Review: Escaping idiocy...
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 05 12, 2014
I think I may be done with this series. It started out so promising but has taken a left and has yet to back on track. My main problem is Ryder being the “hero”. He is a complete ass. He is a liar, abuser, and tyrant. He came up with the excuse of his Daddy made him do it for things, but none of his actions during the last 22 years can not be blamed on his father. His killing Syn’s first love, his torture of her brother, his killing human woman, and his obsession with Syn that he originally thought would end in her death. There are a few lame attempts to make him out to be a “good” guy, but then he squashes that with his complete lack of remorse for his past deeds. Syn seems to be suffering from multiple personality disorder because she is back and forth with what she will put up with. And her determination to make a man love her, a man who told her he is incapable of love is maddening. He doesn’t love her, he is obsessed with her. He referred to her as a drug, and that is exactly what she is to him. And I really hate the sex scene’s where he starts with her, she says no, and he keeps going anyway and it becomes sexy her to because he is a dom. Uh, no. Isn’t a dom/sub relationship supposed to be about trust. How can you trust someone who never stops when you tell them to. Those scene’s feel like rape, but Syn is somehow morphed into being turned on. I was also annoyed by Adam. All of a sudden, out of the blue, he is completely cool with Ryder and Syn being together. He was just madly in love with her at the beginning of the book, and then when he finally reappears in the middle he’s totally cool with everything. That one sentence explanation was crap. And Adam and Syn’s bond seems to be completely gone. How did that happen? And we know who the Horde King is now, what a crappy reveal. So disappointed...**********************************Spoilers***************************************************The Horde King is Ryder. Really? Syn asked him and he said no. He lied. He’s not supposed to be able to do that. His reasoning of not being coronated is a bunch of crap. He is the sole heir, the old king died, and he has been committing acts as the King for the past 22 years. Therefore he is and was the Horde King. It would’ve been more interesting if he wasn’t. If his father was still alive, and took Syn. And she was the Light Heir fated to have children to save their world with Adam. It would’ve been nice to see Ryder earn Syn’s love and devotion, and test his resolve to “have” her.Also Syn said she wanted those babies but she acted more like someone who was secretly trying to miscarry. She is carrying twins which among normal, healthy, young, strong, human women is still considered a high risk pregnancy. Among the Fae who have a high miscarriage and infant mortality rate, and who only have one case ever in their multi millennial history of twins, the risk is astronomical. But she was drinking coffee, having extremely rough sex, going on a weeks long horseback journey, and fighting. And now she’s Danu’s daughter too. Syn has to many damn parents. It is no longer shocking when a person is added to her parental roster.