Review: CHOICES OF FATE
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 07 29, 2013
*This review contains spoilers*3.5 StarsChoices of Fate is a modern romance that incorporates various paranormal elements, including vampires, witches, and seers that all have varying abilities.Our main character is Alexa, who we learn can read people's minds. The book starts with her at a specialist's office with her baby, Chloe, who has been crying almost non-stop and refusing to eat for the past two weeks. Previous doctors have been unable to determine what's wrong, so Alexa has been referred to this specialist. As she's at the doctor's office, she daydreams back to her brief two-day fling with Chloe's father, who she hasn't seen since the night Chloe was conceived.I like how the author interweaved the story this way, giving us bits of information at a time about Ethan, our male main character. Ethan and Alexa met at a bar one night, and their connection is instantaneous. And for some reason, Alexa is unable to read Ethan's mind. Little do we know, Ethan has a secret of his own, one that will change Alexa's life.Alexa and Ethan go on an impromptu date to the zoo following their meeting at the bar. When he drives Alexa home, she invites him to spend the night even though they just met. Ethan declines, partly because of his secret, which we find out is linked to a prophecy he has been running from his whole life.The next morning, Ethan takes Alexa for breakfast, where their feelings for another are more fast and furious than before. Both already feel like they are meant for one another, even after only meeting less than a day ago. I don't like insta-love unless there's an unexplained driving force, and we find out later what that force is. They get to know each other, and Alexa confesses to Ethan that she is a virgin. I usually don't like twenty-something virgins because that is so unrealistic to me in our day and age. However, given Alexa's ability to read minds, including those of horny guys that only want sex and are mentally critiquing you sexually the whole time you're with them, I can understand why she is a virgin.This leads to a full day of hot, steamy sex, at the end of which, Ethan's carnal vampire desires overwhelm him and he bites Alexa. Once he tastes her blood, he discovers that she is the woman from his prophecy, the one he has been running from. He immediately puts her to sleep using his powers and leaves, still afraid of the consequences of the prophecy.Alexa is distraught when she finds Ethan left her, along with his goodbye letter saying they should never see each other again. She searches for Ethan, basically becoming a stalker, but she never finds him. Weeks later, she finds out she is pregnant.Alexa and Ethan don't meet again until Chloe is about 9 months old, almost a year and a half later. The story takes off after that, but I don't want to give any more away. I will say that there is way more steamy romance.Choices of Fate was an interesting story, but there were many grammar and spelling errors that take away from the story. But even with those errors, Choices of Fate is still worth the read.~Nikki N.