Review: Yes and No
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 1, 2013
Oof, this is a long one. 573 pages to be more specific. Which if you like vampires and witches, along with a little action and romance it's great for you. Just know you're committing yourself to a few sleepless nights.In "Eternity" we meet Anna and Gareth who seem likable enough that you stick with them for the entire book, always curious what they will discover next. However, from the very beginning I felt slightly disconnected from them; like the some spark between them and I was missing. Luckily, the deeper I delved into the book the more I could put aside my lack of chemistry with the characters and just be generally curious about where the plot was taking me.Our couple doesn't have an angst filled romance, our heroine is independent and special, and our hero has fangs - all though it's not all, "I want to suck your blood". There's a cast of side characters that bring more to the table, a bad guy whom's actions you scowl upon and a mission for a solution worth following. That being said, this book would seem to have it all.Don't get me wrong, Ms. Federici is a great story teller. Given how much research and imagination she had to put in to the process of writing, I am sorry to not be able to give this a higher review. Her plot is seamless and flows nicely, yet I still go back to the character development in this one that puts me off. If I can't love them, I can't say I loved the book.I still enjoyed the plot and small bits of her beautiful flow of words - so in the end I simply say it may or may not be for you, depending on what it is you look for and care about most in your reading preferences. I will read the next installment of this series because I don't like to be left hanging, it's not like this was suffer-able as I liked it more than I didn't.