Review: Different
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 12 15, 2011
I do like this series but I must admit it went off in a completely different direction than I thought it would.  The series began as a vampire book and I appreciate the different perspective of having them as, essentially, an alien race.  I also like the maturing the Lissa made throughout the series.What's the problem then?  Many of her battles are too easy.  She shows up, they all die.  With the exception of one time, *****SPOILER ALERT***** when she dies.  Though she is returned to herself, albeit unaware of who she is at first.  There seemed to be a lot crammed into this one series without a whole lot of background.  Lissa ultimately ends up as the queen of all of the worlds.  I suppose there was indication this could happen since she was mated to Kifirn but I feel that a lot was left out of the actual story.  The mysterious voice that speaks to her and gives her a few sentences that she instinctively understands without working through at all for the reader is a little difficult for me.I do appreciate that Lissa's birth was contrived in the first place and I also appreciate that there is a rebirth in general.  I was glad the author provided some back story and explained she had been the previous queen but again, a lot seemed to be missing.  Gavin was a totally different person.  I can imagine 300 years would change some things about him but when Lissa encountered him after returning to earth, he did not recall her and the original personality traits were present.  Kifirn removed Gavin's jealousy but Gavin went from constantly berating Lissa into, for the most part, an amiable mate.  That seems like a large leap with no explanation.  It's those little things that keep me from giving this book 5 stars.I think Connie Suttle has a gift for spinning stories and I enjoy her books very much but I would like some of these little things to be more cohesive.