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bananatricky's review
4.0
I'm still loving this series, it just hits you full on from the first page and doesn't stop.
I have to ask how much can one woman stand? Surely she could have some downtime? Surely someone in authority can be trusted? Will she have any possessions left in the next book?
But TBH all I can think is CLIFFHANGER!
I have to ask how much can one woman stand? Surely she could have some downtime? Surely someone in authority can be trusted? Will she have any possessions left in the next book?
But TBH all I can think is CLIFFHANGER!
slc333's review
3.0
This series has some much going for it - an interesting setting, good set up of inter species interaction, each book containing a complete and entertaining story, awesome characters both good and bad (with one glaring exception) and a cool, likable heroine (aside from her inexplicable choice in romantic partner). And that brings me to fly in the ointment and the thing that stops this otherwise enjoyable series from hitting my favourites list - Alex. Alex is an asshole. Throughout the series DJ has had a bunch of potential love interests yet has always been interested in Alex. The author & DJ keep telling us what a great guy he is but his behaviour never shows it. In book 1 he is aggressive & threatening to DJ and blows hot and cold, in book 2 he only pursues DJ once someone else is interested in her despite the fact that he is dating someone else, in book 3 he gets all huffy with her and refuses to talk to her after she is abducted and tortured by elves like it was her fault and in this one he
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is fully prepared to have DJ force an abortion on her best friend because his boss thinks the baby might be politically inconvenient. Supposedly he is torn up about it - boo effin hoo. I feel your pain - NOT. That is just plain wrong. It is not a sign of great character to be so blindly loyal to your boss that you undertake actions that you know are morally wrong.Spoiler
DJ does the right thing with no question or qualm but it frustrated the hell out of me that she apologised to Alex for doing so cause she didn't want to put him in the middle. That he was at all conflicted rather than immediately opposed should be a huge signal to dump his rigid, morally bankrupt ass. Sure he makes one right choice at the very end but it is a case of too little too late. I CANNOT understand how DJ can love him, especially when she has the example of Jean to show how a woman should be treated. Rand is probably worse than ALex but fortunately the author and DJ acknowledge this and are not trying to convince us otherwise with words when actions show the opposite. Please, please, please have DJ wake up and dump Alex. Yes I want her with Jean but if that doesn't happen I could live with it so long she doesn't pick either Alex or Rand.gilwen's review
5.0
Un excellent tome, très porté sur le développement des personnages et les intrigues politiques. Bien moins d'action que dans les volumes précédents et pas d'enquête à proprement parler, mais ce n'est pas pour autant que son rythme est lent. Il se passe énormément de choses dans cet opus, sans temps mort, et la saga y gagne une belle profondeur.
eloiseinparis's review
2.0
I'd give this book 2.5 stars if it was an option. I was really disappointed because I love this series, but this book fell into the typical nonsense traps you find in many UF series. I really didn't like DJ in this book and Eugenie's surprise pregnancy annoyed me. Eugenie said they always used protection and the Elf birthrate is really low, so why was no one questioning the odd turn of events. Also Rand is a jerk, but he is the child's father and the only person who they knew to ask about Elf gestation. So why Eugenie spent the entire book running from him made no sense. Why not placate him throughout the pregnancy to make sure a healthy child was born? And then at the end the implication was the Eugenie was crushing on another prete guy. Like really? She is already knocked up by one guy who was just using her to get close to DJ. She's a regular human with no political pull, odds are this new guy would use her too. Why not chill out on the man candy and focus on figuring out how to raise a magical baby when you just found out magic is real.
DJ spent most of the book bashing Alex. Supposedly he's to black and white and doesn't know how to operate in the grey area's she thrives in. All I could think was what a load of crap. DJ wasn't grey, she was doing things she knew was wrong because it meant helping Jeanne Lafitte. The man is a pirate, and he is a thief and murderer by trade. I'm not saying Alex was always right, but being the one who follow rules that were put in place for a reason doesn't make him a moron. And it was because he usually does the "right" thing that saved DJ's butt more than once, because he didn't have to spend time lying and hiding from the authorities like others.
The ending did leave me hopeful. DJ seemed to realize she doesn't nearly have things and people as figured out as she thought she did. So hopefully in the next book she gets her mojo back. I also hope in the next book Hurricane Katrina isn't mentioned every 5th page (its the fourth book, we get it already). It was a bit of a cliffhanger, but it was okay to me because most of the issues in this story were resolved so in the next book a major change in DJ's life and new villains will fill the pages.
DJ spent most of the book bashing Alex. Supposedly he's to black and white and doesn't know how to operate in the grey area's she thrives in. All I could think was what a load of crap. DJ wasn't grey, she was doing things she knew was wrong because it meant helping Jeanne Lafitte. The man is a pirate, and he is a thief and murderer by trade. I'm not saying Alex was always right, but being the one who follow rules that were put in place for a reason doesn't make him a moron. And it was because he usually does the "right" thing that saved DJ's butt more than once, because he didn't have to spend time lying and hiding from the authorities like others.
The ending did leave me hopeful. DJ seemed to realize she doesn't nearly have things and people as figured out as she thought she did. So hopefully in the next book she gets her mojo back. I also hope in the next book Hurricane Katrina isn't mentioned every 5th page (its the fourth book, we get it already). It was a bit of a cliffhanger, but it was okay to me because most of the issues in this story were resolved so in the next book a major change in DJ's life and new villains will fill the pages.
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