Genre: Paranormal Romance

I waffled between 1 and 2 stars for this. It’s an unbelievable story with some very annoying elements. There were two main things that bothered me; first the heroine (Leta) is a goddess who’s been fighting the God of Pain for ages. She alone confined him so that he could only affect the human world if he were summoned with a sacrifice of someone the summoner cares for. The hero (Aiden) is human. Yet, time and time again, Leta has to be saved by Aiden. This wouldn’t bother me if he was the god and she was human, but she’s supposed to be this kick-ass goddess! The second thing is that Aiden’s past is so unrelentingly full of friends and family turning on him that you have to wonder if his own actions contributed to it. But no, Kenyon is very clear that Aiden’s always been a saint among men (despite fame, fortune and the paparazzi) it was all ill done to him, and he had no hand in it. He could still be a good, sympathetic hero if he realized his own actions (or inactions) contributed to his brother and ex-fiancée’s feeling neglected and therefore threatened by his stardom.

I’m sure it doesn’t help my feelings towards this book that the critical action in the story happens off camera (I think – it’s not exactly clear what really happened…)