Review: I liked the secondary character better
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 21, 2011
I think the story was overall better than the story of the first book, which in my opinion had a weak resolution, but in my opinion its characters are less balanced than Cobalt and Will fromSkin Deep.Trystan is a prostitute and he is human, Uriskel is Fae, but he is considered a low being by the Seelie Court and especially by his bother Braelan (who doesn't know he and Uriskel are brothers). Uriskel is bound to keep a lot of secrets, because he risks of being tortured or imprisoned and probably killed if he spills them. He is psychologically paralyzed, he can't see a way out, he has a very passive attitude. Trystan, on the contrary, always tries to make his situation better, to help Uriskel recover from torture and abuse, even risking his own safety.Uriskel's side of the story revolves around his self-pity and is slower and a bit boring. Trystan's side of the story is livelier, because Trystan is also a man who doesn't mind speaking his mind and he's always blunt.Braelan is a secondary character, but he grows in the story and he changes from a spoiled brat to a man who doesn't want to be told lies anymore, who wants to be just, he doesn't want to be a mindless monster. Seeing Trystan and Uriskel's love, he learns that there's something else out there and it's more fulfilling than easy pleasures. His story was for me more interesting than the main story and I'm looking forward to reading his book.