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Publisher:
Samhain Publishing
Release Date:
December 18, 2007
Genres:
Paranormal Romance
ISBN:
eBook
9781599987095
Print
9781599986616
Kindle
No
ISBN
Bookmark Rating:
Reviewed by
Jennifer Ray
Review Posted:
May 2008
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Left to
die by her werewolf mates after they are convinced she betrayed them and killed
their father, Heather survives against the odds, though without the men she
loves more than life itself, her soul feels dead inside.
Now Cael and Riyu have learned the truth, and realize their own terrible
betrayal of their beautiful mate. They will do anything to make it up to
Heather and earn her forgiveness, but is it too late? Has her trust in them
been irrevocably broken?
Leave it to Maya Banks to have me bawling my eyes out over the Christmas
holiday. With her holiday release,
Love Me, Still, Ms. Banks tore my heart to shreds.
Between my past experience with this author’s stories and the publisher’s
synopsis, I really should have expected as much, in hindsight.
Never has Maya Banks’ ability to instill empathy for her characters in the
reader been more evident than in this story. I felt everything that
Heather felt. I ached when she ached for the loss of her mates. I sobbed when
she cried over the hurt she saw in her mates’ eyes when they believed she had
betrayed them. And when they returned to her, I felt the same joy Heather did
at her return to the mates and the pack she so cherished.
In the midst of all that raw emotion, it never occurred to me what the story
didn’t have. It wasn’t until later as I reminisced over the story that it
struck me – this is the first Maya Banks title I have ever read that has no sex
scene. You read that right – none whatsoever. And you know what? As much as I
have enjoyed this author’s undeniable talent at crafting love scenes that would
melt the paint off a car, I didn’t even notice it wasn’t there while I read the
story. It worked very well without it. In fact, I would venture so far to say
that if adding a sex scene to this story meant cutting any other part of the
tale, I would absolutely not want it.
Love Me, Still was that
perfect. If anyone should doubt Maya Banks’ writing talent, this story can be
held up as a prime example of her ability to stir emotions without needing sex
to do so.
When I
am in the mood for a good tearjerker with a beautiful love story featuring the
reuniting of lovers, Love Me, Still
will be the book I reach for time and again.
Note: This review was originally
written by Jennifer Ray for another review site. It is being reposted at
Wild on Books.
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