, otherworldly masculinity, and enthusiasm for the littlest things, and her heart opens enough to believe he's a Christmas miracle. But this miracle comes with an expiration-before the snow melts and the temperature rises, Megan must let go of her widow's grief and learn to trust love again, or she'll lose Owen forever.
Review
3 Not What I Expected Stars There will definitely be huge SPOILERS I have to admit that after reading the BLURB and seeing the hunk on the cover I expected this to be some kind of Alpha, Immortal Warrior PNR. There is nothing in the premise to suggest it but come on, you see a half naked guy in the cover, you read the words PNR and Greek Gods and your next thoughts are "When are the daggers coming out?". That's what I get for not reading reviews before I pick up a book, because this book was completely romance-focused, had zero action and while the guy was sweet he wasn't exactly Alpha material. So I don't know if my completely average rating(3) is a reflection of the book or of the fact that it wasn't what I expected going in.The book is cute and sweet and a little cheesy, which is usually not a problem with me but this time I was a tiny bit bored. There was the PNR angle but it really read more like Chick Lit, what with the heroine trying to get over her husband's death and the guy being there for her all cute and understanding. There were a few glitches though.1) The whole "Your dead husband sent me so you can be happy again and get over his death" angle was creepy. Listening the voice of your dead husband urging you to "love" a new guy is freaking CREEPY!2) The insta-love was HEAVY. The hero was in love with the heroine practically from the moment he met her and the heroine was in love with him about two hours later.3) There were way to many "Oh"s. "Oh, Owen", "Oh, Megan", "Oh, Angel", etc...4) The snowman coming to life thing was kind of fun but I couldn't help picturing this guy every time I thought of Owen:Still the book was cute and I would've have overlooked all of that because I'm all for fluff but I expected more action and when that didn't come I wanted the book to move a little faster, which it didn't.There are pros though. Boreas was awesome(I want a Winter God for a Grandpa too), the epilogue was sweet and fun and Owen's child-like enthusiasm in everything was adorable. I did like Owen a lot, in "cute, goofy" guy kind of way.All in all, sweet and fun but nothing remarkable.
