Review: The opposite of a good romance
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 05 17, 2014
The book actually started out pretty well.  The heroine was fairly feisty, they were setting up for a decent plot, and . . . at first . . . the romance (while obvious) seemed to be progressing at a reasonable pace.  But then it was like the author decided that doing things the right way was going to take to long and basically turned Melena into a simpering arm-piece for an angel.  The romance began feeling more like Stockholm syndrome, as our "heroine" had no real power in the relationship and despite hating the angel, she apparently secretly loved him.  For no real reason as of yet.  And then he forced his mark on her and the rationale was that she secretly wanted to be claimed even if she didn't consciously know it.  This is pretty much the same logic that is used to justify sexual assault.  I was so put out by the sudden shift in the author's writing, and wonder why she (or anyone) would consider this kind of relationship either healthy, romantic, or anything but disturbing.