Review: emotionally complicated story of love and loss
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 17, 2013
After a somewhat slow start, by Chapter 3 this book became engrossing and I got caught up in the adventure. Celaine is easy to like, and I had no difficultly relating to her, even with the heart-breaking decisions that were forced upon her. The secondary characters interacted with Celaine in believable ways, adding greater depth to this story of revenge and retribution.  Determined to follow-up on a pledge made years earlier on the darkest day of her life, Celaine adopts a whole new persona and leaves behind her best friend and her fiancé in order to accomplish her long-unfulfilled pledge to rid the country of the terrorist known only as the Man in Black.This is the first book in a planned series, and while the ending of this installment was jarring it also serves an important purpose, giving Celaine even further cause to continue her fight against the elusive "Man in Black".  This is an emotionally complicated story of love and loss that, while entertaining, also gives us plenty of opportunity to examine uncomfortable issues when the choices made for worthy reasons still lead to unexpected consequences.This book was given to me by the author in exchange for my honest review.Reviewed by Laurie-J