Review: Great Series - book 2
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 14, 2013
I was glad to see the author hitting stride with This Curse. I really enjoyed the plot twists and enjoyed watching Grace turn into the type of main character I prefer to read about: conflicted, intelligent, strong, determined. I think my favorite theme of the series is that Grace is given a great power, but she is so thoughtful about balance when she uses it. There is still ambivalence in the romance department, but in this series, I consider the romance is teasing because all of the main male characters (Lucien, Seth, Patrick, and Lucifer)are flawed but have great potential to become main characters that could be highlighted through the series as it develops further plot lines. At this point, everyone seems to expend to much energy on manipulating Grace for their own purposes, that the author may be sacrificing character development for story line expediency. I would like to see more concentration on development of secondary characters, but maybe we will see that as the series continues. I'd like to see more story line focus on people working together to solve a huge problem, than rooting for Grace to escape someone's evil clutches (don't get me wrong, the stories have been done well to this point, I'd just hate to see the writer get into a rut where Grace is always being forced to do something while her friends are held to force her hand). I enjoyed this second book Much more than the first book (This Blood), and I think the author shows lots of promise for a nice lengthy series.