Nicole W. (Nikki6496) reviewed on 10/28/2009 + 10 more book reviews

I'm stubborn, I like to read stories in order... so when I was getting closer to this book, I was getting more and more restless. I've been waiting to read the story of Acheron since the moment he was introduced.

I don't want to spoil this story, so bear with me as I try to describe it without giving too much away. What I didn't realize when I started this book was that it was 816 pages. Yikes. The worst thing was that there was approximately 400 pages of abuse. The first 400. I teared up 3 times. It was so frustrating. Worst of all was his sister, Ryssa, who was only ever kind to him but ended up making it worse for him. After the first few hundred pages, I think we got it.

After all of that... I really enjoyed it. I liked this story a lot. It answered a lot of questions. Some of which were pretty much hinted at. That being said, after reading other reviews on this story, I must agree with most reviewers. The author is not the best writer. I feel as though if I have to read the words "he was shocked," "he couldn't believe it," It's the same things over and over again. Kenyon could at least crack open a thesaurus once in awhile... or better yet, just leave those statements off. They kind of ruin the story for me.

Regardless of a few frustrations, and a battle that well.... sucked as far as battles go, it was good. I loved it. I'm glad it was made.... albeit next time could do without so much abuse. I am giving this 5 stars because the story was good and it's Acheron. I could never give him less than 5 stars. ;)

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