Review: There Is A Fine Line Between Love and Hate
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 13, 2013
Sapphyria's Review:Review of Book 1, The Awakening: Aidan[...]Review of Book 2, The Awakening: Liam[...]Four years ago, Britton Townsend broke sacred shifter law by almost revealing their kind to the human world.  He then faced one of the harshest punishments.  His shifter powers were removed and he was stripped of his job as head of Shifter Protection and Concealment (SPAC).  He now must live as a human for a 20 year sentence.  Britton's replacement at SPAC is Val Calhoun.  She's one of the best trackers in the game.  Unfortunately, Val and Britton don't get along - AT ALL.When World Shifters, a facility for children who have a genetic defect in their shifting gene, is breached and the son of a woman spending life in prison, is kidnapped, the Council goes directly to Val for recon and clean up.  The children in World Shifters can change at will from the time they are born, instead of at the age of 18, making the beasts they become most uncontrollable.  The little boy, named Charlie, that is kidnapped is being used as a weapon against the council in the form of blackmail in order to get the release of his mother, Samantha Mills, from jail, and to get current shifter laws regarding the mutated shifters revised.After Val is unsuccessful at her first attempt to track down Charlie, the Council does something harsh and demotes her.  They also do the unthinkable - they request a meeting with Britton, and discuss with him temporary clemency and promote him to lead investigator of this case...much to the disgust of both Val and Britton.Will Britton and Val move beyond their mutual hatred of one another and rescue Charlie before his untamed wolf is exposed for the world to see?Britton's story in The Awakening Series is just as fabulous as Aidan and Liam's story.  The tension between Val and Britton is not new to readers of the series.  We've seen them both in action in previous books.  I truly believe that there is a fine line between the intensity of love and hate.  Both Val and Britton tap dance along this line from the very start.  Both Val and Britton are both eventually able to put themselves in the other's shoes and quickly discover that there are similarities they share.The mystery behind the kidnapping and the person, person, group, or groups (see how I keep you guessing?) is well played.  The dialogue between the characters is smooth and the plot flows along very well.  Britton's story is another chapter of the series that just completely grasps the reader and keeps them engaged in every part of the book - from the character interaction, the race to save an innocent little boy, the importance to revise extremely rigid rules that are not supported by all shifters, and all the way to the romance that blossoms.  There are real emotions written into this book.  Those emotions bubbled within me as I read the passages concerning his temporary shifter status and what that could mean or will mean concerning his newly discovered mate.  Be prepared to have some tissues with you as you read this novel.This novel has a strong plot and has substance.  Each part of the book is important.  There is no need to skim, browse, or skip because everything about it is in all of the right doses.  Bravo!Review Copy Courtesy Of:  Entangled Publishing, at no cost, in exchange for an honest review.