Review: two psychics, one baby, and a mega-corp that owns them all
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 15, 2010
The story follows the psychics Addison and Shane, who both work for the mega-corp Triptych, a mysterious company that seems to specialize in almost everything. Both of the main characters are strong and manipulative; it's refreshing to read a story with such complex characters and so much hidden politics at play.Addison is passionate, stubborn and controlling, oftentimes bitchy, teleporting pet psychic of Triptych's boss, and a fiercely protective mother.Shane is a part human, part alien supreme martial arts expert and workaholic, who has no friends by design. As a matter of fact, any time he seems to experience strong emotions, he retreats into his emotionless alien side, thus appearing heartless and uncaring.. . . now imagine the two of them having a baby.Technically, this is a dark paranormal romance, which is personally not my cup of tea. But this isn't the PWP you'd expect from the genre, this is something slightly more twisted, set on a background of a corporation that is as mystifying as it is sinister.The beginning is perhaps a little slow, more character-driven than anything else, but the setting is intriguing and it soon develops into a nail-biting tale of corporate intrigue as Addison and Shane build up a tentative trust only to find all of Triptych against them.