I once read a saying, "I lost myself trying to imitate someone else." This is the cautionary tale of Secret Mc Queen in "Keeping Secrets. As a former assassin and current vampire council member, Secret is stong, capable and fierce. However, when it come to her personal life and romance, she thinks with her vagina instead of her brain.

I will not recap the plot for this book since so many others have already done so. I want to discuss how Secret's repetitive actions continually causes chaos in her life. First, she dates two werewolves Lucas, the King and Desmond who works for the King. She ignores her internal warnings and agrees to a mate bound with the King when she knows she love Desmond more. She agrees to marry Lucas for the good of the pack even though this is really not what she wants. She graciously gives over her power time and time again for the people who do not necessarily deserve it. Even her estranged Uncle attempts to warn her of the error of her actions; but, she ignores it. When is she suppose to get what she wants? How did she ever think her situation with Lucas would continue to endear Desmond to her? Well, guess what? It doesn't!

Then, without giving anything away, I just could not fatham her actions at the cliffhanger ending. Here she goes again, thinking with her lower body part. It's like she woke up in the morning and said, "Hum, how can I screw up my life today?" Well, I will give credit where credit is due. Secret is good at screw ups. Either she does not know how to be happy or she does not feel she deserves to be happy. Either way, I am not quite sure if I can continue on with the series when I do not like the main character very much.

Lastly, after book 2 I began to question where I could like Lucas because all he could think about was the pack. After the callous way he has treated Secret in this book, it is clear to me that not only is he not thinking of what is good for the pack, he also does not give a damn about Secret. I am all for forgiveness. However, it comes with a price. Secret needs to put on her big girl panties and hold to her promise to be done with him for good. If not, I will be done with both of them and this series for good.