Review: Has potential, but sadly that's it...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 16, 2014
Okay there were 2 MAJOR things that kept this book, from achieving what you see through the promise of potential here.1. The hero Diego2. Way too much long drawn out inner monologues. Not only with the main characters, but secondary ones as well.I say this time & time again when I read books executed in this way. This doesn't make it any less true for me though. I NEED BALANCE when it comes to inner monologue & dialogue. Show & tell. When I get way too much tell & not enough show, it ruins it for me more often than not. I need to not only see what goes on, I need to feel it. I need to go through the motions with these characters. I need to experience the hurt, the joy, the sadness, the love, lust, hurt. Whatever. It needs to be tangible. And If I am just being told all the time what's going on, then that takes that experience away from me. I feel cheated if I don't get this or enough of it in a story. And more often than not, if I'm stuck in someone's head for too long they become repetitive with their thoughts & I get bored.Now this story has tons of back story in it. Which really does a good job of setting up the premise & some of the why's behind everything. It's a lot to go over, at times a lot to take in, but it's interesting, beautiful & heartbreaking at times. This aspect of the book was fine for me. I had no issues with it. But when you couple all that back story in with present tense 80% inner monologues and only 20% dialogue, it becomes a bit too much. This aspect (monologue vs dialogue) caused the story to drag in a lot of areas for me. Which unfortunately caused me to feel a major disconnect with a lot of the characters, mainly the Hero & heroine.There were some intense & suspenseful moments here, yes. Loving ones as well. But I felt more of a connection to the secondary characters than I did the main characters Diego & Raine I just feel like their coupling could have been just... More. Of everything. They were lacking to me. They were luke warm at best.I had a hard time hopping on board with Diego it was something that was just always missing for me with him. Then he pulled a move on me around the 74% mark, and all hope for him was lost. Sadly at that point, for me, it was definitely over concerning him.I felt much more intense pulls at my heart strings for Prosper, Crow, & Reno than I did for our Hero of this book. And that's just sad. 3 secondary characters stealing the spotlight and putting my panties in a twist more than the main hero of the story. Smh.And this book is the most tame book I've read in an MC genre when it comes to all things erotic & physical. (Left me wanting big time)When it comes to the premise & plot of this story, it has potential. But when it comes to the meat of the story, what it indicates you should be feeling? Because of the way it's executed, it leaves a lot of those feelings just on the surface or not to be found/felt at all. But oddly enough it still remained intriguing.But remember, this is the opinion of someone who needs balance between the show & tell, in most cases, to truly enjoy a story like this. Those of you who are big on inner monologues, will love this one no doubt. Those who are big on dialogue may still like this one, but struggle through it.This one has some good aspects & some bad. Unfortunately the bad is what made this just an alright read for me.I am interested in Claire & Reno's story though. So if their book comes out next or in the near future. I would give it a try. Hopefully, I will enjoy theirs' better. And I wouldn't mind a story about Crow either ;)But as far as being truly invested in reading this series? I don't see that happening for me.*shrugs*