Review: Decent story, interesting take but no big twists.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 11, 2014
The story was decent for me.I really liked the setting of the story as well as the characters. I picked the book without knowing what it was all about and was surprised that they took the theme of a criminal investigation and following the main character, Serena, who was a police officer. I really enjoyed that part since I thought it would take more cliché plots.It was quite a short story, but I was kind of dissappointed since I felt it mostly focused in the intimate relationships that in the case and mystery of finding the suspect or killer they were looking for. Also, the relationship between the main characters developed too quickly with barely or no romantic gestures being depicted, they just fall in love and the reader has to get the idea that they are together and love each other for kingdom come. With that said the ending was rushed and then the story tries to incorporate some other aspects regarding Brody's life like his pack and rituals. It was too quick for me, they barely knew each other.I know the story tries to depict the "fated to be mated" theme but for me it didn't quite pull it off, the connection between them didn't really felt strong enough for me, aside from their physical attraction. Also, I wished for Serena to be described as a strong woman but throughout the book it felt like she was quite unreliable, letting her feelings get the better of her and leaving her work undone. Though there are some reasons behind this, specially regarding the antagonist, it still didn't quite clicked for me.I would have liked more depth with the characters, mainly Brody, whom we practically know nothing about until the end of the story.Overall it was a nice read if you don't expect too much character or story depth or big twists.