Review: PetRead
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 31, 2013
(This review is also posted on Goodreads.)  This is my first Guardian series book. As a prequel, I was expecting to be introduced to the characters and to the world of Vesturon. Instead, it was a very short summary of how Rowan met Annalise and their consequent unification after convincing the Elders of Vesturon to change the caste system.So little was told to make me care for the main characters, thus I even care less about their romance. It feels like there are gaps in the story where I should've "seen" and been convinced of what's happening between them. With only Rowan's POV in the whole story, Annalise's feelings came as a surprise and was hard to accept because there was no prior demonstration on how she felt for Rowan at all. I just have to take the author's word that she loved Rowan. Vesturon itself is briefly described as "one of the greatest powers in the universe" and a few more general idea that didn't impress me. The story's brevity really did nothing to elaborate and evoke sympathy. I'm really crossing my fingers that this prequel is not an indication of the kind of writing style that is found in first book of the series.