Review: Cool. Really just a stepping stone so I can read Golden Dynasty!!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 26, 2013
I read this mostly because I want to read Golden Dynasty. I didn't didn't think it would be smart to skip the first book in the series so I dove into this one first. I LOVED the beginning. Cool concept. My kind of paranormal. This was very different from anything else I've read by Kristen Ashley. It's still her. You can very easily identify her writing, but she creates a whole new world in this series. I have to say, it's pretty cool!We're not talking vampires and werewolves. We're talking parallel universe, magic, and maybe a few elves. You have to adjust to the writing just a bit, but I didn't find it very difficult. They talk a little differently in this "other world", but it's easy to understand once you get going.I struggled halfway through though. One thing I love about Kristen Ashley's books is the dialogue. This book didn't have as much. There was a lot of descriptive mumbo jumbo going on. I really don't care if the buildings have intricate designs in the wood or if a dress has puffed sleeves with pretty little stitching. There was so much detail and I often found myself unable to prevent skimming through those paragraphs to get to the dialogue. I also struggled with the names. Where did they come from? I couldn't even begin to pronounce some of them. Nor did I try. There was so much going on in this new world and so many names that it made my head spin. I would forget who was who by the next chapter if they weren't a prominent character in the book. I'm like a little kid, names have to be catchy or I'm going to use nicknames.There were some really good 5 star moments. The first 40% was 5 stars. Then there were some -is-this-ever-going-to-be-over- descriptive 3 star moments. Then there was the fact that something really big happens at the end that I was supposed to be all torn up about AND I didn't even stress it. I was getting tired of all this stuff going on with their two kingdoms or whatever. I just wanted the romance. The 5 star moments were all Frey and Finnie's moments. Frey's wee Finnie :). I LOVED them together.If I have to rate it, I guess we're stuck somewhere between 3 & 4.