Review: I just don't know about this one.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 21, 2014
I'm so torn with this review.  I don't know if I liked this book, loved this book, was indifferent to this book, or hated this book.The good:Lucian Bane is not your typical dom, he's better.  A dom's single most important function is to take care of his or her sub and provide what they need, even if the sub does not know what that is.  Do you need for sex to be a little painful, slightly forced to not feel guilt in the morning?  That's your dom's job.  Do you need to feel like you have more control?  A good dom knows how to give you that feeling while still being in charge.  This is Lucian.  He's not a sadist and doesn't pretend to be for the sake of "acting" like a dominant.Tara.  Sweet, innocent, I will kick your f***ing a** if you pull my hair, Tara.  I have to say, I love this character.  She's so confused and yet so determined you have to give her props.Both of these characters have serious issues.  I read some reviews complaining about it.  But honestly, how many of us don't have issues.  If you raise your hand, I'm going to call you a liar.  We all have things in our past that have shaped us.  In a work of fiction, often these things are exaggerated.  Characters can't wear masks when you're inside their head.The bad:Formatting of this book is atrocious.  Every other page had different indents, different line spacing, different font sizes.  It really detracted from the story.  Lucian Bane, message me.  I have experience and will help you with this issue.Punctuation was also an issue.  I'm going to blame it on the formatting as my first attempt to format a book for kindle resulted in some strange occurrences as well.  But again, it really took away from the story.As for the bad in the story, I had a few questions that should have been answered but weren't.  I don't want to post them here because I don't want to post any spoilers.  However, certain portions of the plot that were wrapped up left out details that, to me, seem really important.Finally, I really wish we had some more detail into these characters.  I understand that this is a serial novel (admittedly not my favorite and the reason it's taken me so long to read this), but it was very hard to connect with these characters.  I felt like I was being told a story instead of being immersed in a new world and I think spending some more time with the characters and finding out a little of what makes them tick would have made it a better experience for me.