Review: review of love never lies
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 7, 2014
I have read two good books from Ms. Rachel Donnelly and this book I felt wasn’t as good as the ones I have read.  I admired the stubborn and spitfire heroine Isabeau while going to meet her unknown and unseen betrothed has her dowry stolen by the ruthless and callous hero Alec.  I really liked Isabeau and her indomitable spirit despite other characters trying to destroy it.  Alec on the other hand is solely bent on revenge and takes vengeance on Isabeau since she is the closest and easiest person as opposed to the one who really hurt him.  Throughout most of the book Alec and Isabeau say how much they hate each other and even act like they hate each other the extent of their supposed love is that they physically lust for each other.  Even when their relationship turns physical and Alec makes love with Isabeau it is done in a way that reflects his seemingly apathetic stance toward her;  despite other characters believing that Alec is a “wizard of the flesh”  I just don’t really see that in him at all.  There are only two sex scenes which I appreciate but the hurried manner of them both made me think of the saying wham bam thank you ma’am making me believe that both Isabeau and Alec were really bored with each other not wanting to even take the relationship to quite this physical level.  I think they would have both been better off if the relationship wasn’t so contrived and almost forced.  I did like Isabeau and Alec’s characters by themselves when they weren’t trying so hard to be a couple in love.  In fact all the characters just seemed cold and almost heartless attempting to literally just be mean and spiteful to each other that at times the book was a little tedious to read and I was wondering how could the title of the book love never lies when it should have been I’ll take my revenge and hate you but sure I’ll sleep with you or something of that nature.Now it seems that I really didn’t like the book at all after saying all this but actually despite the characters shortcomings the story was really pretty good.  There was lots of action and intriguing plot twists/turns that made it a satisfying enough page turner until the very end so that is the reason for the four star rating. I will read another book from Ms. Donnelly just not this one again.