Review: review of reluctant
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 29, 2013
Out of The Mackay’s series by Ms. Kerrigan Byrne this one is my favorite!  I love reading about the paranormal aspects of hot handsome bigger than life highland Scottish berserkers actually thinking that Ms. Byrne had stopped writing about them; I am just glad that she wrote more about them.  As opposed to banshees which I have a hard time liking any of their characteristics despite all of the banshees in Ms Byrne’s books seeming more human than banshee.  To put both berserkers and banshees together having them in a relationship is just different plus appealing.  In a sense both of them kill but making both of them struggle with being ordered to annihilate one another in addition to both of them caring and having feelings for each other adds a compelling plot twist.  On top of a good compelling story both Kamdyn and Soren even though are both supernatural beings seem very real to me.  The only thing I wish that the story was actually a full length novel instead of a novella but it is still good no matter what length it is!The story seems at first dark with a contract death being forged for Soren’s life.  I however just adored the heroine Kamdyn even though she is a banshee and supposed to kill the hero Soren who is a berserker she is averse to the idea of doing so refraining and putting it off several times eventually causing them both to eventually fall for each other despite their differences. The light-hearted sarcastic witty bantering between Kamdyn and Soren is a joy to read and made me wonder how these two could ever form a strong loving relationship besides just them having a strong physical attraction to each other making me root for both of them to be together in the end.I also loved the fact that Ms. Byrne also brought other old characters back too Finn from unwanted being the one I liked the most.  I do hope that Ms. Byrne will write some more about the berserkers and banshees too.  I will definitely keep this one in my library to read again and purchase more works from Ms. Byrne!