Review: Another great one!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 10, 2012
I was pleasantly surprised to see the 5th book of the Brides of the Kindred was out! I had no idea! Purchased this morning and have finished it already. lol Unlike others, I was thrilled that these 2 knew they loved each other and didn't wait forever to admit it to each other or themselves. The silly misunderstandings that the couples had in the last 2-3 books because the characters wouldn't communicate drove me nuts! Nadiah and Rast knew they were better off admitting their feelings and dealing from there. I seriously love that we get to continue our relationship with the other characters and I realize the cast is getting rather large but I was bit bummed by not getting any of Deep and Lock and very little of Xairn and Baird. Don't get me wrong, I love the girl bonding scenes but I missed the guys in this one. I'm going to assume (pretty safe assumption on my part imo) that all the men we've grown to love will be front and center in the battle against the Hoard. I mean c'mon! I can definitely see where Deep/Kat/Lock will come in handy to locate Draven, and who better to man the ships and fight than Baird, Xairn and now Merrick?Can't wait for Merrick and Elise's story. I hope their bond is like Nadiah and Rast's. I prefer when the bulk of conflict comes from the outside world, but that's just me. I'm sure we'll meet Lissa's "older brother" in book 6 also and hope we get to see our favorites folks gather on the First World for some time together. Rast needs some male companionship for goodness sake!