Review: Magic, love, and action
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 14, 2013
This book starts out with a prologue. We see Nexi, completely confused because some wolves are killing her adoptive family and she just saw them turn into men. And then these two people dressed in full-out medieval wear are telling her that they're here to protect her and one of them just so happens to be her biological father.And then we skip three months, where Nexi is now in the Otherworld, where her father is from.Naturally, Nexi is confused, and she's also very stubborn. While everyone was introducing this new world to her, she was sometimes a little bit too confused. Maybe I've read too many werewolf novels, but I would think everyone knows what a "mate" is. In is world, "mate" applies to everyone, not only werewolves. But when they mentioned that, Nexi remained really confused and had to ask what a mate was. But then again, her family was just killed and she's now in this new world, so all this is to be expected.At first I really didn't like Nexi because she had the I-will-do-everything-and-screw-your-rules attitude. There are rules in the Otherworld, and they're there for a reason. The rules made sense to me, but Nexi sometimes disagreed with them (especially when it came to getting revenge for her family) and I didn't like that. But later on she redeemed herself and I really liked her and was able to understand and support her actions.And then there's Kyden. This hot hunk of a man is Nexi's teacher in guardian duties and fighting techniques. Originally he was pretty arrogant and Nexi didn't want to be with him because of that (though I found his arrogance a little hot!). Later on though, he proved he had a soft side when he showed caring and compassion to Nexi. Though guardians and other beings (i.e. witches, werewolves) are immortal, Kyden is only in his late twenties, so we don't have a Edward-Bella debacle. I really liked the fact that it wasn't like Kyden was super old and yet looks young. It doesn't make it creepy. Kyden is also one of those protective males who try to take care of their females, but it's not overboard. He lets Nexi make her own choices (not that she gives him a choice ;D)I really liked the secondary characters and they really brought this book together nicely. They filled this book with humor as well as clarified things when they were confusing. I really liked Kia as well as Haven (though the latter is a bit nave, it makes her sweet). Drake made a pretty good father, though he wasn't very present through much of the beginning.In all, this book is full of action, grief, love, magic, and romance. The secondary characters were awesome, and I can't wait to see all of them in another book.