Review: Disappointing
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 23, 2013
I agree with the reviewers who said it was an interesting premise and also who said Paul and Christian were too tortured. Christian was unlikable yet Ravenna naively kept giving him the chance to mess with her.  At times it was as if the author was trying to give Christian some redemption but it never happened.It was tough to stick with the story and finish it. The writing flowed but it was the characters who annoyed me. I stopped caring about them well before halfway through the book. I am very sure of when because I kept looking at the "%"(read) number to see if I was anywhere near the end, hoping for the resolution soon so I could break with the characters.  In fact, I really wanted to just stop reading but made myself continue in the hopes of redemption for the author as well as the story.So I finished it. It didn't get better, but I did like James' character much better by the end. I also ended up with some questions about the different times aspect and what happens to the characters. Overall I was really disappointed. It could have gone so right but didn't, in my opinion.(No, I'm not a "new fan" of this author, haven't been able to change my user name yet.)