Review: Needs more plot development...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 27, 2014
FTC Disclaimer: This book was provided by the Tour Host in exchange for an honest review of the book. NO monetary compensation for this review or time has been provided. The opinions expressed in our reviews are our own.I liked this book.  It was well done, with only a few hiccups here and there.  Lena and Devin are both complicated, complex characters that are written well. They’re both intensely stubborn, which made me want to shake them.One quote I highlighted was, “Damn it, she’d asked for honesty but she didn’t want it. Not really!”  – I enjoyed that because I’m sure men all over the world have had that exact same thought and fallen into the exact same trap.  A woman (and I’m a woman so I can say this without being discarded as a sexist pig) who says that she wants to hear the truth but then gets pissed off when she gets what she asked for.  That part made me laugh.Devin is a shifter with three different cats inside of him and his constant struggle to stay sane is a huge point in the book. He not only constantly battles his insanity but also Lena’s stubbornness, his own, his cats and their primal nature, as well as the fact that at over 300 years old, he’s never been in a serious relationship.Lena is also well done, though, again, I wanted to shake her at times (which does make the characters more realistic in my eyes, as I’ve stated in previous reviews). They’re more humanized when they have those faults.  She’s trying her best to protect those she loves in an almost impossible situation.However, I will say that when there is a HUGE loss of a character in the book (I’m not saying who, so no spoilers) — I thought it was a bit too easily brushed off for the person who lost the most.  It was briefly touched upon and then left alone.And then… there was the sex.I’m going to preface this next part with the statement that I enjoy sex scenes. If written correctly, they’re amazing. Ask any of my friends, I truly love sex scenes…. And this book had a lot of really great ones…That being said, there are only so many sex scenes you can have in a novel about going to save a little girl before you start yelling at the characters, “PUT IT BACK IN YOUR PANTS AND GO SAVE THE LITTLE GIRL!”That was the one major fault I found with the book. If the book is about sex and how sex is used to strengthen a bond or heal or just rise up in the ranks… Great! More sex all around! But when there’s a deeper story line involving a mystery and a small child that needs saving, I think there needs to be a bit more substantiation of that plot line and less of them getting it on in an airplane in front of 3 other men.I give it a three-point-five out of five because I did enjoy the book but I think it may need a bit more work on the depth of the plot line.