Review: Another great one!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 16, 2011
I have to say that I have just about every book that Evangeline has written from her earliest m/f erotica to her m/m stories (I did write to her mentioning my fantasy of a m/m story with one of them being a Kindred warrior, that would be just HOT). With her Kindred series she has taken her writing talent to an entire new level. First off this book is NOT a stand alone novel. You really must read the first three books in the series to fully appreciate this one.I really wasn't sure at first how the author would be able to handle Xairn's Scourge nature and his extreme need to dominant but I shouldn't have been concerned. There are definitely some very hot and steamy D/s scenes here that are entirely appropriate for this particular book. I think there were definitely a lot more sex scenes than her first three books in this series, but as I said they were needed to address Xairn's growing sexual maturity and inner battle with himself to conquer his extreme Scourge D/s leanings. It seems a lot of authors are starting to put D/s themes in their books and frankly I'm getting rather tired of it but it totally works for this book. (SLIGHT SPOILER) And lets not even mention the primary and secondary shafts. I'm still not sure if that was scary or exciting. Thank God for the Twin Kindred bonding fruit!(END SPOILER)Having said that, the growing love story between Xairn and Lauren was so sweet. I definitely agree with the other five star reviews so far. You do not want to miss this book. It's a definite keeper.(SPOILERS AHEAD READ AT YOUR OWN RISK)I'm also glad Xairn ended up looking like his original Scourge self by the end. I really don't know what was so hot about pale grey skin and red on black eyes but it definitely worked for me! LOL I was a little surprised that Lauren didn't end up pregnant at the end though since the theme of the first three books was all about finding the Chosen One in the Scourge prophecy who would help to replenish the dying Scourge race. At the end of the novel Evangeline does say that she has decided to write two more books in this series though so I am just figuring that means it will happen in one of those books.(END SPOILER)I also have to say that I am so happy that Evangeline has self-published this series. Paying only $2.99 for a full length novel of over 133,000 words is just sweet! As an avid reader who has over 1500 books on her Sony ereader I am really starting to become disgusted with the publishers that are charging the same for an ebook as they do to purchase it in mass market paperback. When this happens I just buy the paperback and when I am done with it I take it to my local used book store and atleast get credit towards another book with the trade-in. As an example, the latest ebook I purchased cost me $5.50 and has only about 35,000 words to it. So thank you so much Evangeline for the self-publishing. I'm hoping eventually more authors that are as well established as you on the ebook front start doing that same thing. And I'm also hoping that by self-publishing the authors are making more money for themselves as well.