Review: Read this book in one day ... couldn't wait to write this review!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 15, 2013
THIS ... BOOK ... IS ... AWESOME!!!  I'm guessing from all the loose ends hanging, the author will be doing a second installment, and I will snatch it up as soon as it is available!We spend the first several chapters getting to know our heroine.  We figure out immediately that she has no idea WHAT she is.  Enter our hero ... and he is freakin' awesome!  Too many authors get stuck in that "arrogant, moody, you-are-my-mate-and-you-belong-to-me" type of hero.  This hero is nothing like that, and I loved him.  He's no wimp ... don't get me wrong.  But he is sensitive enough to her plight to realize the worst thing he could do is push her into anything.  He stands back, and he lets her choose.  And choose she does.  I love how uncomplicated their relationship is in this regard, because it leaves so much more to the back story.Our heroine is likeable from the get-go, but you feel so bad for her that she has no idea of her background.  We find out soon enough that the only one of her so-called "family" she is actually related to is her mother.  The man she THOUGHT was her father is nuts and a religious fanatic.  They are very well off, and they do not like our heroine at all.  They don't understand her need to eat a lot, and they make her feel bad about herself.  Our heroine has most definitely been mentally abused by these people on a constant and chronic basis, and her so-called sister is the worst of the lot.  You just want to smash her face in!  The author leaves you wondering about her mother, and whether her mother knew what her father was.  Comments made by the man she thought was her father lead us to believe they might have known, but our heroine does not have a conversation with her mother about it in this book.Our hero steps in and saves her from everything, including the thought of committing suicide, which she has already tried once.  He takes her from her home city of St. Louis to the mountains of Montana.  She leaves everything behind on a whim.  During this book, we don't see her go back to tie up her loose ends, so I am in hopes the author explores this in the next installment.  Our heroine is very organized and not one to just up and leave without letting her friends know she is alright.  So, I'd really like to see that part wrapped up.We find out our hero and his people are not without their issues.  Both physical and mental abuse has happened within this community, and they are all dealing with the ravages it has left behind.  When our heroine realizes who and what she is, we see her shine!  Her own abuse helps her to know exactly what her new family needs to heal and move forward.  Lots of loose ends hanging with this particular part of the story, but suffice it to say our heroine embraces what she is and saves the day--BUT not without the "waiting for the other shoe to drop" thing hanging over her head at the end.We also do not actually meet the heroine's father in this book.  We learn about his background and the extreme physical and mental abuse he suffered at the hands of her grandfather.  We understand why he is absent, but we don't like it.  I am also holding great hope that the author brings the heroine together with her emotionally ravaged father.  He deserves happiness and we want to see him get it.  I don't like what he's done by leaving his people, but in reading the story, you can certainly empathize with why he did it and you are not angry with him for it.  But this is another one of those loose ends the author leaves throughout this book.This book was an excellent value for the money as a Kindle book, and I cannot wait for the author to bring me another installment of this world.  Excellent job Casey Wolfer!!