Review: Minus one star for grammar.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 11, 2012
*****SPOILERS*****I really enjoyed this book.  It was fast paced enough that it kept my interest and prevented me from guessing exactly what was going to happen every step of the way.  There were times that I felt like Allisande's actions were too far off from how her character had been developed.  She was supposed to be this tough, sword fighting woman, yet the story failed to show her trying to find ways to kill the man who raped and tortured her.  As the story goes on, they all know Joran's brother is coming to try to kill them, but she still doesn't arm herself in defense.I was absolutely disgusted by Allisande's manwhore of a brother, Collin.  I kept wishing he would get killed or die from an STD.  His blatant sexual escapades, right in front of his wife, were unforgivable.  When Meghera ran down to the dock as he was sailing away, I was hoping she would ask for an annulment.  Instead, she screamed out that she loved him.  No way, I say truss him to a pyre and light it.  I didn't see a second book, so I am left with the hope one may still be written.  BUT, please, please, please, don't let Collin end up with Meghera.  He makes me nauseous.I had planned on giving this book four stars, but the grammar was painful.  I do not expect perfection, as I make mistakes also.  I think I gave myself whiplash from shaking my head so much at the frequency of the errors.  There was a constant misuse of words, and here are just a few examples I can think of:  there, their, they're; accept, except; bare, bear; then, than; and here, hear.  The other big issue I had with this book was the repetitive use of the same descriptive word in a sentence.  I can't remember the exact sentence, but "moving" had already been used once.  Then, the author uses "moving" again in the second part of the same sentence.  How about saying, "sailing", "drifting", or some other way to describe what they were doing?  There were many sentences like that, and it became dull. Someone should gift this author a dictionary, thesaurus, and a halfway passable editor.So, what does all this mean?  It's just a critique from someone who will continue to read this author's books.  The stories are great, I love the action, and the price is right!