Review: Author is capable of much better
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 04 27, 2014
Don't give up on this author based on this book.  Her "Seared by Desire" and "Whilrwind" are great stories.  This book unfortunately has a TSTL heroine and so many holes in the world of believability that I can't believe it's the same author.  Also, there are needed details on the world building.Here's the list of what went wrong for me while reading this story:- the heroine has way too many bad things happen to her.  She is too much the victim at the age of almost 21.  You never figure out why her mother allowed her husband to beat her almost to death and was nothing but abusive and certainly never a provider.  When the behavior of the father is so callous, yet the mother and the heroine stick around for it, you need a better reason other than that for the mother "she loved him" (what total lack of self esteem was she facing?) and for the heroine (she tried to run away but he convinced the authorities he cared - hello, she's an adult, he has no legal hold over her and the law would have been on her side, not to mention shelters to help her get on her feet).- the school bully.  Really?  As another reviewer noted, this is junior high behavior, not university. It was another unnecessary enemy added to force the reader to feel sorry for the heroine.- the heroine has zero friends because of her awful home life.  Uhh, if she is that traumatized, no way is she ready to become queen of a society she knows nothing about.  If anyone had as lousy of a life as she had, then serious counseling would be needed - no way could she have turned out okay without assistance/support over a long period of time.- when she finds out that there are such things as werewolves and she is a witch, there is very little to almost zero curiosity on her part.  Her first thoughts should be Holy Shxxxt!  You're a werewolf, what does that mean?  I'm a witch?  What are my powers?  etc.  Instead, the author wastes story time on long drawn out dialogues on whether the father should be killed.- where is the world building for the werewolf society?  Where is this "kingdom" in the US?  How do they live under the radar and exactly how do they make their money?- over use of the statement:  "I should kill you"  That threat is issued for something as small as an advisor suggesting that the hero should throw in the towel on waiting for his true mate to everything else.