Review: Good read but conflicted about love triangle
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 7, 2012
I'm conflicted about how I feel about this book.  I definitely found it was well written with interesting characters and intriguing backdrop.  The conflict I have is with the story.The cover is misleading with the statement "Two Brothers, One Woman..", really the story is about the two men Katrin fell in love with.  And there lies the crux of my conflict with the book.  Here you have two strong male leads, who both have equal face time in the book.  The first half is about Katrin's relationship with Eomond while the second is about her relationship with Rafael (who does not even appear until the latter half of the book).As is my habit, I read reviews before I started reading the book and more often than not reviewers mentioned Rafael with really only a brief mention about Eomond.  So in my mind, I was already thinking Rafael is the hero that the heroine ends up with.  And then I picked up the book, started reading it and the pages were dominated by Katrin and Eomond.  I could easily have fallen in love with Eomond as a hero.  I actually found Katrin and Eomond's relationship much more intense than her relationship with Rafael.And then the second half of the book, Rafael appears and Katrin's attentions are immediately diverted.  I wasn't exactly sure how that could have happened, seeing how Katrin and Eomond's relationship had developed.  Although for the most part in both cases, it seemed to me that Katrin's pull towards both men were based on lust rather than emotional depth.  I could just imagine how frustrated I would have been if I was rooting for Eomond when Rafael made an appearance.I suppose I'm a little spoilt with romances, I like it a certain way.  I want to know that the person the heroine ends up with is the one she truly loved most because of the person he is.  In this case, I'm not sure.  I think it was more circumstances more than the person that dictated how Katrin felt in the end, which made me feel somewhat cheated for the guy she does eventually end up with.Despite all that, it was still a very good read.  I suppose the way the story was built is a little different, which deserves some points.  I would be eager to read more of this author's works.