Review: Quick, Easy & Fun Read
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 07 19, 2012
Over all, I liked it. It was a quick, easy read with romance and the paranormal. These things are always fun. I did have a few little problems with it, though.Mainly, Akila's early motivation in bringing Brutus into her house and just letting him loose could have been clearer: how did she know this would be okay? She kind of says why later, but I would have liked to know earlier. It would have given me less of a "really, lady?" kind of moment.There were some behind the scenes events about local animals that Akila references that I would have liked to know more about why of later, since it does tie into the story. And I would have liked to have seen Sable be a little more take-charge and kick-ass. He had the size for it -- your usual romantic hawt hero -- so I would've liked to have seen it more, like in the ending, which happened kind of fast and did a drive-by of a couple other characters introduced late. (I'm hoping maybe that is a set-up for future books.)Yet, all that being said, I liked Akila a lot. As a woman who has to close her eyes or look away when she sees dead animals on the side of the road, I really liked her love for all animals and how their pain affected her. So the plot issues I had might have made me give this 3.5 stars, Akila sold me and made it a 4 star review. I'll be keeping an eye out for future Dark Sentinels books.