Review: Man of her dreams and her reality
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 7, 2014
Unexpected Destiny starts off right where Unexpected Love left off.  This time, readers get to hear more from Christian, Arissa's assigned protector, who was mostly an onlooker in book one. We were only given small segments of his thoughts in book one, but now, instead of being the man of only Arissa's dreams, Christian is the man of her reality. Arissa is hesitant at first to start a relationship with Christian because of the ordeal she went through, but Christian slowly removes her fears. Christian has grown to love Arissa as he has watched and protected her for so many years, and as their relationship progresses, Arissa falls in love with Christian as well. Arissa seems to have the best of both worlds because she has dream Christian as well as real-life Christian.  Arissa's dreams are extremely erotic, and she is able to do in her dreams what Christian will not let them do in reality - have sex. It is an intriguing concept to write an erotica text where the main characters don't actually have sex in real life. It actually works rather well in Unexpected Destiny.The paranormal aspect is a bit hard for me to grasp. I think it's because there are too many unanswered questions. Readers can infer who Christian, Anael, Gabe, and Michael are, but I thought in book 2, readers would at least get some questions answered. Plus, there seems to be only small mythical events that take place, and those situations are not concretely explained. I know that there is more to Arissa than meets the eye as well as Christian and his friends, but I would have liked just a bit more insight into what the bigger picture issues are and why Christian has been watching Arissa for most of her life. Hopefully, with the cliffhanger in this book leading in to book three, all will finally be explained.Overall, Unexpected Destiny is a good read. I felt more connected to Arissa and Christian in this book than I did in book one because Christian's voice is more dominant throughout the text. I also like how Arissa and Christian's relationship evolves from the beginning of the book until the circumstances at the end. Hopefully, all of my unanswered questions will be solved in book three, and the paranormal aspect will be more present to bring Arissa and Christian's story to a close.Complimentary copy provided by author/publisher for an honest review.3.5/4 poison apples (The Fairest of All Book Reviews)