Review: NOT Kaylea's Normal Story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 14, 2012
This book is well-written (as are all of Kaylea's books) but I pre-ordered this thinking it would be one of her military suspense stories.  I was disagreeably surprised to learn it was entirely different, about non-human species with psychic powers, bonding only once in life (and they live 400 years!), with vampire overtones.  Come On!! Kaylea writes WONDERFUL contemporary stories about intelligent women facing realistic threats from credible sources, protected and defended by brave, intelligent human men with normal reactions.  There was no reason to go sideways into an unrealistic, unbelieveable, convoluted tale of non-human, trident warriors, fighting the Dark Lord to save the Lost.  This is completely out of left-field.  If you're going to write this type of book, Kaylea, you should do what Jayne Ann Krentz does and release psychic stories under a different name (in her case, Jayne Castle).  That way, a reader can know what you're getting and can make an informed choice.  Having described my disappointment, I will temper the review by repeating that the book is well-written, clearly the first of a trilogy, and worth reading if you're into the psychic stuff.  I'm just not.