Review: Oh.... how do you say no to The Master
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 16, 2014
So, now we have installment 2 of the Master of the Opera Series!In this one we get just a little bit more dark, a little bit more sexy, adding in a bit of a creep factor, and Ramon gets a bit more swarmy. Yeah, I really don't like him, which is strange because you really felt for his alter Raul in the original. He was the big sweet hero to Christine as the big bad Phantom tried to seduce in his creepy underground cave. (Sorry, but I would totally let The Phantom seduce me in his underground network of caves.)So, they found the body of Tara, she is the person who had Christy's job before her, and how she got her job.I'm a starting to suspect quite a few people of fowl play here, even Charlie. He seems like he knows EVERYTHING yet refuses to admit it and just says all this cryptic rubbish to Christy all the time. Although, I haven't warmed up to Christy yet like I should with a female lead, I believe she is well written for the intent. She is evolving and growing, albeit slowly, I still see it.She still has these incredibly predictable too-stupid-to-live moments, but she also internally scolds herself for it, which I find oddly endearing. I mean if all women were just incredibly smart, spot on, and bad a**, there would be no room for growth. Christy is being smart about Ramon on one end, smart about The Master on the other, then she gets all giddy when one of them calls her pretty.I mean, yes, when someone calls you beautiful it is nice, it makes you feel good, but I get this really creepy vibe from Ramon more than the reclusive possibly serial killer The Master.We get a great scene between Christy and the Master in this one. He is incredibly patient with her and allows her to make her choices on her terms. I think it is incredibly unfair that she makes herself entirely too readable to most men--however, I feel like he is more in her best interest by the end of this installment.Perhaps it is my need for the mysterious Alpha, or maybe Kennedy just writes Ramon that damned unlikeable you are begging Christy to not buy into his rich boy arrogance.Kennedy as a whole delivers another very smooth installment that builds more tension and sexuality that isn't thrust at you to the point of boredom. You connect, and you want more with each character even when you are hating them at the same time.*I received a copy of this book from Kensington Books via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review*