Review: Eh...a different Dmitry?
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 22, 2014
Dmitry, Dmitry, Dmitry. This is the first time I have read a book about Dmitry, and didn't quite feel like I was getting the real Dmitry. I know it's hard to talk about real anything when speaking about a fictional character, but I think that this author has historically done such a good job of building out this character that her readers feel like he is a living, breathing, man. Unfortunatley in this volume, he comes off as a weak and naive man, which is very different than the smart, strong, intellgent Dmitry that we are all so used to. In fact, this felt more like an ode to the madness of Ivan, than to the strength of Dmitry. Perhaps that was this author's intention, and if it was, kudos. Once again, Ivan gets away with the most despicable things, right under Dmitry's nose. But it wasn't just Ivan, it was Elsa also. I suppose no one is perfect and this could be the set up for Dmitry to fully become the Boss that we all know he really is. Perhaps this is where he begins to distrust the love that blinds him to the misdeeds of his brother and his lover, and makes him into a true Czar? We will see. I'm looking forward to the next volume, and to the re-emergence of the real Dmitry.