Review: Another 4.5 stars!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 29, 2011
Warning: spoilers in this review.In many ways book 2 tops book 1 for romanticism.  I was hesitant to read this one as the description made me think of an overload on themes (i.e. combining vampirism and sci-fi) - I'm glad that I was wrong.  Sylvan is my favorite character.  The author truly hits the reader's heart with the building relationship that takes place as Sylvan and Sophie hide out in the cabin.  I agree with some of the other reviewers regarding Sophie being annoying at times - after Sylvan beat-up her attacker from high school days, thought her negative reaction was too much.As with the previous book, Claimed, the author does a wonderful job of world building. I did find her description of the purists on Tranq to be one dimensional though.  Also, there seemed inconsistency in the Nadiah character being so emotional as in the previous book, the Tranq race is described almost Vulcan like, very unemotional.I really had a problem with how Baird was described during the bonding ceremony time.  Making crude gestures to Sylvan about needing sex with his bride and the spanking - I really hated that - took away from his earlier characterization in book 1 as someone who cherished his mate and would never reveal their activities outside the bedroom.  I found the whole foreplay both with his spanking her and her desire to wear this awful sounding lingerie as just cheapening the romance.Okay, to end on a positive note, because I did love this book (another 4.5 stars for me):  the character of Kat whom I love (her one liners are fantastic) and the fact that her plus size figure is huge attraction to Twin Moons Kindred is great.