I am part of the blog tour for the book Sweetly Bad by Anya Breton. This book was ok for a short novella about a female mechanic who falls for a disowned playboy witch (yes witch). The characters have good bases but I would have liked to see them be developed more, especially Drew. He seemed to make a miraculous transformation within a day or two which isn’t very realistic! I would like to read other novella’s in the series to tie it all together and to make it all make sense a bit better!
TITLE: Sweetly Bad
AUTHOR: Anya Breton
SERIES WEBSITE: www.ellorascave.com/series/curve-appeal.html
GENRE: A Romantica® paranormal erotic romance from Ellora’s Cave
QUICK DETAILS: In Sweetly Bad, hot and explicit sex with the right (plus-sized) woman just might redeem this book’s paranormal bad boy hero. This eBook is the first selection in Curve Appeal, a new series by Ellora’s Cave that celebrates big, beautiful women and the partners who love them.
SYNOPSIS: Drew couldn’t imagine anything worse than being stranded in a two-cellular-bar town with a broken-down Ferrari…until his mother—his own mother!—marked him as a rogue Air witch and canceled all his credit cards. Now he’s kill-on-sight in the Underground, and the only person willing to help him is the curvy human mechanic who towed his car. A strangely delectable curvy human mechanic…The last thing Erica needs is a yuppie playboy freeloading in her garage. Still, she can’t bring herself to turn Drew out into the sultry heat, even if he is a bit of an ass. A gorgeous, incorrigible, everything-your-mother-warned-you-against ass. Soon the heat isn’t the only thing sultry in the garage and self-control is the last thing on her mind. They agree to a one-night stand, but Drew’s magical secrets are dangerous—and catching up to him fast.
I struggled a bit getting into this novella because of some confusion at the beginning with the paranormal aspect which probably could have been left out altogether in this book. I think it fits in more with the first book in the series which I didn’t read because this was advertised as a standalone book.
There could definitely have been less dialogue, more descriptions and less jumping between events. I read this book pretty quickly which was good. I am giving this book 3 stars because I think as with most novella’s you are left wanting more development with the characters and backstory. I hope the series can only improve from here!
