Review: Love this series & LOVE Secret!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 4, 2012
This book was awesome. I always get a bit of a giggle from the way Secret thinks and speaks. This one was no different. Secret was up to her eyeballs in mysteries to solve and she rocked it & kicked it ass - as per usual, with the sass she is best known for.In this book, the 3rd, we follow Secret (half vampire and half werewolf) take her place on the Vampire Council and try to give up her hunting. Her wolf and vampire natures are getting closer to the surface and she is desperately trying to cling to her humanity, all while trying to find the missing niece of the Ocelot Queen, balance her two lovers - Lucas (King Alpha) and Desmond (Alphas Second), take her place as the pack protector to try and prevent a hostile takeover from her baddie cousin, as well as work out who's killing the missing college girls. The very same girls that ex boyfriend Gabriel has been accused of murdering. Secret is struggling with so much in this installment but still manages to get the answers and save the day! And, in true Secret style! I adore her curiosity, she is off doing something, gets sidetracked by something shiny and is then off to check out something else. It works for her!Desmond. Oh Des. Now, everyone that has ever read any kind of review I have posted, knows my favorite part of every book I devour is the romance side and Secret & Des have that in spades. Unfortunately, they have a rocky relationship and not by choice. I love them together & I want them together! (Hear that Sierra :D ) I adored that they fought side by side and feared for the other more than themselves. They are the perfect balance and bring out the softer side in each other. Ying & yang.Lucas - what a douche.  I mean seriously? He is a manipulative, unkind, jealous douche. I can't believe the things he said and did. From where I'm sitting, he seems just plain selfish. He is out. I don't think there is any way he can redeem himself in my eyes, short of sacrificing himself for Des, then he can be Alpha and he & Secret been together until the end of time...Hmpfff. I know that's never ganna happen. And you know what, I kind of got that the pack always comes number one, but I felt that Lucas could maybe go about it a little differently. Say...not manipulating Secret & threatening her lover? Again, I say DOUCHE!I missed Sig, I had thought he would pop up for sure. But, nothing. Hmmmm. I am certain there is more here after what happened last book when the Oracle let something slip briefly talking to Sig about Secret near the end, then cut her sentence off. Watch this space!Holden. I think there could definitely be something here. He cares about Secret. Deeply. I love the dog comments and he makes me giggle with his moody stomping. It's hilarious to read about him tantruming and giving Secret the silent treatment. If she is going to have a poly-amorous relationship it should be with Holden & Des, I could totally get on board with that :)The Baddie. Oh, what a baddie. He gave me goosebumps, just creepy. Dracula? Hahaha Secret. Trust you! I picked the baddie when she first met him, but was loathe to know just how BAD he was. I was on the edge of my chair just waiting to see what was going to happen and who was going to believe the double. Secret fought for her life while trying to figure out how to defeat something so new, something she had never faced before.I love that Secret will help anyone, and that she is fiercely protective of Des, Mercedes and everyone else she cares for, even as she fights both her natures and often her wannabe boyfriends. She is funny, fun & tough, and really deserves a little break (Sierra, this one's for you :D), but not too big. I want to know what happens next!