Weekly Round Up #3

Because I was still in a mourning funk this week, I didn’t read a whole lot–well, I did (I sure as hell didn’t write, anyway), but it was an online novel I still need to review, so there’s not a whole lot of these stories to comment on this week.

And looking at my reviews of them (written directly after having read them), it looks like they were on the sorry side as a whole this week. I did especially like two of them for being cute and sweet (Touching Narcissus and A Second Chance for Three)–despite them being less than stellar in terms of technical writery stuff. And Elevation was simply all-around good, of course, but as a whole it’s an underwhelming set of stories I comment on for you today:

Elevation by Jenna Jones: A slow but very good tale of star-crossed lovers (or something like that).

Touching Narcissus by Jamie Fessenden: A ridiculous doppelganger tale. The writing style was…heavy on the telling side, but it was saved by its sheer absurdity.

Dogwatch by Kiernan Kelly: eh.

Taken From Him by Jackie Nacht: Even more meh than the previous one.

All or Nothing by C.J. Anthony: I’m not big on bears or agree gaps, but this managed to be sweet nonetheless.

Never Cry Wolf by Phoebe Sean: A decent story if you like werewolves, especially with destined mates. If you’re not big on weres, then it’s okay, but weak in the plot department.

A Second Chance for Three by Christa Tomlinson: Slightly clunky in terms of prose, but very sweet overall. A heartwarming little threesome.