Review: romantic story with lots of action and soul manipulation magic
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 18, 2013
Review posted on Books on Silver Wings blog.4.5 Stars rounded up to 5This is an amazing romantic story with lots of action and soul manipulation magic mixed in. Alex saves a pregnant woman who accidentally witnessed a crime. However, he is betrayed and shot by his partner, who wants no witness to his crime. Alex is physically in a coma, but his soul is free to roam and find Eve, who can put his soul back into his body in order to save the witness from being murdered by his ex-partner.Alex is like a the man of anybody's dreams. He's got charming good looks, comes from a wealthy family, and is a kickass, top-secret government agent. He's stubborn and determined. He needs a body to affect the physical world and convinces Eve to put his soul into Cade's body, whose soul has departed. Eve has her own baggage to deal. She is extremely afraid of ghosts, whose physical bodies already died but can't move on, and pretends they don't exist. She doesn't want her daughter to inherit her gift of seeing souls and avoids her own mother, who is highly adept at using the gift. Alex helps her overcome her fears and accept the things she is afraid of in the world.It bothers me that Alex was in Cade's body and he has sex with Eve but only realizes that it's not his own body afterwards and things get awkward. Shouldn't he be freaked out before they have sex?I definitely like the plot better than the character romance. The suspense and action builds up as Alex's ex-partner gets closer to to killing the eye witness. I like that the ghost and soul mending abilities are explained. Eve's idea of using tattoos as protective charms is ingenious and I think it's cool that it's works. The supernatural elements in the story are well explained and incorporated into the plot so it's not jarring. Overall, this is a great read with romance, the supernatural, and crime scenes thrown in.*review copy received in exchange for an honest review*