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A review by tomokizu
Black Gold by Vivian Arend
4.0
I happened to read this a second time now and I still like it. It's not as good as the sequel, but it's definitely a great start to this Takhini Wolves series. The main couple is a mixed race couple, which I enjoyed a lot, and it also comes from totally different lifestyles. While Gem has been rather secluded in the house of her parents, Shaun lives up in the north and enjoys his freedom very much. When these characters meet for the first time sparks fly and nothing is the same anymore. They are mates and one whole, but unfortunately too different, at least at first glance.
The story is pretty settled and focuses a lot on the couple and their dynamics as well as Gem enjoying her own freedom for the first time. It's not as action packed as most of Arend's former books, but more like a slow exploration of a budding relationship and the time spent together to explore one another. The real action (which probably doesn't span more than 35 pages) starts, when they are kidnapped for ransom.
What I enjoyed too is the other relationship that you get to experience in the background of the story between the Takhini Alpha Evan and his secretary/hotel manager Caroline (a human). Interesting, and I like to know how they are going to do later on (they are in the second book, so I'm guessing they'll be a fixed point in this series).
The story is pretty settled and focuses a lot on the couple and their dynamics as well as Gem enjoying her own freedom for the first time. It's not as action packed as most of Arend's former books, but more like a slow exploration of a budding relationship and the time spent together to explore one another. The real action (which probably doesn't span more than 35 pages) starts, when they are kidnapped for ransom.
What I enjoyed too is the other relationship that you get to experience in the background of the story between the Takhini Alpha Evan and his secretary/hotel manager Caroline (a human). Interesting, and I like to know how they are going to do later on (they are in the second book, so I'm guessing they'll be a fixed point in this series).