Desert Flame
(3.5 / 5)
I enjoyed this book set in Outback New South Wales, Australia. Opal country!
Eliza’s father passes away and she is forced to take over his failing business. The last client requires her to track down his estranged family member, Fin McLeod, and bring him to Sydney. Fin is an opal miner in outback New South Wales, and is searching for a rare opal. He has no intention of going to Sydney with Eliza, even though they are instantly attracted to each other… But Fin is being watched. Someone wants his mine, and will stop at nothing to get it.
Will firstly lets just say this book is for ADULTS only. I had already downloaded this book when I read a few reviews saying that it has way too many unnecessary sex scenes, and I tend to agree. It wasn’t the amount of them, because there weren’t that many really, but it often felt like they were just put in the story needlessly – sometimes totally out of place. All of a sudden the story goes from a well written interesting read, to suddenly being totally raunchy. It felt inconsistent and almost felt like they were different characters!
The love story itself was lacking something for me. Tension or excitement perhaps. I didn’t really connect with either Fin or Eliza’s characters, so it was hard to buy into the romance. I found it to move quite slowly at the beginning.
What I did enjoy about the story was the last quarter. It became very exciting and I really enjoyed the twists and turns in the final chapters. Really salvaged the story and the characters for me.
I also really like the cover – As well as the handsome man, the colours and the landscape are really pretty!
Overall it was written really well. I enjoyed the outback setting and minor characters in the book.
Would I recommend Desert Flame?
Yes, despite the things I have mentioned above, it was a solid 3.5 Stars. Extremely well written and I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it to someone who likes the outback settings… However I will warn them about the raunchy content!
Many thanks to author Janine Grey and Penguin books via NetGalley for a copy of Desert Flame in exchange for my honest review.
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