Review: The beginning was awful; the end slightly redemptive
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 01 12, 2013
This book has a lot of mixed reviews and after reading some I confess I lowered my standards thinking this book would be awful. Truth is--parts of it was. Not so much awful--just ridiculously far fetched. The whole psychic link bonding between our two lovers was totally laughable at times. But I'm getting ahead of myself.What can I say about this book? I expected more from our antagonist Therese. The dream-torment scenes, though erotic and  intimate, were creative and showed a bit of her absolute need for sex and control. But the big battle at the end was a joke. The fact that it was resolved in 1 chapter with minimal action was a huge let down. I wanted more before the situation was resolved.Sir Sidney was perhaps more likeable to me than Katherine and Adrian. Kat was just a sexually inexperienced female running from a bad life and Adrian was a new vampire struggling with his nature but really just passing through life and from the moment they saw each other it was like BAM! You're mine and I must bed you and do nothing else. Sidney had depth to him. Depth, intelligence, and humor. I liked reading his conversations with the others and seeing his true affections for his adopted son. I'll admit his stance on trying to cure Adrian of his vampirism put a new spin on the vampire legend especially since this book is set in a time period where women had to use chamber pots and dress behind screens. I'm curious as to whether his science experiments will bode well in future novels.Reviewers commented that this book had a lot of sex in it, perhaps too much. As as avid PNR reader I can say it was no more or no less than the usual amounts in say a Kresley Cole or J.R. Ward book. The language was perhaps a little cruder. Not so delicately described, Kelly loved to throw around the words c--k and p---y. But that didn't bother me. Kat and Adrian got hot and heavy quick, but as they continued getting to know each other true love came and I really believed their romance despite the wacky chemically induced psychic-destined-love bond they shared.I have mixed feelings about this book. Halfway through I just wanted to stop reading it because the plot seemed stagnant, but it did pick up, though I didn't like the ending. This book is the 1st in the trilogy and as of right now I'm not sure I'd pay money to read the other two. Im slightly curious about who Therese is and why she is the way she is, but its not a pressing need that I buy the next two books right this minute. Its a tossup.This book isn't bad. It's just not that good either.