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ellelainey's review
3.0
This book was, again, marginally better than the one before. But I have a real problem with Cora. The more I read of her, the more I get angry with her.
She was given this great gift, that most people would jump at, in her condition. Dorian is kind, considerate and gentle with her, when he doesn't have to be, yet she continues to think of herself as some kind of victim. SHE chose this and she forgets that.
Honestly, the whole thing makes me too angry to enjoy the story. Cora's a selfish complainer, but I'm going to keep reading, in the hopes that she improves. Only because I really like Dorian's character, though we don't get to know much about him. Which is a down-side.
She was given this great gift, that most people would jump at, in her condition. Dorian is kind, considerate and gentle with her, when he doesn't have to be, yet she continues to think of herself as some kind of victim. SHE chose this and she forgets that.
Honestly, the whole thing makes me too angry to enjoy the story. Cora's a selfish complainer, but I'm going to keep reading, in the hopes that she improves. Only because I really like Dorian's character, though we don't get to know much about him. Which is a down-side.
foreverbeautifulbooks's review
4.0
I have to admit. I really thought that I would really want to dive into the next book in this series because it ends in a 'cliff-hanger', but I need a break. V. M. Black is taking my soul on an emotional roller coaster that I have a book hang-over with and I haven't even reached the end of this serial series. They are all out, all available but after Dorian's last move I am left in tears, pain, and feeling so much for Cora emphatically. I don't know how to feel at the end of this and I really wouldn't blame Cora for running for the hills.
At this point, I have to give Black a huge amount of credit as an author because I'm really feeling the characters and the story. But for me, I feel like Dorian should 'know better', because of his age and experience around humans. If he doesn't know, I really hope that the very large amount of human that Cora still is, will wake him up. She's already said, "I don't love you. But I need you." And Dorian didn't flinch at that. If you are going to bond and mate to someone, if human's are the only way that you can even breed I feel like we should be the higher commodity, if you will. Human's should be the golden calf. I'm so hurt by what Dorian has done at this point I need to walk away for a few days, read a few other books then go back to this series and end and and HOPE under the literary gods that this all ends up for the best. I really wish this was written in a dual POV. I feel like its in the disservice a bit to not get his introspect and see where he his coming from. I do believe with how well Black writes it would be a bit overwhelming for the reader, but his expressions of regret and almost pain at what he's done to Cora at the end of this installment isn't enough for the more simple reader. You know, the ones that want all the answers in book one and don't want to wait for the story to unfold? I can see his motivations at this point. I am just hoping that he ends up loving Cora enough to understand her as well, or he runs a really big risk of losing her.
*I read a copy via Oyster Books*
At this point, I have to give Black a huge amount of credit as an author because I'm really feeling the characters and the story. But for me, I feel like Dorian should 'know better', because of his age and experience around humans. If he doesn't know, I really hope that the very large amount of human that Cora still is, will wake him up. She's already said, "I don't love you. But I need you." And Dorian didn't flinch at that. If you are going to bond and mate to someone, if human's are the only way that you can even breed I feel like we should be the higher commodity, if you will. Human's should be the golden calf. I'm so hurt by what Dorian has done at this point I need to walk away for a few days, read a few other books then go back to this series and end and and HOPE under the literary gods that this all ends up for the best. I really wish this was written in a dual POV. I feel like its in the disservice a bit to not get his introspect and see where he his coming from. I do believe with how well Black writes it would be a bit overwhelming for the reader, but his expressions of regret and almost pain at what he's done to Cora at the end of this installment isn't enough for the more simple reader. You know, the ones that want all the answers in book one and don't want to wait for the story to unfold? I can see his motivations at this point. I am just hoping that he ends up loving Cora enough to understand her as well, or he runs a really big risk of losing her.
*I read a copy via Oyster Books*
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