Review: Interesting world and villain
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 09 3, 2013
I must say that I read the first chapters wide-eyed and with my eyebrows raised, thinking again and again "wow". The villain, determined to make Liam pay for a crime of which he has no idea, torture both of them with delight (if these scenes are not unbearable, they are pretty intense for the beginning of a book). The rhythm subsides when they escape, and stay quieter for the rest of the novel. In fact thereafter the suspense is not very brisk, but I think it must suffer from the difference with the beginning.Soon we learn the very logical reason that Ava rejected Liam, and we learn too the consequences for him. The problem is each doesn't want the other to know, and this lack of communication is extremely frustrating. I think it's probably why I didn't really connect with these characters, even though they are logical and believable. In the other hand there would be far fewer pages if they had talked directly to each other LOL.The villain is a completely twisted psychopath, even chilling, who might have deserved more space. Not to mention that I thought his end a bit too rushed, as are the explanations about his motives. The other secondary characters are few and not very present, just enough for some to intrigue.The world built by the author is interesting without being complicated: different kinds of shifters hide their existence to the humans, under the supervision of a kind of special police. The specific terminology is quite clear and sparse, so one understands quite quickly what it is. The only thing that made me wince is the healing power in the licking of Liam's beast: the nurse in me is willing to believe he can heal minor injuries, but for deep wounds it's not possible.All in all this is a pleasant novel that is worth reading, and not just because it's about a heroine who refuses (even if briefly) the male that Fate wants to impose, face with tons of stories with irresistible mating.