Anger’s Children by K.D. Rose
Publication date: 22 May, 2015
Genres: Adult, Paranormal,
Romance
Synopsis:
Strap on your seatbelt for this whirlwind of
short stories that take you out of this world—literally!
-A goddess on a mission or a young adult
growing up? In the paranormal world, who’s to know?
-Covert Action is supposed to mean “secret”
but in a world of regulation, just what is everyone going so far out of their
way to hide? Sex is a dangerous game. More than anyone could have bet.
-What if life was as simple as a game of
dice or poker? What if human’s lived their lives unaware that they were pawns,
played on a board by those who were just a little more than human? Would fate
intervene? Would love mean anything? If you were a God among humans, wouldn’t
you be just maybe, slightly, bored?
Life ending games? Or are they just the
beginning? Dangerous. Risqué. A catch. There’s always a catch. Three tales that
will blow your mind. – Note: My mind was far from
blown and not in a totally positive way.
Anger's Children by K. D. Rose is collection of three short
stories. Judging this book or writing its review is particularly hard, since I
hated one of the stories, loved another and one remained in between like and
dislike.
I must note, however, that the
synopses for the stories were more interesting than most of the stories
themselves. Sex is the focus of the stories; some of it was more disgusting
than enjoyable.
The stories are not related and
can be read in any order. In the first part or story, titled "Under the
Shadow of Wings", I did not enjoy the narration one bit. It felt like bits
and pieces were scattered and there was no fixed timeline. Also, there was a
mention of mighty sword at the beginning but it was never referred to again,
which was strange. There was also a transfer of power but there was no rising
tension to meet this power surge.
In addition, contradictory tones
in some parts, including "She had already won. She had just come back to
collect." It's like winning and collecting – we don't know what exactly,
probably souls, except that they belong to her and "all her dead relatives"
– are being justified.
The story quickly shifts to impossible
sex in an airplane restroom, which is tiny for one person, let alone two with
one of them having wings! I also found the ideas she thinks are from her dead
relatives rather confusing.
"Under the Shadow of
Wings" was an overall weird story and I really disliked it. It was the
opening story and seriously put me off the rest of the book for a bit.
The second story titled
"Eyes Only" is considerably long compared to the first and last ones
and makes up the bulk of the book. It is also the most enjoyable of the three.
It is a story within a story
within a story with a spectacular twist at the end, making it far more complex
than the other two.
With also a lot of sex, "Eyes
Only" is bursting with suspense. It boasts several bits of imagery,
including: "Like a junkie, my
addiction to her had galloped out of control."
"Eyes Only" was not
free of confusion, however. Still it is mostly enjoyable and interesting.
The third and final story in Anger's Children is
"The
Dark Man"
"You remain a poignant gossamer of idealistic
dreams instead of a champion of organised power – an actual force to be
reckoned with." – these words echo at the end of
the story as well, resulting in an unexpected and intriguing ending.
As a reader, I wanted to know who
the characters were. Are they gods? Or are they pawn in a game for the gods?
Even though the characters have
names, we don't know anything about them, except that they have met – and had
sex – several times before and that they have been around for centuries.
I also felt the storyline and
timeline were quite vague.
Overall rating: Again hard to judge
but 2-2.5 stars.
Note: I received a free copy via
Xpresso Book Tours in exchange for an honest review.
