Review: Good theme
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 03 16, 2014
Well, I think the theme was good, but the development of the book did not deliver what it could have. I did find, like many others, some resemblance of these characters with those from the fox series. I also noticed the banter was very similar to the same series. I really wanted to give it 2 stars, but I did like the book, just not too much.There are lots of holes in the story, physical descriptions, character development, etc. Sometimes, there are gaps to the story, and sometimes there is too much description. SPOILERS: The banter sometimes goes on and on, a bit too much and way too similar to that of Michaela (Fox series). There was a gap from where Maya killed the demon to when they got to her village. Isn't she suffering because she killed someone who she cared about? isn't the queen extremely jealous and so, there has to be a period of understanding what happened to Maya? what happened to all the information Maya got from the demon, can that be used for future battles? What is that portal the demons come through? Can Anything be done about it? can they rescue previously kidnapped amazons (the demon mention Maya was not the first to be kidnapped).I also noticed this author's themes always include abuse of women, dominance. How is it possible (SPOILER) that someone who is treated as badly as Maya was, can forgive. Is this another of those Stockholm syndrome stories. Like privateer, familiar, and Tresjolie (rape in the last); even in fitting in there is mental abuse of the main character. Yet, all of these characters always forgive. There are things that cannot be forgotten, maybe if one is too benevolent, one can forgive, but to forget all that... Trauma is what it would cause. Event he fox series, which I liked, made me feel that Michaela was abused. Yes, she gain friends and a family that she did not have, but lost her freedom and is in a relationship where the equal partners is non-existent. Anyway, I will read the sequel, but that might be the last book I buy from this author, not to mention the fact that apparently he has been misleading his fans in a despicable and creepy way.And Robin, or whomever you are, try to write less abusive books and come clean with your fans.