Review: Fantasy Lover by Sherrilyn Kenyon

Title: Fantasy Lover
Author: Sherrilyn Kenyon
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Grade: B-

Summary: For 2,000 years, Julian of Macedon has lived a curse of being a love-slave. When
he is summoned to fulfill Grace Alexander’s sexual fantasies, Grace is the first
woman to see him as a man with a tormented past. Taking him out into the world, instead
of keeping him in the bedroom, Grace teaches Julian to love again. But can that alone
break the 2,000-year-old curse he is under?

The Good: Well, this was fun. I’ve been kind of sick this week, and so I’ve been trying to read things that aren’t going to tax my brain and that I can put aside when I get tired. This was a perfect book for that occasion. I especially liked the presence of the greek gods in this book, as they provide some much-needed comic relief. And there’s a point where Grace is waxing nostalgic about some of her favorite books, some of which were mine, too.

The Bad: Well, I didn’t feel like I connected at all with the characters. Julian is tortured, but sometimes the extent of what he’s gone through seems a little over the top. And it was really hard to warm up to either him or Grace, since I felt like they were over the top wish fulfillment fantasies. And after about the third time we had a scene with a bunch of slutty women pawing Julian and trying to throw themselves at him, I started rolling my eyes. Also, some of the dialogue didn’t ring especially true for me, and I never really got individual voices from any of the characters.

Final Thoughts: Like I said, this was fun. I don’t know if I’ll read any of Kenyon’s Dark Hunters books, but this was a nice enough way to kill a couple of free hours.