Review: Wow 483 pages of Just OMG WOW
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 16, 2014
“Divided” Book #10 in the Brides of the Kindred Series Evangeline AndersonLet me start off my saying if you haven’t read or started reading the series Brides of the Kindred you will need to.  These are NOT stand alone reads.  Each read has its situation which leads to a reaction so they story’s flow like a movie.  So now that that is out of the way lets delve into Divided.The three main Characters are Truth (a Twin Kindred) raised Rai’Ku.  Far a twin kindred and Truth’s long lost twin, and Rebecca Malone (Becca) a human female who decided to become a Nun but opted out because she felt unworthy.Truth and Far were separated at birth.  Truth with his father Feels Pain escaped to the Planet Pax after a pirate attack and was raised as a Rai’Ku.  You have to understand the Rai’Ku are a private species and they have another being within them.  Sort of like a shifter.  But their beast is vicious.  When a Rai’Ku comes of age and is about to bring forward his beast he is offered up virgins and they literally eat them. Their mates are also chosen during this ceremony.  Females in the Rai’Ku are not cherished like they are with the Kindred.  Rai’Ku are NOT touchy feely types and would never share their females like the Twin Kindred must. Truth being a Twin Kindred will never be a true Rai’Ku. Far a Twin Kindred and separated from his twin at birth was raised by another Twin Kindred family.  He was always an outsider and always alone.After a disturbing vision Far had which was also seen by Truth and Becca they had to warn Commander Sylvan.  The vision came to fruition and the three were visited by Vashtar (equivalent to an Avatar) the only surviving Orthanxian and he told them he could help.  Vashtar told them they needed to visit his planet and he would tell them how to dispel the evil Ur.  As the story continues and all the forces are working together to get this triumvirate bonded the two hold outs are Truth and Becca.  Each battling themselves.  They needed to be OneMind and that meant joining together and working as one.  Halfway through the read when the three of them had gone to Vishtar’s planet to learn how to dispel the evil, Truth and Becca were still fighting themselves and could not do what was necessary.  So when they failed they were forced to go through the tutorials as a test and were told if they failed their bodies would be absorbed by the gel they were suspended in and be no more. Forever in the MindScape.  I have to tell you the first door they went through was of Truth as a young boy and I was torn apart and actually started getting teary eyed.  When another door appeared and it was Far’s that also tore me up.  I wasn’t too disturbed about Becca’s and I have no idea why.  I felt she put herself through her mental anguish whereas Truth and Far had no control over what happened to them.There are several surprise twists, and near death experiences.  The three of them go to Pax to dig up an amulet that will protect the unmated Kindred warriors and cast out the evil shadows that took over their bodies. You literally are on  an emotional roller coaster. Truth’s half-brother Garron kills him (or does he) Far is wounded and poisoned and is on the verge of dying (or is he) Becca makes a promise if her men are saved she will leave them and never return (does she break her promise). Who’s really behind her mind games? When Truth and Far finally bind as Twin brothers you are able to breathe a sigh of relief so you think.  Nope another twist is thrown your way and for the remainder of the book you are holding your breath.  Finally Becca comes to her senses but is it too late.  You’ll have to read the book to find out.  5* Evangeline and I can’t wait for the release of Devoured. Garron’s story I can tell.