Review: A Sexy Story of Hope and Forgiveness...Definitely Better than OK
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 31, 2013
4.5 Stars.I've been waiting for Maddox's story since I read Destiny Divided, where I first met him. He had a mischievous boyishness about him. He seemed to be light hearted, always quick with a joke, yet there was something brewing underneath the surface. Loyalty, courage...secrets... When I was reintroduced to him in Destiny Forgiven, I was a little bit heart broken for him and for my own expectations. For what he had become and for the things he had lost - time, friends, memories, hope... Felicity was a great counter-balance to Maddox. She was full of hope and firmly believed in the good that she glimpsed in Maddox's...Inkman's eyes. She remembered their time together, grieved for the loss of innocence - Maddox's and her own. But despite all odds being stacked against her, against her people, and against her cause, she believed and worked very hard to dig out the goodness that was buried in Maddox, in order to save herself, and him. I loved her strength. Maddox might have been bigger and stronger, but true strength isn't always physical and she was a good example of that.There were some really sexy moments. Maddox is definitely very alpha and I'm a huge fan of that. I got a few heart squeezes in the story as well. It was emotional and had some suspense. Some of my favorite characters made appearances - James and Sage - which, of course, made me very happy. I love visiting with old friends. And you know that since Sage made an appearance, there was some fun action. And get your mind out of the gutter. I mean like blowing-things-up-action. But you'll have to read it to find out what got blown up...or if it got blown up at all.I think that this book was a bit more somber than the rest of the series, which fit with the scenery and the theme. It's kind of hard to be cracking jokes while ensconced within the walls of Marwolaeth Du. But there was still some trademark Leia Shaw humor here - "She shifted her stiff body on the hard floor and groaned. Being a martyr sounded so much better on paper." ...With some of the somber, though.And the romantic - "I'd spend so long breathing your air, it was like the only thing keeping me alive was you."And the HOLY POOP - "When he broke away, he looked into her eyes, trying to communicate the depth of his love. 'I will find you.'Then he pushed her off the edge of the cliff."And, just saying, my heart just stopped.And on that note, I'm going to find a defibrillator now.