Bonding Experience

Reviewed by Michelle Puffer © 2007

Wild Child Publishing.com © 2007

Title: Bonding Experience
Author: Cora Zane
Publisher: Cobblestone Press
ISBN: 1-60088-037-1
Genre: Shifter
Length: Tryst
Release Date: August 2006
Author's Website: http://www.corazane.com

Claire Vaught is still single and so, when she receives the letter from the pack leader, she is not surprised. The letter would hold the information of who she would be mated to. What did surprise her was the name in the letter. She had been promised to Luke Roman, her high school nemesis. There must be some mistake and she’s determined to set it right.

Luke Roman has been trying to get Claire’s attention for years and she apparently had failed to notice. This time he was going to make her notice. After arranging with the pack leader to be bonded to Claire his wolf instincts take over and he decides to get what he wants.

Can Claire see past all of Luke’s high school hi-jinks to see that all he wanted was her to really notice him? Or will Luke’s high-handed ways strike out, leaving him frustrated and alone?

Bonding Experience is an atypical version of unrequited high school love. In this case the man/wolf is the one who has always loved the heroine, while she just thought he was being annoying and mean. The story starts off well but quite quickly into it the hero basically forces himself on the heroine and here is where I lose interest. Yes, I know that the old “he forces himself on her but she really loves it” thing was popular in the past but, to me, no still means no. Perhaps it is different in were world but that is my opinion. So even while the heroine does obviously like the hero, and is just not wanting to get hurt emotionally, I still feel the whole tying her up scene was over the top for me.

However, the writing is good, the pacing effective, and it all wraps up nicely as it should. The love scenes after the first one are hot but beware that they are quite explicit and therefore not for the faint at heart

Rating: 3 Cats

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To find out more about how to purchase Bonding Experience, visit http://www.corazane.com.