Review: A Major Letdown
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 23, 2010
I'm not sure what to categorize this book. It is more like a romantic novel with some scifi hints.  It's definitely not what I was expecting.  I would've liked if the authors gave a brief recount of why earth is now the "old earth" and what led up to the change.  I was disappointed in the old time view on a women's worth and arranged marriages.  The heroine was wishy-washy and a pathetic excuse of a women who let's a guy walk all over her, an undeserving and immature guy at that.  For being so far into the future and technologically advanced, the book's society seemed no better than our ancestors of 500 years ago.  In truth, this story focused more on the character's relationship than the potentially exciting world the Ilona Andrews team could've built.  The sex took up a lot of this novella and it was mediocre at best, and clearly one of the two duo has a breast fetish.I love the Ilona Andrews duo, their Kate Daniels series is exceptional and the Edge series, while more romance oriented than I usually like, is still fantastic!  Never would've thought I'd be rating any of their books this low, but.......here we are.To my fellow dark urban fantasy readers, regardless of my gripes this novella had some rays of interest and wasn't entirely bad, but it wasn't engaging and spellbinding either.  I don't think you'd be missing anything if you skipped this, however, if you do indeed read this novella I offer a forewarning.  Expect to be annoyed with the lack of basic background reference and prepare to make use of your quick-trigger-page turner finger.I also recommend:Awaken Me Darkly (Alien Huntress, Book 1)On the Edge (The Edge, Book 1)Succubus Blues (Georgina Kincaid, Book 1)Ravenous: The Dark ForgottenThey Call Me Death