Review: YES!!! Dmitry is back!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 28, 2014
4.5* I really, REALLY enjoyed this addition. Had me talking out loud to the book the whole time.  Uh uh! Hellll no!  What the heck? Oh no, he didn't just say that. Ivan, you're a mess.  Girl, you crazy.  It's on now! Etc etc.  Dmitry was front and center, in all his glory, and I really liked Elsa for him until she got her priorities mixed up and forgot who she was dealing with. Po' thang. Ivan, Ivan, Ivan.  Sweetheart, I've had your back for 9(?) books, but MAN, you are crazy and need help. You just stay fighting a losing battle.All in all, a great read. Took off half a star because of a few niggles. I felt things were 'spelled out' too much in parts of it. If you're reading Volume 6, chances are you've read the other volumes and know these characters inside out. We really didn't need to be told for eg. that Ivan wasn't really squeamish about Dmitry's torture tactics. It's Ivan; we know what he's capable of. The 'Siberia' business was a bit cliche. I wish the author had said any other part of Russia lol. And the editing issues, though they've gotten much better, continue to mar what is otherwise an awesome body of work. Dmitry doesn't pick up a 'vile' of poison. The driver doesn't slam on the 'breaks' etc etc. Commas were where they shouldn't be and absent where they were needed. Either a more professional editor is needed, or the author should enlist the help of some beta readers. Either way, these errors should be handled before the book goes to print.But outside of that, MAN, this book kicked some butt and made me remember what I love about the Medlovs. Dmitry just makes me want to do things that a law abiding woman, of moral standing, shouldn't even think about.  Coming back to Elsa, I know Royal is supportive etc etc but I really liked and respected Elsa as a heroine and wish she had been tasked with being Dmitry's love. If she had been written as ride or die for Dmitry and not as someone bent on her own revenge, goodness! They would have been a formidable couple.  But I guess Dmitry did have to grow. Ugh, I loved her though.  Royal's aight but Elsa is my kind of gal.Lastly, Anya, she's not going to be bratty and annoying is she? This first look of her setting her sights on the empire wasn't promising. I was quite happy not to see hide nor hair of her after the first chapter. I like strong women, but strong and bratty don't go together. Hopefully it's just that she's young and she'll be much more mature by Volume 7.The ending, what a cliffhanger! So, so good.  And now, we wait. But in the meantime, I'm about to go re-read the series from the beginning!