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Jan 23, 2011 Aimie rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: recommended-to-me, paranormal

I was undecided on whether I should give it 3 or 4 stars. I decided on 3 because the story wasn't that fab. Towards the end it picked its pace up and did reel me into the story more, so I am interested in seeing what happens in the next installment.
It was the character Jericho Barrons that had kept me reading this book. Barrons is such a interesting mystery I found myself skimming some of the duller bits to find any information on him, I could. He isn't like other male character's that you fall ...more

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Jul 07, 2010 Lucia rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-romance

I listen to this as an audiobook during my daily commute. My requirements for an audiobook are that it doesn't require too much brainpower and is very entertaining. I have a very stressful job and my commute is my detox time. The Highlander sereis by this author was perfect for this and I was sad when I finished them all, so I was excited to find a new series by this author and was expecting similarities. Although I enjoyed the storyline and will "listen" to the next one I was very disappointed ...more

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Aug 31, 2011 Erinaceina marked it as unfinished-only-read-part · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012-reads, threw-it-at-a-wall, psychic-powers, dark-and-dangerous, 2011-reads, tstl, enemies-opponents-antagonists, elves-etc, bad-boy-heroes, gamma-heroes

I give up. I think when I yelled, 'I hate you' at Mac, that was a clue that giving up was a good idea. To be honest, the world and plot never appealed to me that much, so I was hoping to be carried through by the writing. While the writing was okay, the fact that the story was told from the POV of the world's Ditziest Person Ever killed any enjoyment.

I loved KMM's Highlander series, which tended to feature heroines who, at the very least, were smarter than your average goldfish. Mac is so stupid I give up. I think when I yelled, 'I hate you' at Mac, that was a clue that giving up was a good idea. To be honest, the world and plot never appealed to me that much, so I was hoping to be carried through by the writing. While the writing was okay, the fact that the story was told from the POV of the world's Ditziest Person Ever killed any enjoyment.

I loved KMM's Highlander series, which tended to feature heroines who, at the very least, were smarter than your average goldfish. Mac is so stupid that it's a wonder she can walk and breathe at the same time. Personally, I can be reasonably girly. I own more make up and shades of nail varnish than any one person actually needs. But did we really need to be told about Mac's nail varnish quite so often? I know the people at the party at Casa Blanc were supposed to be Bad People, but did Mac need to be quite so obsessed with the fact they wore black and white, and the assertion that it could be better if they wore colours. I got fed up with being told quite how much Mac liked colours and cute clothes, how pretty and perky she was, how she couldn't even take notes on life-threatening creatures in biro like everyone else, but had to use a fuschia felt tip. Gaaah. It went well beyond a few quirky character traits, and well into the territory of massively annoying and shallow. Honestly, I found myself wishing that the roles were reversed and that the story was about Alina investigating Mac's death. I got the feeling that Alina might have been a heroine with whom I could sympathise, unlike her brat of a sister. I'd even have been happy with a standard, gritty UF heroine, annoying and cliched as she might be. Oh, and every time Mac denied that the world of the Fae could be real, I wanted to drop a cannon on her head, just for the amusing sound effects.

I mainly started reading this because Barrons appears on so many lists of favourite dangerous heroes, but, as I'm indifferent to the plot and world, and I could cheerfully murder Mac myself, even he can't tempt me to continue. ...more

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