Review: Good writing, emotiionless story
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 11, 2012
The writing in Altered Destiny is terrific. However, as I read I kept wondering why I couldn't really get into the story. Then I realized that the only character I cared about was Jaden. Selia left me cold. The author didn't get into Selia's emotions enough for me to care about her. There were pages and pages of narrative describing the terrain. It was all beautifully written, but I started skipping the pages. I wanted to know about the characters, what made them tick, what they wanted. The pages of description were followed by some small skimishes, more descriptions, more skirmishes. Very little dialogue and intereaction between characters. The author built up to a large battle that was waiting to happen, and it didn't. What was that all about? The story could have been half as long and better if the author had focused more on the emotions rather than showing us all what a good writer she is by pages of drawn-out descriptions.There was almost no romance or sensuality. The ending was warm-hearted but I wanted more between Selia and Jaden. There was no sex at all, which left me disappointed too. This is not really a romance, but an adventure story. There are some readers who might like that. I'm not one of them.