Review: Nice writing - Did not like the plot line....
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 08 23, 2012
I am just going to be blunt here - I didn't like it and I am going to do my own blurb.An evil magician finds his way to a sheltered land with a population of exiled humans with mind powers.  This evil magician is infatuated with a young virgin - Rowan.  The evil magician has some control with charisma so no one believes he is evil.  Rowan escapes only to be found by a dragon which traps her with a hunky man with a sword - who (secretly) happens to be a prince.  Rowan decides that if she can manipulate the man to take her virginity than she cannot wed the evil magician.  OK - so I don't want to ruin the whole story...but you see where this is going.I never really had a problem with a book about a virgin, but so much of the focus of this book was her virginity and virtue it ended up taking away from the story.  I felt that that the story idea it's self was an excellent one and the ending had a great twist.  The main story outline was well defined, but the pieces that are supposed to exist to make a good story and add depth were just not there.  I also typically prefer strong characters and I didn't feel either of the main characters were strong.  I felt annoyed with Rowan through the entire book.  She was manipulative for selfish purposes and I don't think naive quite describes Rowan.  Also - Grant (the prince) - did a couple of things that were a little disturbing, but completely forgiven and that always seems to bother me.  Altogether this book did not do it for me.  I do need to mention the cover - it is brilliant and actually portrays the book quite well!*I received this ARC from the publisher via NetGalley