Review: Light reading for a paranormal junkie (that would be me)...
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 3, 2012
In this installment of the Secret McQueen series, Secret is left reeling from an assignment which was given to her at the end ofSomething Secret This Way Comes: Secret McQueen, Book 1, which a few readers believed to be a cliff hanger.I will say that some of the aspects of the story have improved, like Brigit not being such a huge pain in the @ss. However, some aspects went from bad to worse. The love triangle (if you want to call it that as she has yet to make love to Lucas and spends most of her time rolling around the sheets with Desmond or dreaming of Holden or fighting off some bizarre attraction to Sig)... I don't know, perhaps some of the other reviewers are right on the money when they say this is going towards Anita Blake territory but not *everyone* can find the main paranormal character appealing and a sexual turn on and this is where I struggle with this series.I would be much more happy if at this time in her life, Secret either swears off men entirely or chooses one (at this point, ANY one as people are going to get hurt regardless what decision she makes but they'll get over it and live to see another day...er, night in Holden and Sig's case). It is just annoying because I found the book tedious at times and the so-called plot was wafer thin (hence all the reasons why Secret had so much going on because the plot isn't really all that interesting).What I also find a bit annoying is how these supposed men who perhaps showed very little outside interest in Secret (except for perhaps curiosity or perhaps a night of rolling around in the sheets -- I am talking about the vamps here, Holden and Sig) are all the sudden on the verge of being in love with her and find her so damned irresistible. Perhaps I am missing something major but what is so special about this chick that a two thousand year old vamp and a two hundred year old vamp are soooo enthralled, they can't seem to be without her?And is with the semi-incubus scenes with Holden and Secret?It was an enjoyable but a forgettable read and I am only hoping the third book,Deep Dark Secret: Secret McQueen, Book 3, will be much better.