Review: Personalities, good plotting, and emotional engagement are important to me.  Those were weak.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 01 7, 2012
KILLING TIME by Elisa Paige.STORY BRIEF:Sephti is a bittern, a creature created by the fae who goes into unconscious furies when she fights.  Bitterns are kept in stables.  Sephti was tortured by her keeper Cain.  She escaped.  Her goals are to kill the evil vampire Phillippe on earth and then return to the fae realm and kill Reiden the evil fae king.  This will be a suicide mission which she accepts.  While searching for Phillippe, Sephti meets Koda, a Native American guardian with magic powers.  He puts binding spells on her to keep her from fleeing.  He and his friends also want to kill Phillippe.  Koda and Sephti start to fall in love.REVIEWER'S OPINION:This is a like a lot of other urban fantasy stories where the main focus is creating many different creatures with unusual magic and powers.  Most of the conflicts in this book are battles and fighting among the creatures.  Additional conflicts occur for Sephti when she becomes weak due to her need for sugar after battles.  If she doesn't get sugar she will go into a coma.  She never carries enough sugar, so Koda is the one to save her after each battle by finding sugar for her.  Why doesn't she carry what she will need?I compare this to another book I'm reading where I am worried and anxious about how the good guys are going to rescue some victims.  What will the bad guys do?  What will the good guys do?  I don't want to stop reading.  I never felt that kind of urgency when reading this book.  Maybe being in the heads of the bad guys would have helped.  I might have liked seeing some conversations among the bad guys Reiden, Cain, and Phillippe.  I wanted to know their motivations and plans.  Most of the conflicts here are bad creatures showing up and the good guys having to fight them.  The good guys get wounded or weak and then must heal.  Most of the creativity is in what new magic or talent will be used.I wanted to like this, but it didn't pull me in.  Sadly I wanted it to be over which is my definition for 2 stars.  But I think there are many urban fantasy fans who will enjoy this.I thought the first sex scene was interesting.  Sephti a bittern must fight and attack during the sexual process.  Koda suffered injuries until he was able to grab her in a bear hug with one arm holding both her arms still and both his legs holding her legs still.THE SERIES:Stealing Time was book #1.  It was about two vampires James and Evie.  Killing Time is book #2.  It would be nice to read them in order, but it's not a problem to read book #2 by itself.  The evil vampire Phillippe is introduced in book #1, but not much is told at that time.  He continues in the same role in book #2.  James and Evie make a cameo appearance in book #2.DATA:Kindle count story length: 6550 (661 KB).  Swearing language: strong.  Sexual language: mild.  Number of sex scenes: 2.  Setting: current day various U.S. locations and Canada, plus the fae realm.  Copyright: 2011.  Genre: urban fantasy and paranormal romance.