Review: Imaginative Great Read!!!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 15, 2013
Oath of Servitude (The Punishment Sequence #1), by C.E. WilsonMelissa Cushing's reviewAug 15, 20134 of 5 starsPublished September 2012 by C.E. WilsonThe Punishment Sequence #1ebook, 159 pages (look below to read a description of the book from Goodreads)So I received a copy of this book in exchange for a review..... and I want to thank C.E. Wilson for giving me the opportunity to be a part of the process. I give this book 3 and a 1/2 stars honestly, but I am unsure of how to do that..... do I give 3 stars or round it to 4? So, I have rounded  it to 4 stars. OK.... the first thing I have to mention is that C.E. Wilson has a very beautiful writing style..... very clean and easy to follow and the editing was great! I really did not notice typos and such..... So all in all, the book was nicely written and nicely edited! I will say that I thought at times the story may have moved a bit slow for me..... and really did not get to the "good" part until the last 40% of the book. I actually re read the ending of the book last night and have decided that I would really like to read the sequel because I have so many questions that I want to know the answers to..... I really want to see where the author goes with it. I believe in many book series..... or trilogies..... that there is usually one book that is slower than the others.... so I am really thinking the next book is going to be packed with the answers to my questions (or a lot of them anyway :)) and in turn move along at a pace that will make it hard for me to tear myself away from it. My only other issue with the story was that I had a hard time with the love story of the book. I am all about the romance of any story. The romance or the build up of a love story is typically what draws me in and keeps me there. What can I say, I am sucker for romance. OK.... so that is where I run into an issue with this love story.....Cailin is a pixi and Teague is a human. Cailin is 12 inches tall..... which is abnormally large for a pixi. Most of her pixi clan are more like 6 inches tall. BUT..... having said that, it is hard for me to wrap my head around her falling for a full grown young man. Or vice versa.... keep in mind Teague is blind due to an accident that happened before he ever met Cailin.... so he is not able to see her and does not know that she is a pixi until the story kicks in to the "good part" (around the middle of the book). I do know that at one point in the book it was mentioned, I believe that a pixi could somehow become human sized??? Do not hold me to it.... but I am pretty sure that was quickly mentioned which is why I believe maybe that problem will be solved eventually.....? Not sure.... that is why I will have to read the sequel. Still the idea is unique and interesting..... again I have to state that the book is well written and nicely edited and has serious potential to be amazing... I just need a little more to keep me involved. I need a little more action and I need to somehow believe that this love story can truly come to fruition because at this point that is hard for me. I actually found myself liking Sariel..... the evil pixi Lennox's son who is in love with Cailin. He tries to protect her from his fathers wrath, and then there was their little steamy kissing session in the woods near the end of the book where Sariel tells Cailin how he feels for her and she promises herself to him, kind of caught up in the moment..... but unfortunately for him, I believe her heart is already Teague's. Sorry I did not give a blurb of the book.... you can read that here on Goodreads, I just wanted to give my opinion of it. It is a clean, straightforward, delightfully different read, that was a little slow and hard for me to get into at times because of the love story situation........ BUT it leaves you with a promising future.... because I do believe this story can really go somewhere wonderful! Very imaginative and creative! That is always refreshing. Thank you C.E. Wilson!!!