Review: Starts slow, but works into a great read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 11, 2012
First things first, I got a free copy of this book from the author via Goodreads group Shut up and Read, for a fair and honest review. I do not know the author personally.I am giving this book 4 stars. And I am advising readers to hold off judging this book until you finish chapter 3.When I seen the synopsis of this book, I thought that it would be right up my alley. However I had serious doubts once I started reading.In fact I had placed this book down for a couple days wondering why/how I signed up for another teen romance novel.I finally picked it back up last night with the goal to push through to the end.Folks this book get so much better as it progresses.Characters, well the characters started off annoying. The protagonist was weak, and easily dominated but then she found her backbone and that was awesome!The family, I admit the layout of the family was confusing to me, Who was the alpha again? who was step dad again? sort of thing, but by the end it made sense.The romance: now that is something very important to the storyline, as it provides the crisis for the character to finally speak out. But it was a weak and annoying romance. I kept thinking the protagonist was wishy washy, hot then cold. It started off way too early in the book. In fact it was why I put the book down to begin with, instalove just isn't my thing. When you consider the importance that this relationship has on the character, I felt it was both underplayed and overplayed. We should have had more access to why she felt love, less about the sexual attraction more about the bond. After all it is this bond, this connection, that makes the protagonist change. Yet she never says she loves him until the very last part. She only says she wants him (sexually) and the two are not the same.Action combat, yes this book has it. I thought the author did quite well in writing the battle scenes.Love triangle, OK yes this book has it. Anyone who has read my reviews before knows that I am not into the whole 'this boy this chapter' and 'this boy next chapter' now swap and repeat thing. However, the love triangle in this book was not a 'dramatic torn between to lovers' nonsense, it was simply a 'this option' or 'that option' and because that was the way that it was wrote, I did not mind the love triangle.So do I recommend this book? Yes, paranormal fantasy romance readers will likely find this book a joy to read.