Review: Sci-Fi romance done right...
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 21, 2014
Evangeline has quickly become one of my favorite authors with this series!The first book made me question, I overlooked the annoying heroine for the awesome world building and actual storyline.We first met Sophia in Claimed, she is the twin sister to Olivia. They are totally identical aside from the hair color. Now, in that book you first see the connection between her and Sylvan. You know its there, they sort of unconsciously calm and ease each other worries. We see Sophia as strong albeit a little erratic and fanatical in her need to get her twin back from one of the Kindred.In this book we are in her actual brain and see why she needs Olivia so much and what her fears are. Now, Evangeline really took on a hot button issue and I think between the male and the female characters she handed it brilliantly.Sophia was assaulted sexually in high school her Senior year of high school. She was then tormented more by her attacker in order to insure her silence. Now, I bet you ask, where are the parents? Well, the parents were killed in a car crash and it was just her and her twin and another friend. Instead of dealing with it head on she bottled it, which in reality, a lot of victims do. She become guarded and introverted in a very believable way.Now, enter Sylvan. He knows there is something based on her reactions to him. She's afraid of his size, sexual hunger, and dominance. Finally fishing the story out of her, he is one of the most sympathetic males I have ever come across in romance! That to me made him more Alpha than any Alpha male in most books!Just a note: A man that is willing to work through the trauma with a woman who was attacked, and shows her compassion, does not make him a push over or weak, it means he's gives a crap! I loved how this whole story was written. The elements of racism that was worked in by the other class of alien races was a stroke of genus and I was riveted by every page of this amazing love story.Evangeline I am coming to find knows how to mix a little bit a dark into each book she writes. Keeping the reader on her toes as a whole!