How to Tame a Beast in Seven Days

A well designed, straightforward fun romance novel.

This was a super fun read! I wasn't sure if I was going to like this at first and the title kinda threw me, but the characters won me over.

I do think Luciana is too nice in going to her father's rescue when she's never met him before and I don't think their plan would have worked completely, but as a character I liked her. Hard-working, nice, optimistic – she's great! I really liked reading about her. “Beast” also surprised me. Yeah, he is a bit of a macho man rolls eyes his whole introduction seems so overdone, but after that I ended up liking him. Boy has some sass in him! “You're bold. I like that.” I died over and over.
The chemistry between the two characters is definitely present. Absolutely enjoyed reading about this couple.

So, romance is what made this 4 stars, because the plot I felt was lacking. The whole time it is ‘ohhhh gotta go to the King soon' all up until almost the end so, it felt like we were waiting and then everything happened so quickly and nicely. Super HEA here...
Yeah, the ending and how it is wrapped up bothered me, but I like the couple too much to complain.

I loved Kerrilyn Sparks other series, Love at Stake. I was very sad to see it end, actually still sad. I saw this and was so hopeful, but sadly for me it is not as good. I do see that there is a possibility for awesomeness with the series though and hope the author nails the next installment.

This didn't have the slow building romance I expect from Sparks. Her characters usually spend a lot of time together before the big L comes into the story. Not in this one. There is a lot of looking at each other, a lot of thinking about each other, but not a lot of them actually together.

There is a large amount of world building going on, this is the first book in a new series so it was expected. I do like this world and it's characters. I hope to see Pirate's book next.

In this we have people who are “embraced.” They have have gifts like being able to see ghosts (the main female character), able to harness lightening (our male), turn into an animal (another character, etc. They are feared by others and are often hidden at birth in order to protect them.

Review copy provided through Netgalley.