Review: Beyond the price....
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 5, 2013
Here we have novella that you really do need to read to get into the next book. To answer the question if you read the first book yes he does lose his power but it does heal a very little bit. So my guess is that with next 5 books he will have his power and we can all enjoy the oh wait even in the first when he had his power he did really nothing exciting with it so well. This is supposed to be a character series so no action or very very light action.Good1: Characterization is still good Adam is the same as book one so if you liked him then you still will if you expected growth well I did not find it.2: Plot was interesting with a reveal at the end that you probably will not see coming.Bad:1: Ceribeno is back in this one and she is as schizophrenic as ever this character is not well done as in a character novel you should be able to get a feel for the characters and be able to at least go "ahhh I can see why they would do that" unfortunately this character is written in a disjointed fashion making her scenes seem weirdly unconnected to anything else.2: More and more these books keep coming back to making amends for his past crimes I mean over and over we get situations where he did something in the past that is coming back to haunt the world. I think we all get that he did things that he is not proud of but it is not like he was serial killer for the amount of guilt, sorrow and just sheer misery that he keeps going through to make amends is kind of ridiculous.3: We have one part where he bemoans the fact that he does not have his power because he would feel safer if he could stop someone with a thought.I laughed as in the first book he had all his powers and was basically beat the hell out of by everyone.OverallI read this one to see if it really was going to be that he lost his power. The premise and the writing are great but the plots with the massive emphasis on how he has to pay for every indiscretion he ever made and suffer and suffer make the series unpalatable. I just keep hoping he is finally going to turn into a character that I can like and maybe just maybe actually stand up for himself.