Liked the first two... this one, not so much.  The hero is a moron!
352772
What in the world?  Not what I was expecting after the first two books in the hunted series.  Honestly at the end I was wishing the heroine would just leave him.  Everyone tells him throughout the book that he is a moron, idiot, a-hole... and he is!  The way he treats the heroine is terrible.  Over and over again he does the same stupid rejecting things and then at the end when he finally sees the light, she's waiting for him in bed and all's forgiven.  She'd be better off without him.... skip this one of the series, you'll be glad you did.
2678166
I really did not like this one at all. It felt like a movie trilogy that changes producer/director for the last film. Though the remaining ensemble stayed consistent Miko (who was the main character) became unrecognizable. She was this kickass ball buster in books 1 & 2 but became & stayed a sad pathetic & oblivious doormat until the near end in this one. Honestly, the grand gesture didn't negate my dislike for Liam in the end. He was just too much of a douchecanoe from the start.
3107841
Book 3 is the downer, a time for grief and depression. Did I do the right thing? Why am I here? I hurt him...Darrows constant introspection and Debbie Downer attitude grated my nerves. Each scene he seems to stop and mentally reflect on some loss or emotion. Wasted time when his life and the lives of his teammates hangs in the balance. Not to mention those who died so he may face the rebellion with his spine straight. Its like ok ok you feel bad, captured, broken and suffered many losses. This was terrible, yes. But he was rescued and brought back to life.

The dialogue continues with the same hum drum broken hero disposition and the same sentiment repeat over and over. It grew boring and not the tone of a leader fighting for survival. The shift was dramatic from the creative word play in previous books. Depressingly flat and never picked up. His refusing to kill a former friend hell bent on betraying the Howlers or those associated with the band of rebels was like what?! Why??

This aside I loved the reunion of friends and finding love: one of the howlers smallest but bravest survivor finds a mate! It was for love, not looks or wealth. This turn for the little pit bull was awesome. I write this review late so my memory on specific names is lacking since I got the book within a week or more of its release. Then to learn theres a book 4, left me smh. One of favorite authors, Michael Sullivan, mentioned how some series continue when a story should have ended. Book two was powerful with the loss of our beloved Ragnar which had me in tears. Book three was welcome and I was excited.

The fighting and take-downs were similar to the other books. I was confused by the incorporation of Earth as a new destination. Thought Earth was a broken poisonous wasteland? Also, without giving away too much, how is the child of a Red born with the strength and features of a Golden God? When a Red was surgically enhanced to a Gold, I thought their physical bodies changed not their inherent DNA, almost like gender reassignment surgery. The male chromosomes do not change to female. Idk Ill have to possibly read the book again and edit this review! Had so much to say initially, I failed to submit the review. Now I don't recall my opinions and supporting details because its so late.

I definitely didn't expect the conclusion and honestly shocked by events. I more or less love the direction Pierce went with book three. Pierce is pushing this story to its brink. Book two was amazing. Maybe it should have been extended and broken up into two books (like Game of Thrones' Dance with Dragons). You couldn't get better after Regnar's sacrifice and defeat. What imagery! I'll read book four of course but I'm skeptical.
2741732
This was the dumbest thing I've read in a long time.  It was billed as a thriller but I was bored and frustrated by the plodding pace.  Not once was I scared at all, just wondering when the next scene would come along.

The protagonist was the most unlikable, shallow, bi-polar person of the whole bunch, but we were supposed to root for her?  And she "forgot" what she did, something THAT profound and she "forgot"?  Yeah, right.

SPOILER

Also, the shrunken head - first it's the thing that's causing the chaos, whispering plans in people's ears, then it turns out to be the good guy?!  Give me a break.

I skimmed the last two chapters because the endless descriptions of how perfect the protagonist was and how much she wanted to kill her perfect little daughter got to me.  The ending was a stupid deus ex machina that didn't tie up anything...  The last town that this chick was in got destroyed, but this one doesn't?  It doesn't make sense at all, and it's never explained.

