Titus

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Titus, 2nd book in Luna Lodge series by Madison Stevens almost did it for me. Almost.<br /><br />Titus and Kate's attraction/ story started in the first book and obviously continued. <br />So Titus is the alpha of all alphas in his Tribe and he is attracted to Kate. Better said his body is shooting out some pheromones and the only one responding is Kate.<br />They dance around each other for a while. Titus is not willing to bring Kate to his world and automatically in danger. he realizes later that she was in danger just by working for him.<br />Kate is attracted to Titus but his hot cold attitude has her puzzled. <br />Eventually they give in to their attraction.<br /><br />Around this point the story was a 4 star story for me. The minor issues that I had with the plot were not enough to put me off. BUT in the end Madison Stevens did it again: a weak plot who doesn't make sense.<br />Things were getting better between Kate and Titus, sort of, when Kate's parents gave a live interview on TV. After not seeing them for "X" years Kate puts them in their place.<br />However she decides to go and meet her mother because her mother was worried for her. At this point I told myself "not again!" and my rating dropped to 2.5.<br />They haven't talked or seen each other in years and she wants to calm her mother? The same mother who is working with a certain senator? The same senator that is working with the Horatius group?<br />I mean...Really?<br />Even the Pale Man could have kidnaped her to make for a more interesting story and plot.<br /><br />I this point I lost all interest in the book and couldn't get it back. Kate was held by the strongest hybrid but conveniently she is saved during the day....<br /><br />It is frustrating to me to see a fairly good story getting lost because on a lack of depth and/ or lack of a good storyline.<br />It was terrible and combined with the editing errors it went bad.<br /><br />There are important details missing from the plot that could make this story good:<br />-some background info on the Horatius group or the Pale Man. Anything would have worked to understand a bit the story, the plot and the world that Madison Stevens is building.<br />- now all these terms thrown in the story are not explained. I am happy I learned some latin in school. Bona Dea - latin for Good Goddess - or Vestal - latin for Virgin - do not make sense to me in the context and they seem to be put there because they sound good. They do but where is that coming from and why? A virgin goddess for the hybrids? <br /><br />All these things are taking away the enjoyment, plus the bad editing and there you have it: a story that can be good but it's not.<br />I have stopped comparing Luna Lodge with the New Species because New Species have depth and a sound plot (till a certain point in the series). Titus has nothing on Furry. BUt there is potential.<br /><br />I hope the stories get better and there are explanations behind names and terms. I will read the rest of the books because I am very curious where this is going. I just wish the author would detach herself from the New Species and find her voice.<br /><br />Do I recommend it? If you are not bothered by editing errors and want to relieve the new Species magic but on a smaller level, go for it.<br />

I was looking forward to this book for months and it was pretty entertaining. I'll continue reading the series, but I hope as the series continues, the story line gets expanded and clarified more. <br /><br />What I liked:<br />-The relationship between Titus and Kate was pretty hot, and so that made the overall read pretty good. <br /><br />-There are repeating characters which we can assume will eventually get their own (i.e. Lucius is next, probably Apollo and Marius as well). Each have clearly unique personalities and background so there's that to look forward to. <br /><br />Other points:<br /><br />-There were a fair number of errors in throughout the book. Not necessarily the minor 'their' 'your/you're' but missed words, double usage (her her), and wrong pronoun (her when it was supposed to be he).<br />It wasn't extremely terrible but it did make me pause a few times to figure out what was supposed to be the real point. <br /><br />-If you didn't read Sol (Book #1) you'd be a bit lost on some of the 'evil group's' background info. I think it would have been nice to include a short tidbit, maybe make it such that Titus is explaining to Kate what the Horatius Group is all about. I say this because they just started talking about Bona Dea and being a Vedal (or something) without preamble. Those terms make no sense without background, right? You can sort of figure out by context what they may mean, but still, I think it wouldn't hurt to slip in a refresher in the next book. <br />

<strong>Another good book in this series</strong><br /><br />Even though this is very similar to Laurann Dohner's New Species series it is still a very good series in itself. I really enjoyed this 2nd book in this series and have already purchased the next book. Madison Steven may have started this off as a copy cat book, but she is slowly making it her own.

Another great read looking forward to ur fire releases x

Better than the first but still missing something..... Will hold on for future books.

This was an improvement over the first book in the series, but it was missing something.

This was fun! I'm so curious about these Pale Man and what this means for future stories.

4 stars. Actually enjoyed this better than the first one of the series. I really loved the strong characters--I could actually see Titus and Kate together. Instant attraction, but not instant romance since Titus seems to fight the relationship from the start. Kate is smart, and beautiful, and knows how to go after what she wants, or make what she wants go after her. Again, nice suspense aspect. I am really enjoying this series.<br />

Loved it! Couldn't wait to read this book after the sarcastic banter between Kate and Titus was introduced in the last one. Was definitely engaging and a winner. Could not put it down. Loved how Kate is so outspoken and loves to push Titus' buttons. Titus is such an alpha male but when dealing with Kate you also could see a gentler side. Loved their interaction and chemistry. Would recommend. Can't wait for more in this series.