It has been to my disappointment that Melanie Wells has not written any other books
922962
Melanie takes Spiritual Warfare to a whole new level.  I have read thriller books for years.  I was pleasantly surprised by the My Soul to Keep (Dylan
Foster Series #3).  I have always been a reader.  However with these books I literally COULD NOT put them down!!!  It has been to my disappointment that Melanie Wells has not written any other books.  No matter how much time goes by I still check the website to see if she has a new book out.  It is obvious that you use writing as an outlet from your stressful career of counseling including spiritual counseling.  We are living in a world where Satan makes his appearance more and more in our daily lives. Makes one think how one question can we fend him off each and every time and when Satan comes after you personally?
2218999
I am a big fan of all Beverly Barton's books, but after reading this book, it left me wondering who wrote it. It wasn't at all like her other books at all. I know she's deceased, but whomever finished this book for her did not do a very good job.
982381
I look forward to reading this book b/c I love so many of her others, and was disappointed !
4301049
Very disappointed that most of this book is the same projects that she had in her other book
2961680
I wish I had never read this book!!! The writing, character development, and plot were awesome. But what the hell kind of ending was that. This is supposed to be a series but this was published in 2007 and no sequel yet. I am very disappointed in this author, make that extremely disappointed and angry. How can you just cut this off in the what should have been the middle of a book. Did Mackel not know how to end it or even know where the plot was going.  I had only read one other book by her 'The Surrogate' which was excellent, so I purchased this one expecting the same, it was crafted well. But where is the sequel it has been almost 5 years now.  What is wrong with her that she should leave her readers hanging like this??
390703
I'm a huge fan of Simone Elkeles and Perfect Chemistry is one of my favorite YA books. This book however, was very disappointing. It was rushed, underdeveloped, the characters were 2 dimensional, and I couldn't relate to any of them. It could have been so much better as I know the author is fully capable of writing vivid and beautiful stories.
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This is my first review of a book and this was my first series with Ms. Day.  I can say I probably won't buy another one of her books.  While I did enjoy Gideon and Eva and will miss them, him more than her, I really felt this author really just got paid by the word and wasn't really invested in the series.  This last book is a shining example of that fact.  This series was EXPENSIVE, 5 books and many hours of reading and I was so disappointed in the end.

I agree with most of the other comments about the mothers back story, it was stupid, incomplete and added nothing, absolutely NOTHING, to this story.  Since it had been so long since the last release, I started from the beginning and read books 1-4 again once book 5 actually was delivered.  Reading them like that really pointed out how repetitive they were.  What is really disappointing is that she had the ingredients for a really great book in book 5.  She could have delved into his family and given that its due. Cary was so integral to Eva's story, he's a huge part of every book yet in the end, nothing, no closure, no baby, nothing. The entire Lucas thing, finish that up.  Ryan Landon, did he just fall off the face of the planet?  Do you really think Gideon would just sit there in a restaurant while the guy stops Eva on the way back to the table, nope, our Gideon would have never even planned to put her in his path, he's too protective. You could have removed Landon from the books and changed nothing, he was a zero impact character, filler.

