Review: Lucien’s Mate – Diana Persaud

Elizabeth B’s Thoughts

I was intrigued by the idea of this book, people from two different cultures being intensely drawn to each other even though one culture might object. The fact that the cultures in question happen to be werewolf and human added a touch of flare.

After a somewhat confusing and rough start, we got to know Lucien and Lanie a little bit. I say confusing because the book opens with Lanie walking into a restaurant then being spotted and immediately pursued by Lucien. The lack of lead in and the way he approaches her seemed very rushed to me. Their whole romance seemed very rushed as they took very little time getting to know each other. Lucien’s falling in “love” so fast almost made sense when factoring in the animal side of his nature. Lanie’s reactions to him didn’t ring as true for me.

I also struggled with the lack of resolution to issues raised by the author. At one point Lanie’s sister-in-law discusses the werewolf curiosity about human women and that makes Lanie cautious of Lucien, but she never discusses this with him. There were several other instances like that. They may not have been crucial to the plot, but I wish they had been resolved.

Once our hero and heroine are together, there seems to be more plot development and the book gets better. I really think the author would have been better served by expanding the length of the book to create more of a plot in the first half and to expand the plot in the second half. The sudden ending that leads to the next installment of the series was also off-putting.

The biggest thing to recommend this book is the amount and quality of sexy time between Lucien and Lanie. If the rest of the book was written to the same standard, this would have been a book/series that I would have wanted to invest more time in.