Review: Repetitive and angsty read
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2013
Ancient race of warriors with weapons that are embedded in their flesh and can be called forth with a thought?  Creative.  I enjoy finding new paranormal series that offer something fresh.  Over-all, I think this book could have been a keeper.  However, the author's discrepancies in her scenes and her characters ended up being too distracting.  Lots of continuity issues and over-all very repetitive book.  And one of the most annoying things was all the back-and-forth.  In one chapter the hero says "we can never ever have sex" but then a few pages later he is saying "we WILL have sex TONIGHT, be ready for it". Over and over and over.  And then it becomes, "we WILL beat this thing" and then "no, we CAN'T beat this thing".  Over and over and over.  And the heroine is saying "I have to be with you" and then "no I can't be with you".  Over and over and over.  It ended up feeling like the author lacked any kind of clarity herself.  Was she trying to build up sexual tension with the back and forth stuff?  I don't know, but it didn't work.  And when they did have sex, I found it just as long and unnecessary as the so-called buildup and skimmed those pages.  It felt as if the author created characters and then couldn't decide how she wanted them to think or feel and thus they changed from one page to the next.  Or that she didn't have enough story line or plot to make her book longer so just threw in repetitive angst as page filler.There was a Good vs Evil plot, the girl and the guy, the innocents that need saved, the band of trusty fighters, etc.  All good basic elements for a story plus the extra bonus of having creative paranormal stuff going on.  But, somehow, the author missed her mark.  Better editing and better direction from the author would have made a world of difference.EDIT:  I find it highly suspect that this review, and I noticed other reviews of this book, received a collection of unhelpful votes at the same time on the same day sometime after the reviews were published.  Shame on the reader(s) who hit that unhelpful vote just because they personally liked the book or because they are a fan (or friend?) of the author.