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3.71 AVERAGE
3.71 AVERAGE
Usually I'm a really big fan of Katie MacAlister's Dark Ones books. But there were just too many annoying things about this one to really make me enjoy it. What I found most annoying were the characters - and that really screwes up a book. They were just too over the top and not believable in my opinion. Then I also had a problem with the plot. I didn't feel like it was well enough described. The plot in itself was quite good, it was the execution that sort of failed.
The second macalister book I've read, and certainly much better than the last one. After reading Playing with Fire, I wasn't sure if I could stomach another one. Although I hated the hanging ending, I did like that the lead female character in a paranormal romance had reckless fun before finding her mate, beloved or immortal love partner.
This book was not for me. A friend loaned it to me saying it was funny and there were some comical moments,which is why I'm giving two stars instead of one. I found the heroine a little annoying and the story went from funny to completely ridiculous. Then to top it off I get to the end and find it continues into a second book and I find I dont care enough to find out what happens. I've read and enjoyed Katie Mc Alister before,but I guess you cant love them all 🤷♀️
Please remember this is just my own personal opinion and not meant to cause any offense to anyone!
Please remember this is just my own personal opinion and not meant to cause any offense to anyone!
I hated this book. I hated the female MC. She was a freaking idiot. I mean seriously TSTL. And I HATE that for some reason this was split up into 2 books. Wtf? I hate that I have to read another book with Pia(sp?) as the narrator. GAH!!!!
Disappointing. Heroine was so dumb I could barely stand it, pacing dragged, and I didn't buy the love triangle for a minute. Skip it.
**spoiler alert!***
So I always like the Dark Ones books. They're funny, romantic, and STANDALONE. This one was funny, but not LOL funny as some have been in the past. The ghost interactions - yes; the love interest interactions, notsomuch.
So can I get a big WTF about Katie MacAlister and her semi-cliffhangers of late?! My mom absolutely forbid me to read Playing With Fire (Silver Dragons, #1) until the second one came out because It. Just. Ends. In the middle. AAAGGHH! Ok, so Zen doesn't end in the middle, but it certainly doesn't finish, either! And there's another book with the same characters coming out in May 2009? Have any of the other Dark Ones novels been continued this way? I was kind of excited for my HEA and then I got this totally frustrating ending. Blargh.
Don't get me wrong - I liked this book. I'm just aggravated by the ending.
And Magda seems a little iffy to me. When the whole Denise thing went down at the end I was sure Magda had been a red herring, but she seems like she could be the real Zenith big bad. But who knows. I won't, not until next g-damn spring!
So I always like the Dark Ones books. They're funny, romantic, and STANDALONE. This one was funny, but not LOL funny as some have been in the past. The ghost interactions - yes; the love interest interactions, notsomuch.
So can I get a big WTF about Katie MacAlister and her semi-cliffhangers of late?! My mom absolutely forbid me to read Playing With Fire (Silver Dragons, #1) until the second one came out because It. Just. Ends. In the middle. AAAGGHH! Ok, so Zen doesn't end in the middle, but it certainly doesn't finish, either! And there's another book with the same characters coming out in May 2009? Have any of the other Dark Ones novels been continued this way? I was kind of excited for my HEA and then I got this totally frustrating ending. Blargh.
Don't get me wrong - I liked this book. I'm just aggravated by the ending.
And Magda seems a little iffy to me. When the whole Denise thing went down at the end I was sure Magda had been a red herring, but she seems like she could be the real Zenith big bad. But who knows. I won't, not until next g-damn spring!
Spicy vampire paranormal romance. Not completely convinced by the relationship between Pia and Kristoff and found the internal conflict Pia had not convincing at all.
There are certain conventions in genre fiction (in this case paranormal romance) which are risky for an author to flout. In this case, the author decided she not to provide the expected HEA, and I was left quite annoyed. I might read the next book in the series to see if things conclude satisfactorily, but I've got the idea that this series really isn't for me. (I read the first book way back in 2006 and almost didn't finish that one. Maybe I shouldn't have jumped back in at book six, but I needed the Z for my A-Z challenge.)