Review: Nicely written, though annoying as heck heroine
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 1, 2013
I actually read this book after I read the second installment of this series,Scarlet Heat (Born to Darkness), and I glad I did. It was not horrible, but the heroine at times made it unbearable. There were times that Addison seriously got on my nerves, and I did not understand Corbin's fasciation with her. He truly was a patient individual. My frustration came from her stupidity, or naiveté, and her selfishness. I understood that she felt guilty, but she was not at all realistic of the situation. It is as if she was blind to danger, and did not care the consequences her actions had on other people, i.e. Corbin, and even at times her best friend Taylor.I was able to get a gist of her personality in the second book, but to me this was a full on gust of wind in this one. At times I was like, girl! Seriously! Come on! I understand she had loyalty, but it was as if she had it only for Taylor and herself. A lot of us may not like certain people, maybe even to the point of detesting them, but we still know how to at least fake it. Even if we do not feel like faking it, we know how and when we should. She didn't! Even though she is not real, that is something that I really did not like about her, because she was aware of the stakes when it came to certain people, and it was as if she did not care that she could have ruined Corbin's life, even to the point of him not having one. That was beyond it for me, and therefore solidified it, for me, how much of an unlikeable character she was.Aside from that, the story was nicely written and super easy to follow. To be honest, even though she has great stories I wish this is how Laurann Dohner would write. Even if you do not like certain characters, you can always appreciate the written talent of Evangeline Anderson and how fluidly realistic her style is.