Review: A Riveting Read but Must Love Spy Stories
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 1, 2014
I have read all three books and Book #1 LOVE my favorite, read it twice and after reading this book I want to read it ahain. I love Jack and Gideon. Book #2 was good but I did not love it, mostly because the heroine (Sabre) chases (Quince)the hero and I like it the other way around. Now we have book #3 Fates for Apate. I tend to agree with the reviewer who gave it 3.5. It seems to just end abruptly and with several things unresolved. Which maybe is the hook for a novella or Robert's new book but still seemed to stop with alot unresolved.This book was very different from the other two. For one it covers the time period of the first and second book and then takes it forward past book 2's wedding. So I think this book can stand alone. It starts before Jack is compromised and Sabre is still traveling then it brings us back when Sabre gets married and in book #2, George gets attacked and collapses at the wedding and thsi book explains that and tells you what really happened and the aftermath.Another fact you should know before you read this book is that both the hero (Cas) and heroine (Georgina/george/Gini/Gina) are very young. Both are just 20. Its also very spy oriented which is not my favorite thing. I wanted the London balls and dress shops and the regency scenes and behavior and this book did not have that, not even when they return to London.So if you want a spy romance then this was great. A lot of clandestines and spy scenes. I just wanted to get beyond that. Anyways if you are still reading here is the plot.So don't read if you don't want to know.Cas and Gina meet when she is on her first mission. I am not exactly sure what her mission was but essentially Cas believes she is married to a man named Appleton, but they still fall in love. Cas is from Poland and hates Russia and wants a free Poland but he gives letters to Gina to stop the russians believing she has connections to get the letters to the right british.She gets a letter saying she must return home for Sabre's wedding and so on her last day there, Cas gives her a letter that he shouldn't have and puts both their lives in danger. He rushes after her, they decide to marry and the rest of the book is about them finding trust for each other and surviving the attacks.Why I felt the book was unfinished is they feel they need to go back and face the man who keeps trying to kidnap them. The book ends on them learning to trust but nothing about them facing there danger or the danger being over.Anyways while I did not love this book, I did enjoy it mostly and its riveting, I could not stop reading it.