Review: Not as strong as I'd hoped
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 4, 2014
Continuation of Storm Damages trilogy, so if you are planning to read this trilogy, there is no way to read this book without reading the first.  It does not stand on its own, even while it tries to catch up the reader with small summaries of action that occurred in the previous book.  The elements of a dramatic, soapy type of story abounds here, so I’m trying to overcome my concerns with the plotting (and real wish that it had been written as one book instead of a trilogy, because I think that would help with the pacing issue).This book is hard to rate for me because while I’m still intrigued with the story, I’m having a hard time liking either Elizabeth or Gabriel right now.  Perhaps it’s because I think they’re both completely inflexible and selfish.  They both are bound and determined to do as they please without thought to the other person in this relationship and when it comes to discussing their problems, they resolve it through sex.  Enough sex that I wanted to skim parts of it.  I believe that they’re infatuated with each other more than in love.  There’s no real beginning or ending, which is frustrating in and of itself, but I could handle that if I didn’t think that the story took a big leap with the characters ***SPOILER***to justify a sexual relationship while Gabriel cannot remember what happened between him and Elizabeth***SPOILER***However, because it’s a middle book, I know that they’ll have to have some kind of emotional growth to make this entire trilogy worthwhile.  So I’m giving this a qualified recommendation - my opinion may or may not change when the final books comes out.