Review: Had potential, but too many repeating elements. Bad repeating elements. Bored.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 01 13, 2014
I got this because it kept popping up in my "Recommended for You" list and it was free. I typically love giving the freebies a chance, because I've discovered some really great authors and novels that way.The theme throughout the first book is mixed - you have a princess who goes through such traumatic events and is depicted as resilient and strong, yet she's constantly being rescued - the damsel in distress with a big strong man to save her just when things look hopeless. I'd be OK with that if it were a key in the love interests meeting and beginning their journey of romancing each other…but…different men every time. And when a new one comes along, he wants to rip the head off the previous suitor.Just when I'd start to settle into the story, Clara would get abducted and almost raped. And then she'd get rescued. And then something weird would unfold like…finding out about her true family heritage. Really?The world is an interesting concept and I'd like to see how it all came to be that way, but I'm not willing to finish the remaining two books in this set…free or not!