Review: Frustrating
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 12, 2013
Okay so earth was attacked by an alien force called the "Scourge" but they were thwarted by another alien species of warriors called the Kindred. In trade for their protection and continuing sacrifice in the war against the "Scourge" earth must provide brides to the 96% male dominated Kindred population. Single women within a certain age range are registered into a draft involuntarily. Now I agree with the over reviewers who say it becomes an annoying broken record with the heroine fighting, denying, and rejecting the Kindred warrior that has initiated the draft to claim her, but I understand why she does it. She has a family, a new career, and life on earth that she basically has to throw away forever against her will. Really it's a caveman hitting her over the head and dragging her away by the hair analogy, but its the authors fault that it becomes so ridiculously frustrating. She needed to either let the girl leave or make her get over it somehow. I get that the hero is mated to her as his "one true mate" so he has no choice and refuses to give up, but it reduces his character to a punching bag that's in tatters on the floor but keeps getting up for more. It had promise but the storyline just wasn't strong enough to carry it.The steamy scenes are decent the language is very crude just to warn you although they don't truly come together until the last chapter of the book. The action struggles of the book are explained after the fact without a lot of detail so really you could care less. I gave it two stars because the author is a decent writer and I want to give her the benefit of the doubt. Maybe the second book is better? If anyone has read it and can comment that would be appreciated.