Review: Cute premise...horrible execution
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 09 11, 2012
The idea for the story was cute however the characters themselves were weak at best and the writing style was downright terrible, I almost hesitated to give it even two stars.Nikias, the hero is described as being a protective, interesting and good guy who is just arrogant and a bit of a hothead. The problem is the only time he speaks in the book he comes across as a manipulative, controlling jerk. The scenes where she supposedly sees the fun sweet side of him she falls in love with are only briefly described in a general way. Diona, the heroine is also described as beautiful, intelligent and strong however again most of her scenes display her as weak willed and pathetically willing to take the crap the hero is dishing out. Because of this I had a very hard time believing this whirlwind love that was supposed to have taken place between them. Lots of sex yes, love...I never really saw it. Even the one scene that had the potential for it, when she saves the girl, is ruined by him acting like a horny teenage boy.However I could have given the book a little more credit if it hadn't been for the horrible grammar and writing style. Constantly changing tenses mid sentence, writing it mostly from a perspective as if the story is recalling a past event but telling it as if its happening in real time. Also I don't know how many times the writer used the word "had" but I found myself mentally blocking it out as I read to tolerate the story. It was used once if not multiple times in pretty much every single sentence and often its use didn't make sense...drove me crazy!