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Helpful Score: 1
I have mixed feelings about the book set many years into the future when humans have left Earth for another galaxy. I really wanted to like this book, but parts of it just didn't work for me. What worked - The hero is wonderful. He's the right mix of tough and sweet. He's protective, sexy, smart, and funny. Unlike most paranomal novels, the hero isn't white. He's a Latino. He's also a vampire and he turns the heroine into a vampire at her request. She needs to be a vampire to get revenge on the villain who is a 400-year old vampire. The hero is loving and very considerate. The author has a way of creating imagery that's just lovely. I could picture this lawless desolate planet where much of the story took place. The villain is much more interesting and complex than most bad guys.
What didn't work - The heroine is very unlikable. She's selfish, cold, and angry much of the time. She's insensitive to the hero. I had a hard time mustering any sympathy for her or her desire for revenge. She constantly pushes the hero away for no good reason. She's nice to him then she's not nice to him. She wants him then she doesn't want him. She takes what she wants from him, but denies his need for her. It's the old "I must resist my attraction to him so that he doesn't hurt me." Her constant pushing and pulling of his affections gets tedious. There wasn't any good reason for her to keep him so much at arm's length. They had known each other for years and had worked together as colleagues. He was clearly head over heels in love with her. You want to tell her to put on her big girl panties and deal with her emotions. I really didn't care about her and when you don't care about the protagonist, it's hard to like the book.
What didn't work - The heroine is very unlikable. She's selfish, cold, and angry much of the time. She's insensitive to the hero. I had a hard time mustering any sympathy for her or her desire for revenge. She constantly pushes the hero away for no good reason. She's nice to him then she's not nice to him. She wants him then she doesn't want him. She takes what she wants from him, but denies his need for her. It's the old "I must resist my attraction to him so that he doesn't hurt me." Her constant pushing and pulling of his affections gets tedious. There wasn't any good reason for her to keep him so much at arm's length. They had known each other for years and had worked together as colleagues. He was clearly head over heels in love with her. You want to tell her to put on her big girl panties and deal with her emotions. I really didn't care about her and when you don't care about the protagonist, it's hard to like the book.
