Review: I am in love with the Beings novels
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 15, 2013
Having thoroughly enjoyed "A Boy and His Dragon," I was eager to try this book out. The reviews I read warned me off, though, and I would have skipped it had I not been encouraged by a friend to read it.I am very glad he did. I would have missed out on another treasure. Cooper's talent for digging into the origins and peculiarities of each type of Being is really a delight. She has an enviable way of showing how dragons, werewolves and faeries all approach love, making it clearly different from human love and yet entirely understandable.In this book, Cooper asks the question, "what happens when a Being who mates for life finds his mate is a type of Being who has no ability to stick with anything for long?"I simply love the way Cooper creates entirely plausible and unique barriers for her lovers to overcome. The barriers frustrate you in the best ways, because you understand why the boys don't just ignore them.I liked Ray, the werewolf MC, but I loved Cal the faerie. In fact, Cooper's faeries are far and away my favorite Beings. They're ditzy sugar-fiends with a compulsion to cling to whatever brings them happiness--a truly lovely interpretation of fairies.The mystery plot line was a little rocky, but it added some needed action to the plot. There was something weird about Steve the demon, because it seemed like we were supposed to know who he was. But those little quibbles took nothing away from the story.