Review: Quick, Fun Read (If you ignore the details)
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 5, 2013
This was essentially what I'd consider "beach lit." If you largely turn off your brain when you start, you'll find a quick, fun read with some creative elements (the iron hair idea, for example, was different and very well executed). Considering that I picked it up free during an Amazon special, it was totally worth it.Do not, however, try to pick this up and read it with your brain fully on, or you will be distracted/annoyed by the lack of continuity in the details and some components that defy credulity (even in a clearly fantasy world). Example: the two main characters are locked in a tower together, with the male lead visually examining the girl several times and even holding her for a period in his lap. Please note that he's a warrior, and therefore theoretically trained to pay attention to details. Yet he is somehow completely oblivious to (and shocked to discover upon their escape) that she has no shoes. Similarly, the heroine mentally informs us that she bears (physical) scars from a previous encounter with a Blaze demon, yet the hero (who is madly possessive) upon seeing and extensively touching her naked body, finds her flawless and apparently fails to notice the previously referred to scars, where one would have expected another scene about regret, possessiveness, comfort, etc.Finally, I was a little surprised at the lack of bedroom scenes, considering the genre. There's a lot of wanting, but not much in the way of actually having. That's perfectly fine, of course, but worth knowing before you pick it up.