This book was disappointing making the overall series mediocre.  I couldn't really recommend it to anyone especially for the price given how poorly it ended.  Someone said maybe she wanted us to fill in the blanks for the other characters ourselves and maybe she did, but seriously, this is a romance novel, this is not a deep reading, food for thought, I need to make you analyze this and come to your own conclusion type of book.  I could sit around and daydream a love story for free.
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I was extremely disappointed with this book.  Walters' other books (particularly her early ones) are marked by graceful writing, subtle character development, (at times) creepy psychological insights into the more twisted parts of human nature, and well paced suspense.  This book missed on all four counts.  I wondered initially why the book was not released first in hardcover in the United States; having read it, I think I know why.
4148981
I'm afraid I found this book disappointing.  I have read many of this authors books, and enjoyed them all, but this would be my least favourite.
The characters were one dimensional, the reader (in my opinion) did not get to know them or their own particular story, and the storyline was quite predictable.
I persevered with the book however, because of my past experiences in reading Monica McInerney's books, but it just wasn't of similar calibre.
3708451
Each year I keep my fingers crossed for another Sullivan's Island quality read. And each year it is another disappointment. I don't know what has happened but it seems her talent has completely dried up and left us with the same churned out books year in and out. All the characters are just so trite and the reader is left feeling no involvement with them or their lives. I seriously doubt I will be purchasing her next book, more's the pity.
95817
This is Book 1 and since 2012 there has been no Book 2?? That is just unacceptable. It leaves to many questions about her father and abilities. Would not have bought it if I knew there was no sequel and questions would be left unanswered.
3903343
As a loyal reader of the John Wells series, I am sorry to report that this is the weakest effort thus far.  The other books were terrifically exciting, had realistic dialogue and involved high-stakes story lines.  In contrast, this effort was at a made-for-tv level of intrigue, required stratospheric suspension of disbelief and was just not particularly compelling from a fundamental story line perspective.  John Wells was not asked to save the world here - instead he was asked to save some (rather annoying) recent college grads for reasons that did not seem worthy of his huge talents (and the risk to his life).  I hope that Berenson returns to form in the next installment - otherwise I will probably discontinue including him on my reading list.
610504
Ever since I discovered Ms. Moning's early books at a library sale, I have really looked forward to each of the further adventures of the time travelling mystical hunky Highlanders and their bright, brave, modern soul mates. From the cover illustration (which for the first time featured faces) to the contemporary prose (full of allusions to 2004 pop culture) to the unsympathetic lovers, this latest book was a HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT.

This book was so inferior to the others, that I thought perhaps she had a new publisher or something, but it appears to be the same publishing house.  You'd think the publishers could have at least got it right wrt hair length and color of hair if they're going to put faces on a book cover.  Perhaps the distracting allusions to Godsmack, Buffy and the Vampire Slayer, and even her other romance novels were meant to provide humor that was otherwise lacking in the characters themselves.  But those will date this book in a flash, making it awkward rather than a pleasure to reread.  Finally, the lovers were pretty immoral and one-dimensional.  For one thing, whatshername was perfectly content to let Cian rip off hotels, airlines, and small businesses.  For another, you'd think a guy who had been imprisoned for over a thousand years and who thought he had lost his entire family might express at least a little interest in finding out what had really happened to his mum and the ensuing generations of his clan once he had got his jollies off.  And even descriptions of aforementioned jollies used words that were much cruder and far less erotic than Moning's previous couplings.  I still want to think I'm reading romance, not porn.

Like a previous reviewer, I'm hoping that it was Ms. Moning's publisher who wanted quantity rather than quality, who is to blame for this debacle.  I am still looking forward to her next book; perhaps she'll incorporate some of her newly married experiences in it.  But I am rather glad that the next publication is a less expensive paperback.
3700526
Melanie picked the wrong genre to write with the Christian audience in mind.  If she had stuck to a western, comedy, adventure, or some type of mystery I think she would have sold a lot more copies, but no, she chose the genre of werewolves and vampires which few christians are going to buy.  I just wasn't made to cvare for any of the characters and after reading this book I thought why was it even written.  It isn't all that interesting.
3941128
Why in the WORLD didn't this person write more books!!!!!!?????
4904327
Seems like I have read this plot before. Are you bringing out old books for republication? I've read her books for years, this is the first disappointment.
1702427
After Thirteen and the last few books of the Otherworld series, I felt like the ending volumes were one story split into 3 separate books. I felt cheated of a full story line with each book I purchased at the end. I chalked it up to disappointment that the series was ending- I may have moped, mourned, and pouted a bit. In the meantime I read the Nadia Stafford series, both the young adults series, short stories, and the Otherworld books over again while waiting for a new release of a series to equal the Otherworld series.

However, reading this book put me right back in the cheated and disappointed category. This book is not a complete story. It reads like a set-up for the next book or 2 of the series. 400 pages of set-up. The main character never really fully develops, the paranormal elements never develop, and the plot that was presented felt disconnected; it did not flow. I forced myself to read the whole thing with the hope that it would suddenly improve or pick a path, or something... and when something did happen there was no logical progression or big climactic reveal- as in "oh, very clever, I never thought of that but now I can totally see it".

If you must read this (as I felt I needed to) then get it from the library. Save yourself from buyer's remorse.