Review: A Reading the Paranormal Review
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 25, 2012
First things first: I haven't read book 1.  Did that cause any problems in my ability to follow along with what was happening in this book?  Nope.  Either I used my totally awesome superpowers to figure things out or Leia Shaw did a good job bringing us slow folks up to date.  Personally, I'm leaning toward my superpowers but I have a sneaking suspicion that I had nothing to do with it.Now, Erin's a little screwed up.  She has some issues.  A few.  You'd hardly notice them.  She has panic attacks.  And she drinks to numb herself.  And she uses men as security blankets.  Yeah.  She's a mess.  But she pulls things together.  She straps on her steel corset (not really), gets back up on that horse (no horses were harmed in the writing of this novel) and kicks her fears right where it hurts (also, she shoots people in the throat, but you'll need to read the book to see her do that).Marcelo is a surly, frustrated Alpha vampire who's a little too hung up on the past.  But he gets better, too!  It's awesome!  I don't necessarily agree with the way he made Erin face her social anxiety woes because sometimes wanting something to go away doesn't make it go away.  However, since it worked for the story and, quite frankly, I didn't want her to become a raving alcoholic, I'm smiling and moving along.Fun, fast paced and interesting, Leia Shaw has created a world full of magic and mayhem.  A world that's well worth delving into.