Review: Better than part one, but still . . .
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 09 1, 2011
I'll agree with the multiple reviews who have said this is better than "Black Moon," part one of the trilogy (but that isn't saying much).This story is about the Committee's effort to obtain the second world-threatening artifact, focusing on the efforts of Mirie and her travel to the realm of the Elves.Bevill still relies on the "fated mate" thing to get the story to work.  I guess it is a lot easier than actually showing people falling in love, but it isn't very innovative, especially since it was the main plot driver of part one.  As opposed to part one, which was literally a chase scene, a sex scene, and a fight scene, this story has a lot more background, many more characters, and much more action and dialogue.  That isn't necessarily a good thing - too much of the main character's internal thoughts and dialogue were cheesy "tough girl" bravado and jokes that I could have done without.  At a few points, her dialogue is more like what you'd type in a text message (have you ever said "btw" as a shorthand for "by the way" in conversation?  Like, as an adult?).  When Mirie and the villain meet face-to-face, the villain spends waaaay too much time detailing the complete ins-and-outs of a multi-year evil plot.  That just doesn't happen outside of bad movies.