Review: Good installment, but I wish there were more!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 11, 2012
Ever since I stumbled upon book two of the Kindred Series --Hunted (Brides of the Kindred)--, I have religiously purchased ever book following (and the one prior as well, which wasClaimed (Brides of the Kindred)). I have been a super satisified customer for the most part. This time a friend was willing to lend me the book, but nevertheless I enjoyed it overall.Lissa and Saber were interesting characters that had traits of previous characters in the previous series. I have to say, however, this was a book that I feel we didn't know enough about. When dealing with the two main characters of the book, we mostly read from the viewpoint of Lissa -- which is a ok, but a little disasterous, for unlike previous books where we are introduced to characters and know their connection to people, we knew nothing of Saber besides his liniage and title at his home planet. We really do not know what his home planet looks like or is about, we really do not know too much of his back story -- especially the part where he and Lissa were not children. So I really felt like I had no connection to them like I had for the previous main characters in their own books.I love the inclusion of the previous relationships, and the progression they have made. I didn't really care for cat in Elise and Merrick's book, and I did not care for her too much in this one. I just feel like she was a big contradiction when it came to her relationship verses how she handled the relationships of others on the ship. And the mishap near the end was funny, so much in fact that I wish it was delved into a little bit more.I liked the L and Draven storyline -- or at least its potential. We end up finding out who L is (though I'm sure many of us already had a clue), and we know a little bit about Draven from the previous installment, but there was not nearly enough time to explain their background from certain points, ie what was the driving point, the cresendo that landed them where they were enough to perform the actions they chose to do? I WISH they could have gotten their own stories. But oh well, you can't get everything. I think it would have been more interesting if their stories were more fleshed out. The resolution between L and her counterpart was a little rushed to me.Overall this was a pretty good book. Lissa at times really got on my nerves, but the dynamic of her and Saber's relationship was something different than all of the previous couples.