Review: I didn't read the first book...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 28, 2014
but felt this story could stand on It's own. You have Gavin and Rachel newly wed vampires. Gavin seems to be sturuggling with his Blood Bond. He's seems extremely anxious/overly attached when away from his new bride and begins to act strangely.At the start of the story you know a vampire is going around killing humans. The story is set up to mostly point to Gavin as the culprit, although, as the story progresses there seems to be evidence to the contrary. A lot of that stems from the Rachel's doubts and her unique abilities, which allow her to tap into a clue that Gavin is a victim in this whole charade.Halfway, you start thinking it's Gavin's brother Ian. Athough, seemingly sincere in his concern regarding Gavin's state and whereabouts, his actions, such as enroaching in Gavin's territory-by making his moves on Rachel-and conveniently leaving out details that could have helped with the search for Gavin or his innocence , leave Rachel feeling as foul play is amiss and Ian is the mastermind. (That and a whole lot of guilt for what she has allowed to transpire while Gavin was away).The mystery so deeply rooted in this story, was extremely well written. It was successfully executed. The person who was behind the killings was a complete shocker to me.Since I did not read the first book, I'm excited to say that I was still able to follow along and felt the character's were well developed. The author sucessfully cut down the side stories in order to bring focus back to the main story(which I appreciated) . I found the romance between Gavin and Rachel believable(that end scene before going with Aries kind of cinched it for me), even though Rachel's actions were extremely questionable throughout the story.The baby arrangement at the end, priceless.So much more drama to unfold. I really enjoyed this and oddly hope to have some more Alexander. Definitely recommend.