Review: Spoilers
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 22, 2013
I love this series. The first one was short, too short.  The second one was a good length with an involved storyline.  So I had high hopes for this one, the third in the series.There are a couple of big problems with this book.The story line jumps between points of view, mostly Drake/Dray and Lana.  Sometimes Emmie comes in too.  That's fine.  They are even identified.  No problem there.  However...But when the pov shifts, the writer goes back to cover the exact same timeline and even the same scenes with the same dialogue, and in excriciating detail that was just covered by the other character's pov.  Not just a paragraph or a summary, but the whole event we just read about from the other pov -- and it feels stilted.  It's painful in places because it feels like even the writer doesn't want to be bothered to cover the whole thing again... and nothing new is added in most cases.  So WHY?  Move on already.  If we just read 20 pages about a scene between the two main characters, we don't need another 10 pages covering the same scene with the same dialogue and NOTHING NEW but as told by the other character.  A paragraph would have been fine.  But even then, there was nothing new to show us.And the second big problem is Drake's childhood traumas.  They are twofold, first he was molested and second his mother's murder of his stepfather and her own suicide when she finds out.  The murder/suicide is covered in therapy and there is a major breakthrough.  But the fact this man was molested as a child isn't addressed in therapy or between the characters, at least not in any meaningful way.  It comes across as not a big deal.  If it were a big deal, it should have been handled... even a little bit.  He has no problems with sex, lots of sex, no problems with anything physical, any particular act or position.  Boys who are molested should have SOME reactions as adults when they have sex.  Some memory of the event that changed their ability to trust or be touched.  I don't think the authos has thought that one through.  Maybe it will be covered more in Shane's story.  But this felt like a terrible life-changing event was ignored or glossed over by the main characters.  DEAL WITH IT.  Otherwise, how can he be whole enough to move on to a meaningful relationship with Lana?I like the characters.  I like the storylines -- even if this is the second sister with a rocker dad she meets while dating a rocker after she swore she would never date a rocker... it's a good story.  The author can really tell a tale.  And except for the two problems above, I'm really enjoying the whole series.