Kayote B. (kayote) reviewed on 11/13/2008 + 254 more book reviews

was actually rather disappointed in this book. I really really liked the first book in this series, so had been eagerly looking forward to this one.

This book seems as if everything was neatly wrapped up at the end, rather than actually resolving itself. Poof, discover a new talent just when needed. Hurry through this scene because the book is nearly over. I also didn't like the choice of sexual violence; there were hints of it through the first book, but only as much as needed for the story. In this book they became much more explicit, even if it was only technically in the minds of the characters. It was overdone and detracted from the second story.

It's a decent book, but I did not like it as much as the first one. The story is still good, and you need to read this after the first book, but I did not like scenes in it enough to not want to keep the book. Everything is wrapped up, and in a acceptable (if too quick for my tastes) manner. I just think the author needed to edit this book a bit more.

(I wrote the above soon after I read the book on another journal site. As an addition to it, looking back a bit over time--the scenes I disliked bothered me enough I refuse to read this author again. They were not needed, should have been treated as they were in the first book, and that combined with the lower quality of writing in this book turned me completely off the author. I'd rather risk not reading a book as good as the first than risk running into a book such as this one again.)

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