Review: 10 Stars! Will leave you shocked!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 16, 2014
O.M.F.G!!! I….I…. I….*stuttering and gasping*…I am totally gob smacked by the cliffhanger! I can hear Ms. Bladon cackling away while she’s busy writing the next Vain book. At least, she better be working on the next book. Otherwise, I will be forced to hunt her down and make her complete the series asap. ;)I am an avid reader and I have to say that this is one of the BEST cliffhangers to date. Some of the others are from her Exposed and Pulse series. I finished Vain last night at 1am and my mouth was hanging open until 2am!! I have to mention here that I don't even like cliffhangers but I like the way Ms. Bladon does them.Enough about the bloody brilliant cliffhanger. Let’s move onto the characters.Alexa and Noah are different from the protagonists in the Exposed and Pulse series. It truly is amazing to see how diverse Ms. Bladon’s writing is. And the beginning of the book? Hilarious and intriguing to say the least.Alexa is the type of female protagonist I like the most. Strong, driven, and unashamed to tell a man what she wants. She is not the typical spineless female lead that you see in most NA and erotica books now. Essentially a modern woman because let’s face it, that’s what we all are now. Well, maybe not as shameless as Alexa in her “demands” but you get the general idea.  Her character was a nice change from the slightly flaky one in the Exposed series.Noah is a total mystery to say the least. He is passionate about his work and is very upfront with Alexa about his vulnerabilities…..except for one particular skeleton in his closet (?). Or maybe he has more. Only time will tell. He is also hot and just as clear as Alexa in what he wants. Or is he? Yes, I’m being vague but I’m kind of clueless myself. Anyway, Noah is a true artist and it shows in some of the conversations he has with Alexa. A little bit eccentric and a perfectionist. I should know, I have some in my family. Ms. Bladon really did her research. I loved how Ms.Bladon incorporated some of the characters from her previous books. It was nice to see how their relationships have progressed.Ms. Bladon I cannot wait for the next Vain book to come out. You evil and brilliant genius, you. ;) I insist on giving you and your books 10 stars! Just because the option isn’t there doesn’t mean that your writing doesn't deserve it. 