This was a promising PNR. The idea of the Sentential was well written and I enjoyed their world. My main issue was between the H/h. They had the usual "found mate, bond with mate" ritual for the first few hours of their being together.
Helen is a waitress in a diner. She spots Drake and her fearful vision of burning alive [with him watching:] hits her full force. Drake sees Helen and a force draws him. Her touch takes away centuries of crushing pain. See? Sounds good right?
This I shelfed paranormal lite. It never quite gets any deeper than Helen always afraid of her vision coming true [therefore never quite falling for Drake:] and Drake never wanting to let her go. The author never writes the struggle between them. A lot of time has to be spent world building and I think that is where the romantic spark was lost. Then suddenly the span of a couple days they are head over heels in love after the world has been established. Ha! I just never really seen a PNR written/created like this.
A LOT of reality suspension. If the intimate connection was more believable then, yeah, maybe. But Helen never really falls for Drake until like the very last page. Ugh.I think I just missed the feel of this one altogether.
So to wrap it up. Not a bad book, but if you want a dangerous, tortured, sigh-worthy hero and an independent yet vulnerable, kick ass heroine this just wasn't the story. I rated it because I did like the concept of the Sentenial and their war against the demons they fight.
Helen is a waitress in a diner. She spots Drake and her fearful vision of burning alive [with him watching:] hits her full force. Drake sees Helen and a force draws him. Her touch takes away centuries of crushing pain. See? Sounds good right?
This I shelfed paranormal lite. It never quite gets any deeper than Helen always afraid of her vision coming true [therefore never quite falling for Drake:] and Drake never wanting to let her go. The author never writes the struggle between them. A lot of time has to be spent world building and I think that is where the romantic spark was lost. Then suddenly the span of a couple days they are head over heels in love after the world has been established. Ha! I just never really seen a PNR written/created like this.
A LOT of reality suspension. If the intimate connection was more believable then, yeah, maybe. But Helen never really falls for Drake until like the very last page. Ugh.I think I just missed the feel of this one altogether.
So to wrap it up. Not a bad book, but if you want a dangerous, tortured, sigh-worthy hero and an independent yet vulnerable, kick ass heroine this just wasn't the story. I rated it because I did like the concept of the Sentenial and their war against the demons they fight.
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