Review: Disappointed In This One  -- M/M/M Triad
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 1, 2014
**  Mild Spoilers Ahead **I've been checking for this one after enjoying Blind Under The Moon, the first novel.  I wish I could say it was all I'd hoped, but no, it wasn't.We briefly meet Jacko in the first book.  We know he loves his sister, hates his evil mother, had a rough background, was abused, and now he's on his own, welcomed into a pack. . . Is practically broke, and he's 22.  From there he meets his mates, yes mates:  Two vampires.  And he's a submissive wolf.  While the triad was good I wished there was more plot and character development instead of sex scenes.  But of course the mating and claiming come first . . . Yet. . . None of the scenes are a complete mating.  So we keep getting more scenes and the mates still don't feel a full connection.  Not even when the story ends is their bond complete.So the three know they're mates but there's still a few wacky problems with their bond.  Because the vampires have had poisoned blood, their senses are off.  They can't speak telepathically with Jacko.  They can't 'smell' him.  Yet there are a few signs that he is theirs, enough to give them hope.  I mention so much about Jacko, Van, and Lavi because most of this story is on them and their new life together.  The events around them are very vague and just mentioned and not in much details.  Trevor, the ex-alpha that Remy replaced, is still on the loose and we don't know his part in the big picture of vampire poisoning and shifter problems.  Jacko's mom is still at large.There were some good concepts in this story but to me they weren't as well done as the first book.  One was were Remy interacts with Lavi and Van -- Actually they get thrown together a few times and the meetings were just blah.  Not much reaction, just brief explanations, so, ok, Lavi has a third form.  Ok.  So what.  Let's back away.  Let's not talk things out.  And there was such a build up to this 'unveiling'.Lavi and Van may have been opposites in looks but they way they acted were carbon copies. At first we get to see some differences but then it was forgotten as the story continues.  They both fight, protect, love, care for, and because they can speak telepathically to each other, they both are of the same mind in dealing with Jacko.  They were always on the same page and as such, their characters weren't as deeply drawn as I would have liked.Blind Under the Moon was about Remy learning who he is, what he can be, and his path to get there.  This story didn't have that type of impact.  Jacko learned to trust again but that was just amongst his two mates.  His relationship with his new pack, his sister, and everything else in his life was put on hold while we experience his romps with his mates in their attempts to claim each other. . . again and again. . .  - Dan's Wife