Review: Frustrating hero
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 12, 2013
The heroine, Ava has the patience of a saint dealing with her love & soulmate, Carrick Dunne.Ava has lived the last 4 years of her life on Earth working on her small horse ranch after her parents died. However, she is suffering from a restlessness she can't put her finger on. Along comes Carrick and his brother Kieran on a mission to bring her back to her real home in another dimension on Earth. She had been sequestered in current Earth to keep her out of danger when her real parents (King & Queen) were killed. After she is given back all her memories, she realizes that Carrick is her one true love & soulmate when they were together and they were going to be married. However, in order to protect Ava, Carrick had to betray Ava's trust in order to push her out of her dimension into safety.Now that she is brought back to her own home, Ava has forgiven Carrick for betraying her after she learns how much he has sacrificed to protect her. She knows that Carrick is the only one she will ever love but Carrick suffers from his self-betrayal and deems himself not worthy enough of Ava's love. Can I tell you how frustrating he became? He pushes Ava away but yet cannot stomach her being with anyone else. It became a game of how much Ava could push Carrick's button as she sets out to make Carrick realize that their love is still strong. He wants her but thinks he can't have her..then wants her..and thinks he can't have her, etc. - all of his own making!! I just wanted to reach in and slap him at times to stop playing the martyr and being so noble all the time and just realize that Ava still loves him and he still loves Ava and let things evolve from there! He keeps on with this insufferable behavior throughout the book when everyone can tell that they were meant for each other.I give Ava credit for not bailing on him - she knows he is an idiot to deny how he feels about her and sticks with him. And while they are warring with their emotional feelings, another war is waging in their kingdom with the evil sorcereress Ralina who is trying to take control and power from everyone. Ava proves herself worthy of being the Queen that she will become - she thinks of a way to fight back and even though she gets kidnapped a couple of times, she manages to use her wits and survive. When Carrick finally succumbs to his sexual lust for Ava, the sex between them is sizzling. Although you want to smack him upside his head after they make love everytime because he becomes distant again and this aggravates Ava to no end.But as they say...true love will prevail. The ending was great - sometimes it takes almost losing someone to realize how much you can't live without that person - I had to read it over again for that warm tingly feeling. Now I want to read about Kieran's story!