Goodreads-- My review of Primal Law (which is a stupid title, having read the book)

Primal Law by J.D. Tyler
My rating: 2 of 5 stars

So I finished listening to this one and I have to say I cannot decide, was it a bad story or just told poorly. It is light on details, which in an erotic romance can be forgiven if the sex and chemistry is off the charts, which in this book is decidedly not the case.

I feel like this is at the heart of it, a lukewarm retelling of a story that has frankly been told over and over. And yet, there were glimmers...

Ironically the parts of the story, which held more of my attention, centered around two interesting, well developed minor characters-- which, if the author had put as much art and craft into developing the main characters of this book, well my review would have been totally different.

I feel like this book would have benefited from several revisions and some working shopping with respect to character development.

It wasn't horrible, in the way mindless TV isn't horrible, but I am not motivated to read this author again.

I will say this-- the narration was excellent on the audio book. I would happily listen to Kristen Potter narrate another book. That is half of the reason I finished this one.

So I paid $4.95 for the book on Audible during their recent sale and that is frankly all this book is worth.

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I hate to give bad reviews and I seldom do. I will say, this was a good exercise for me as a writer... I may go back and relisten, if only to see if I can learn something. Where I found myself disappointed and why. 

Bye Bye Summer

I cannot believe school starts next week. The summer seems both endless and short at the same time. I was feeling like we got nothing accomplished, but that is not true.

* Took our first ever camping trip to Northern Michigan. Heavenly.

* I attended the Kenyon Review's summer writing workshop. Inspirational.

*E was ill at 4th of July, but L and I managed the fireworks.

*L had her tonsils removed and spent 2 weeks being quiet and recovering. Towards the end of the 2 weeks I had to sit on her big time.

* L attending camp at E's preschool, took dance camp, and art camp. She loved it. Leanring and having fun during the summer.

*E went to camp every week M-W-F, in part to hold our spot for fall and in part to give me time for school and time with just L!

*L and I painted pottery

*We went to the Zoo and Zoombize Bay a fair amount

*H took L to DC to visit his cousin and see the sights.

I had thought we might have more time for running around, but we were busy

*L and I both had killer B-day parties

*We went to one wedding, staying overnight in a hotel! A highlight for the kiddos

*Farmers markets trips and we grew our own tomatoes

I read about 10 books and had 2 MBA classes.

So all in all, it was a busy, fun and productive summer. Looking forward to school starting and having a "normal" routine.

Story

L read me Go Dog Go today. The entire thing - solo - with very little help from me. Wow! It was exciting and she was so proud of herself. She is growing in leaps and bounds and learning so much.

She is writing her own stories and asking great questions about the books we read together, like what happen next or why did the author end the story there.

She gets what I am trying to do as a career and see is seeing the power that language, reading and writing hold.

BEHOLD the POWER of WORDs.....