Review: An enjoyable read.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 20, 2013
Reviewer: KayRating: 3 out of 5 FairiesMarked For Vengeance is the first book in the trilogy from The Alyx Rayer Chronicles and at first I was intrigued by what was to come but unfortunately my interest began to diminish the more I read. I understood that the main character Alyx is a 300 year old soul that has a connection with her mark Isaac, but that's not made clear just what that connection is until a lot later on in the book. I found Alyx to be a little annoying, considering shes meant to have 300 years experience under her belt and she can recall this, she seemed a bit naive and dippy, however I loved Isaac and the relationship he has with his son Micah which the author brought to life in a beautiful and heart-warming way.The story moved too slowly for my liking and I found myself having to re read parts of it just to remind me what had happened and up until chapter 8 all I can really recall is what Alyx had eaten. The pace picks up after chapter 8 and Alyx is transformed from a rather dull character to a woman on a mission, all of a sudden she knows what she has to do, shes decisive and physically a lot stronger than any man, it was almost like the beginning of a new story which was a little off putting.The book became repetitive with the phrases "he did & she did" cropping up and I found the author focused on daily actions in huge amounts of detail yet never went into the same amount about the characters or the action. The unnatural speech and the emphasis on minor words also detracted from the story. There were also quite a few grammatical errors, missed out words and typos which added to the slowness of the book and large portions of it were in bold print that was scattered through out the text which again I found annoying and distracting.I would pick up the second book to find out how things are progressing between Alyx and Isaac. I give this book 3 Bexstars it has a lot of potential but unfortunately it didn't do it for me.Disclosure: Marked for Vengeance was received from the author for an HONEST and not necessarily positive review.