Review: Exceptional Story Start of the Series and Epic In Nature
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 6, 2013
I really did not know what to expect from this novel other than it was very long at over 400 pages, but the reason was apparent by the end of the book. There was a lot of story to tell.Let me start with the good stuff, the writing was good, the story was good, the setting was good, the heroine was strong, and the hero was a bit of a mixture of a clod and gentleman.  The secondary characters are done well, and one of them introduced late in the book is used for the main character in book 2 it seems.The book starts in great style (which you can see in the 4+ chapters in the teaser on Amazon), and so begins a novel of love, betrayal, and complications that make your head swim.The less than good stuff is minimal, but I always hate it when an author makes characters do something stupid just to make their writing easier and there are at least 3 or 4 situations of this nature that grate on my nerves.The ultimate insult to my intelligence is when the same thugs attack our heroine and are going to rape her on TWO occasions and she thinks that letting them go is a great idea.  I should mention that I LOVE revenge in my novels, nothing more satisfying than revenge for my personal "revenge junkie," well, this book almost killed him.I do enjoy a well written story where the love and passion of the main couple is clear and suffers from little angst that most authors seem to love, but this guy grabbing her every time she stopped moving and that wore thin by the time 400 pages was finished IMHO.I should point out in spite of my comments this is a great story which I enjoyed, the second book is set up well and the ending of this one done excellent (meaning no cliffhanger). You know the future may get violent and test the star crossed lovers again.So all things considered, and the fact that I am looking forward to the next book make this a solid 4 Star reading experience.Reviewed by:  Douglas C. MeeksMember of the Paranormal Romance Review Team