Helpful Score: 5
I guess I'm the sole voice of dissent so far, as I was somewhat disappointed with this book. I had been looking forward to this storyline for so long! It was an opportunity to see how a mainstream author and series handled a gay relationship. As a reader of m/m books, I didn't want J. R. Ward to chicken out on the emotional and physical aspects of a gay romance, but I think she did just that.
Like many of Ward's other books, the side characters were almost as dominant as the person the book is supposed to be about. I felt there was almost too much of Trez, Assail, and Xcor and not enough of Qhuinn and Blay. It was difficult to wade through some of the side stories to get to the Qhuinn and Blay parts, and there certainly were not enough of those for me.
As for the relationship between Qhuinn and Blay, it seemed very neat. Sure, there were difficulties to overcome, but they resolved themselves predictably. Other than the first time Qhuinn and Blay are together sexually (where they destroy the room), there is not enough detail about the sex. In Ward's other books in this series, the sex scenes were always smoking hot--and I feel she held back a lot with the sex scenes between Qhuinn and Blay.
I also was not a fan of having to wait until the very end of the book for the two of them to get their heads out of their arses and get together for real. The "wedding" scene at the end was too rushed, and not well thought out, in my opinion.
Overall, I liked it, but it could have been so much better. I am still a dedicated fan of the series, but this book was not my favorite.
Like many of Ward's other books, the side characters were almost as dominant as the person the book is supposed to be about. I felt there was almost too much of Trez, Assail, and Xcor and not enough of Qhuinn and Blay. It was difficult to wade through some of the side stories to get to the Qhuinn and Blay parts, and there certainly were not enough of those for me.
As for the relationship between Qhuinn and Blay, it seemed very neat. Sure, there were difficulties to overcome, but they resolved themselves predictably. Other than the first time Qhuinn and Blay are together sexually (where they destroy the room), there is not enough detail about the sex. In Ward's other books in this series, the sex scenes were always smoking hot--and I feel she held back a lot with the sex scenes between Qhuinn and Blay.
I also was not a fan of having to wait until the very end of the book for the two of them to get their heads out of their arses and get together for real. The "wedding" scene at the end was too rushed, and not well thought out, in my opinion.
Overall, I liked it, but it could have been so much better. I am still a dedicated fan of the series, but this book was not my favorite.
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