Review: Lukewarm Read With Tons of Potential *minor spoilers*
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 12 18, 2013
After I finished reading this story, I completely understood why I hated Connor at the start of this story.  Connor is on this quest to find Ivan, the vampire responsible for the "death" of his wife Grace which resulted from a menage set up gone wrong. However, anger blinds and Connor was definitely blind.Connor was being played from the start of his quest for vegeance. I sympathize with his pain, I, however, can't get past his stupidity.  He's extremely selfish for the most part except when it regards his sick brother, William, who seemed to take the back seat in this story but who I actually really liked. He set off a balance to his brother. Where Connor was strong, determined(if rash at times) and brooding, William was kind, caring and weak(because of his state), but also extremely supportive. I wish there had been a bit more focus on William. His end kind of threw me, especially when he didn't seem as cruel as one would expect from the descriptions of vampires in this story. I really hope to see how his character now develops in the next book in regards to his current new state.That being said, I was also drawn to Icarus. This warlock was pretty twisted. I mean that scene where Connor and Kasey follow him and are exposed to his "victims"...yeah...sick but I loved it. I loved his style of rapor with those he dealt with. He's powerful and filled with a vast network of information that comes handy when  keeping order in his club.I knew that medication would come back to haunt Connor; as if the poor guy doesn't have enough baggage already.I didn't really like Kasey's involvement. I was very disbelieving of her new relationship with Connor. It just sort of seemed random. I felt she was unnecessary to the story and that she was added to somehow provide a foundation in which Connor could stand on at the end; considering how the story played out for him and those he held dear to him at the end.The AMOUNT of sex scenes throughout this story were also sort of unecessary. I felt they distracted a bit fr the story. A little less would have been a little more.I kind of felt like the story lagged a little from scenes that didn't make a difference to how the story played out.This was a lukewarm read for me but I see the potential in it. I'm engaged enough to see where it goes.