Review: Not Bad - Needed a bit more, though.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 4, 2013
I was given a copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.While I did enjoy this book, it wasn't exactly what I expected it to be.  It seemed like it would have been a bit more suspenseful than it was, considering two peoples' (three if you count Cody, Callie's mate) lives were on the line.  The concept itself I loved - The council, trials, royal bloodlines, the mating rituals.  What I didn't like about it was the True Mate concept.  I loved that Callie was so independent, and I understand that under the circumstances she needed to focus on finding a mate at her coming out ball, but once she found him her entire personality changed.  I guess the way I would envision it myself is that since they were true mates their personalities would remain intact because they were meant to be together.  They wouldn't have to change who they are to appease the other in the relationship.Something else I liked was that there was, for the most part, plenty of closure at the end of the book.  However, I still needed a bit more.  So many things happened that didn't completely finish (I'm hoping this is because there will be more books with these characters) I won't go too far into that because it would give quite a bit away about the plot itself, and it was a good enough book that I would recommend it to certain friends that I think would enjoy it.  If another book were to come out by this author I would read them because the writing itself wasn't bad.  There were a few minor formatting issues, but none that really distracted me from the story itself.