Review: Lillian Holmes and The Leaping Man SO works for me!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 22, 2013
WOW - What a great story!I'm thrilled. Utterly thrilled to have read this story.What I liked about the story: Lillian starts out looking like an obstinate woman who defies conventions of her times, and leads a life outside the boundaries of women in the 1890s. Well, there's good reason for that. Without putting in spoilers, I'll say the reveal is definitely worth the read.Lillian Holmes is SO BROKEN...she literally stole my heart. And, what Cullen gives us is a character who's so well drawn in her brokenness, when Lillian reaches her Black Moment, all I could do was cheer her on and watch her leap forward to claim her destiny.And then there's George, The Leaping Man. As if Lillian isn't character enough to drive this story on her own the reveal about this broken soul who saves Lillian from herself, and by doing so reveals his true nature, well he worked for me on an entirely different level. George turns out to be that Valiant Hero who gives up his needs for hers, and he stole my heart in the process. The passion these two share for life, and for each other, is spot-on.What the author did well: Add in the fight against nasty hidden villains of the times, including the villain of addiction Lillian uses to mask real pain from her past, and watch these characters arc into something amazing. Cullen's grasp of the time-period makes the historical reader in me nod, the paranormal reader in me smile, and the romance reader in me want to cheer.I'll be looking for more stories from this author.