Review: Disappointed - What happened our strong heroine?
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 3, 2014
Like others I was excited when the third book came out - especially since the last book left us with such a cliffhanger. I loved Syn in the first books. She was a strong willed, ruthless assassin - what's not to love? I found The Fae Chronicles because I was looking for a strong female heroine and the first two book completely delivered. There was a complete disconnect between the Syn of the first two books and the Syn in Escaping Destiny.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~SPOILER BELOW~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Syn cried so much or wrestled with "unshed tears" so much that I was completely over the waterworks! We aren't not talking tears because her best friend die - like in the previews books. We talking "everybody is being mean to me" and "he is not giving me enough attention" tears. Yes, she is pregnant but come on! Kick butt assassin to "he is not giving me enough attention" crying? In addition to this, the dialog was repetitive and cheesy - I laughed out loud several times at the verbiage. Can you really read "precious womb" and not laugh? I kept picture Gollum form Lord of the Rings!As for the characters themselves, them seemed like washed out versions of their previous self. Ryder was a complete caveman. Don't get me wrong, I love an alpha hero, but I like one with depth. Ryder was one-dimensional and Syn was crying every chapter for the first half for the book. All the favorite characters made cameo appearance but they were also flat.I was so frustrated because all the previous issues were completely swept under the rug. Apparently, Adam is magically over Syn now. Syn not mad at Ryder for chopping her brother's hand off because he is really sorry. Ryder lies (twist words) to Syn all the time and she just laughs it off "Oh, you Fairy". Anytime Syn actually got mad for righteous reasons, Ryder would resolve the issue with his magic male part - presto chango everything fixed.Ryder calls Syn 'pet" every single time he talks to her and she basically does become his pet. Again, don't get me wrong, I love erotic scene but you get over it when every other scene is sex.I know I am going against the normal but I really do miss our hard as nails heroine! Hopefully, we see her come back in future novels!