Review: A bit frustrating.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 29, 2013
Overall, I liked this book.  The writing style is fast and easy.  The characters are well developed.  The Hero Aidan has extremely intriguing history and powers.  Seems to be geared toward a YA audience, yet does have some spicy romance.  A decent and interesting storyline.  However, I did have some issues, which I'll convey below without (hopefully) undue spoilers.Characters:  Aidan's irritating chauvinistic attitude is at least plausible and can be attributed to his extreme age, having lived in olden times.  The heroine Lily's personality, however,  is just too hard to swallow.  Even having lived such a sheltered life because of her illness doesn't excuse her stupidity.  I simply can not warm  up to a character when I'm always wanting to slap some sense into her.  The romance between these two was just a little far-fetched; I mean, ancient, hunky powerful male falling for naive idiot college girl?  Who still throws temper tantrums,  although he has saved her life numerous times?  Here she is, lucky enough to have a rich benefactor to enable her actual existence, her lifestyle, and her education to continue--and yet she still acts up when he gives her everything she can possibly desire.  And what does she insist on wanting?  The one thing that can kill her.  Right.But the big letdown for me with this book was the ending.  There was no resolution to this first book of the trilogy.  I really dislike an abrupt ending that leaves you hanging to this extent.  Leaves a sour taste in my mouth.  So, unfortunately, the book was just "OK" for me.