Review: Taunting Destiny
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 28, 2014
Book two in The Fae Chronicles picks up right where the first one left off. Taunting Destiny is every bit as good as the first book in places better. We get to see more character growth. It was a very easy read I couldn't put it down I needed to know what was going to happen next.Syn is going through an identity crisis from hell. Now we know that she is royal Fae and we get to see a couple sets of would be parents to her. We find out that Syn has powers when it comes to blood and she uses it to help those in need. In this book Syn has a lot of tough choices to make. I don't envy her but she is strong and will do what needs to be done to help the people of both worlds.Adam is a mess in this story, he is all confused about his feeling. He think he lusts after Syn, but I think its the bound that they share that he is feeling her lust for Rydar. Adam still fights for Syn as she does for him but its more out of friendship then anything. We also get to see a person we thought was lost in the first book.Syn has this natural ability to draw people to her and command respect.  Just about everyone she meets has the up most respect for her and people will fight for her causes. Rydar makes some hard choices to but to me he gave up to easy. And Syn just wanted him to tell her that he would fight for her no matter what she still would have made the tough choice and do what was right but she in my opinion just wanted  to her the words from him. She still feels like a play thing to him and he has said countless times that he just wanted sex with her.I cant wait to see what happens in the next book, what will Syn do? Because at the end of this book she was in some deep s***. I have know fear that she will find away to save herself, she don't need a knight in shining armor to save her. (even though it would be nice once and a while)  Here are some quotes from the book:“I sped up, narrowly avoiding the manicured shrubbery on his extensive lawn, dodging trees as I refused to look back. I wasn't dumb enough to turn around and peek over my shoulder. I was the type who yelled at the girls in scary movies who did so.”  ( I do the same thing)“Would it matter, Ryder? You don't want to love me, you want to own me, and I don't want that for myself. You don't actually care how I feel, and that doesn't work for me. I'll show up tomorrow, but only because I don't have a choice.”“Oh, Ristan, I didn't know this was a show. I stepped closer to him, grabbed his shirt and pulled him close to my face. You sure you don't was a taste? I licked my lips and watched his eyes lower to my full mouth. Just a little one? I was teasing him, and he knew it.”“You shouldn't trust anyone, including me. If I thought sacrificing you would accomplish my goals, I'd do it in a heartbeat. I'm not here to make friends, or to build a life. I'm here for one thing alone, and stopping Fae from dying needless deaths is a part of why I an here. We are not so different in that. We both fight for the weak and vulnerable who can't do it themselves, he whispered softly, but with enough force I knew he wasn't bluffing.“ I am yours, I belong to no other. I an yours to do as you wish, until a time of your choosing, I am given, I whispered and listened as the terrifying beautiful creature laughed wickedly. The wards on the walls lit up crimson and a multitude of other colors, as the verbal contract was sealed in blood.