Review: Liked it
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 20, 2013
Twisted by Rebecca Zanetti is the novella between books Provoked and Shadowed. This time the couple is Terrent and Maggie. R.Z. starts the book right off with Terrent telling Maggie that he wants her to remember him from before she was kidnapped ten years ago. Of course Maggie is shocked that Terrent knew her from before her kidnapping but before she can ask any more questions, glass suddenly shatters in the room and Maggie is thrown to the floor with Terrent on top of her to protect her. What they see when they get outside is Jase fighting off three men who are too good of fighters to be human.As it turns out the three men who attacked are actually wolves from Maggie's old pack and the old pack's Alpha wants Maggie as his mate. Luckily for Maggie, she is already taken since she already agreed to be Terrent's mate.I liked Twisted and I was eager to finally get the answers to why Maggie was kidnapped and why she couldn't remember anything. I was also eager to find out her back story and what exactly happened with Terrent and her in the past. My only complaint was that since this was a novella I felt like a lot of things were a bit rushed or skimmed over. Like Terrent and Maggie's relationship. I mean I know they were together ten years ago, before Maggie was kidnapped and R.Z. does reveal a few details about their past but it still felt like it was rushed.Maggie didn't have much of a reaction to finding out Terrent has known about her all along. Yeah she's upset at first that he lied to her and hurt that even though he claims she is his mate she bears no mark but I felt like she got over it pretty quickly and I thought too quickly. And while I am happy for Maggie for finally finding a home for herself, she doesn't even give the vampires a second thought. All she thinks is that while she loved the vampires, the werewolves are much more of a home to her now than the vampires were. I was surprised that Maggie was alright about leaving all her friends behind like Katie and all her other friends. She didn't even think about them.And for Maggie's true purpose about going to the werewolf community for finding out who was tampering with the inoculations she really didn't try hard to investigate. Sure she asked some questions but she didn't really give it her all. But then again we find out that Dage has also known about Maggie and her past with Terrent so he probably just sent her to the werewolves so she could be with Terrent. Still I was kind of mad at Dage and Terrent, for them keeping quiet about Maggie's past. They should have told her instead of letting her fumble in the dark for her memories (or at the very least given her a couple hints towards her past.)Still she does find out who the tamperers are and I was surprised when it was Shannon and Andrea, the cheerleaders but they only did it so Terrent would come and they were careful so nobody got hurt. And they get what they wanted since Terrent becomes the new Alpha of the pack. I still think  Terrent let them off the hook a bit too easily. Their punishment was to restore a clearing to its formal glory in time for Terrent and Maggie's wedding next spring which I thought was very sweet (the wedding I mean.)I liked Twisted and I am happy that Terrent is no longer alone since he now has Maggie, a pack to call his own and that Maggie finally knows who she is. I just wish that Twisted could have been longer.