Review: pretty good ***spoilers***
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 26, 2012
I had to buy both lake people sequels after downloading & reading the 1st lake people book (Veiled Eyes) which I LOVE LOVE LOVED!!!  There goes another day of work since I couldn't put it down anymore than I could Veiled Eyes.This book is pretty good.  It definitely has the paranormal aspect that Veiled Eyes had which was nice.  I liked the addition of the roux-ga-roux (I'm using that term to attempt to lessen the spoiler aspect): and I found the roux-ga-roux's entrance into the story to be as eerie as the lake people were when they were introduced in Veiled Eyes.  That aspect of not knowing for sure that the supernatural being(s) are good was nice.The author has a great talent for writing stories that do not progress as expected.  This makes the story unpredictable which I like.The only complaints I have with this story are big ones.***SPOILERS FOLLOW***1) The order in which the story unfolded.  The story would have been MUCH better had it progressed in ORDER.  The story could have been told up to the "regeneration" (without revealing the curse or the reason behind it) then only flashed back to the curse & reason behind it whenever the characters' memories returned at the end.  The jumps forward and flashbacks made the story harder to follow.2) The love/romance aspect of the story were, for the most part, missing.  I feel like I was robbed of the actual Jane/Christien love story.  The best romance/love stories tell the story of FALLING in love, not BEING in love.  FALLING in love makes a much better story that BEING in love.  I realize the story does SORT of tell the story of them RE-falling in love with each, even though they don't know who the other is.  But it just would have been nice to have the love/romance aspect of the story have more substance.Those are the only two complaints I have, but I do consider them major.  As such, I can't give this book a 5 as I did Veiled Eyes.  But since I still called in sick a day to work because I couldn't put it down, it's an obvious 4.PS.  I also wish I could have had more lake people "group" speak/thought.  It's so eerie/unique when they all speak to each other.  I miss that.  But I know the author can't do that every time.  Just missed it because I liked it so much in Veiled Eyes.  The Lake People are so unique and new: I just want more stories about them without so many other supernatural (and frankly overdone) beings like werewolves, witches, vampires, etc.I'm also curious if there are other "tribes" of Lake People who will be making an appearance in future lake people stories.  Maybe with certain gifts like the Lake People only with different physical features and a few different mental gifts (many something in addition to what we've seen, like telekinesis, controlling dreams, communicating in dreams or something cool like that).  Just wondering.Although my employer will not be pleased, I am ANXIOUSLY AWAITING MORE LAKE PEOPLE NOVELS!!!