Review: A book filled with wasted pages
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 10 18, 2013
This series is just spinning its wheels.  According to another review I've read, there are two more books in the series.  Which means this wasted book is even worse than I originally thought.  I loved the start of the series.  It was different and had so much potential.  For the most part I enjoyed the first half of this book.  There were a couple things that annoyed me but I was able to get past them.  Then you start to see that nothing has changed.  Nothing at all.I was severely dissapointed at the end of the previous book.  When Secret made no choice instead of taking a stand and really taking the series in a new direction.  Which really reflects in this book.  Lucas is still terrible and while he and secret may not be mated, everything else is the same.  Desmond and Holden are still there and Secret is just standing still saying I don't know what to do.  It gets really old and takes away from the story.  What there is of it.My problem with Secret is that after all these books she's pretty much the same as she was in book number 1.  Very little character growth.  Both physically and emotionally.  She does a lot of back and forth about her werewolf side and vampire side.  The way she uses her dual natures as an excuse in her love life is getting really sad.  Secret has survived so far by luck.  The fact that she is alive while holding a position of power is mind boggling.  In this book she gets knocked out three or four times, beaten, tortured, and shows none of the mental strength she had in the past.  She just gives up on everything that she was.  I think the greatest thing that bothers me about Secret is that her hybrid nature should be a strength.  It should make her dangerous and it doesn't.  She gets almost nothing from her werewolf side except for weakness.  Other werewolves can flip over cars but Secret is just weak.  I don't understand.The second half of this book I just skipped through because I couldn't read every page.  I just wanted to find a part that redeems the book and never found it.  Heck, the book ends at 93%.  That's a lot of pages that could have been something but considering how this book turned out maybe its good the author didn't write more.If you are looking for a butt kicking, tough as nails Secret McQueen, don't buy this book.  You won't find her here.  There aren't even any real answers or progress on anything.  I won't be buying the next books unless the reviews are so outstanding and Secret is everything she should be.