Long story short, don't waste your time.  Glad I got it for free.
3070409
I tried to be positive about this book and the first two. I kept thinking it would pick up, get better.  It had some interesting developments in the beginning about the dangers of online relationships, that nobody learned anything from by the way. The overall  plot failed. It just wasn't believable, and pedantic in a lot of places. It could have been so much better.
 Catherine being reclusive and totally shut off, does a complete about face, which given her origins, just didn't make sense to me. She decides to just openly trust a man she only knows  based on his online persona, sexual lines and outright  evasions.  Talk about looking for love in all the wrong places. It's a wonder she actually survived at all. She has victim written all over her. Actually, I felt bad that she could be so gullible and trusting with no self preservation instincts at all.
 I was unsure of Watts, his sudden change of mind to meet Catherine after being so adamant about not getting into a relationship because of his chosen lifestyle, just wasn't in character.  His absolute belief, that he woulld never put any woman in his life in danger because of who and what he is, and to just change his mind. Gee, given his profession, that was down right stupid, not to mention would have gotten her killed, so what, now it's ok to put her life in danger? Paid mercenary, contract killer aside.
Also, the inaccuracies  when Watts and his associate are hiding in the van, and the two canines miss their scent, while the police swarm the area, having been tipped off  about terrorists, and no one bothers checking a suspicious van they happen to be hiding in the immediate vicinity. Please, not likely! I actually walked by a K-9 unit parked next to me at a local sub shop. All I did was open my door and step out and the dog went  ballistic. Those dogs have highly trained senses, they would have easily alerted their handler. that there was someone in the van.
 And how about Catherine getting a job with the FBI and having an identity issue? That was just ridiculous, and insulting to the readers intelligence. If there was any question about her identity she never would have been hired no matter what.
Overall, there just wasn't enough believability in the characters and the faulty reasoning in the book had me wanting to do an eye roll and snort, your kidding right? Would I recommend this book or the two previous ones, that would be highly unlikely.
51197
I have enjoyed the first two books but the main female character is getting on my nerves. I don't want to spoil it but if she just took a moment to look at what Cray has already done for her she would realize he is head over heals. I don't know how she could think any different by the end of book two. She is a raging contradiction, confident one minute then a bumbling nit wit willing to believe the stupidest thing and so full of misplaced pride. As I said she had become annoying. If this had been one or at a stench two books I would have read the end of their story but I'm so pissed right now that I don't think I can do it.
656442
The first two of this series were very well written with very engaging characters. The HERO is this book was anything but. I found him to be a complete WUSS.The whole book was very frustrating trying to like these people. A melly mouth for a herion and no cahones  hero. I found this book both a waste of my time and money.
1360654
Wow, what a disappointing, frustrating book after the first two books which were great!  Loretta is vain, selfish, way too full of herself, too coy for words and rather cruel.  Here she does all she can to force the relationship to become physical and then says oh no, I really don't know that I want to marry you, etc. What a crock.  And as someone mentioned, what about pregnancy issues? And while she's so concerned that he will live up to her undefined expectations, she never considers that maybe she isn't all that great a catch herself.  Esme was okay, but I really did get tired of the dear boy bit - sheesh, this was a seasoned Army officer.  And what was he thinking to just go along with whatever sightseeing the ladies wanted to do, never mind they were attacked more than once, it was like, oh well, this is my vacation and I must see that church.  Reckless Rafe has the original letter for goodness sake and here he is allowing himself to be distracted and led by the women, way too weird for me.  At the end, and I finally skimmed through pages too, it gets exciting for a bit, then it gets wrapped up like a book report - no depth, no human interest, just a recital of events.  Sorry I wasted my time and money on this book.  It can be easily skipped.
1033576
The first two books were much better. This one loses at least 3 stars for too many plot holes that were filled with a very poorly written protagonist.  Nadia is supposed to be a genius but in this book she was so inept and incompetent that i wanted to throw the book and get my money back.  How a girl can't pass a life and death message along, in two days, is beyond me.  She has the power to astral project to anyone but finds every reason she can not to do it.  She can talk to anyone telepathically while projecting yet doesn't.  Even when lives are on the line.  Once point her excuse was Russ was too preoccupied with getting dressed and his sister and some make-up lady was in the room.  All she had to do was mind speak "hey Russ! I need to speak to you.  It's a matter of life and death. Ask these people to leave."  She doesn't even though it's zero hour and her last chance.  She couldn't call anyone because her phone was dead and she could not find an electric outlet, in an airport...anywhere.  She never even thought to look for another phone or borrow a phone or just go buy a prepaid phone or ask an airport official to help her call someone since she was a minor, or any one of a hundred other options.  She was just written so poorly to fill bad plot holes that my entire respect for this series dropped by 50% at least and I doubt I will buy another novel from this author unless Nadia is either killed in the sample portion or she displays at least average IQ.  Stupid book!
4578238
The Prince of Suck. Im not sure if the author was trying to be ironic or not with the title but Im not going to lie. I didn't like this one. I liked the first book, the second was OK, but this book was The Prince of Suck. Like the others, the build up for any problem is the problem, then the resolution comes and washes everything away like it never happened. The last book ended at the start of the civil war, this one starts in what must be a particularly calm period of the civil war because right in the opening the war is given maybe a paragraph nod of existence. Even with that nod, it is made clear that the civil war means nothing to Belvaille. Warlords come and go and Belvaille continues on status quo.

 It tries too hard to be dark and brooding, taking Hanks handicap to absurd lengths. It hints that one of the main characters may have finally crossed the line to full out villain while Hank himself has lost what charm he had and has now completely turned into the amazingly lucky dumb brute who stumbles his way to victory despite doing some really dumb, really evil things along the way. Had Garm had turned out to be the bad guy of this story, I would have applauded the author for it. Instead, not only do we get a pod-people type twist but then the whole story itself is proven to be pointless by having Garm being rescued from a cryo pod and Hank given a new body. There isn't a point to this story. And as an end to a trilogy, its lacking, incredibly lacking. The universe is a mess, Belvaille has gone from backwater outpost to the center of the galaxy and any character development from the other two books have been thrown out the window for what is essentially a reset of the series.
4580152
I enjoyed the previous 3 books, but was already frustrated and bored with the push-pull of the recalcitrant Lincoln, dragging his heels behind his stoic, brooding aloofness towards any romantic relationship, the ever-present arrogant ex-mistress, and the disdainful Committee - all of whom seemed both ready and eager to make use of Charlie's talents at the drop of a hat and shove her into a back room when not needed for fear someone else might use her as they would.  Whereas I have enjoyed the various little mysteries in each book, I am far more interested in the relationships of the characters that make up Lincoln's 'family'.  So, for me, the slow space of their evolution, coupled with a formulaic mystery plus one or more obligatory abductions was wearing thin.  I was thrilled, then, to note that the trip to France seemed to highlight a new, gentler, more well-rounded Lincoln whose evolution had moved himself and his relationship with Charlie beyond the ice age.

>>>SPOILER<<<

Yet, when the plot winds into its obligatory abduction, all character/relationship development dissolves away until we are slammed in the face with an ending that completely negates everything.  Not only does Lincoln morph into a committee mouthpiece and eunuch who cuts Charlie with words and actions worse than her own adoptive father used, but Charlie herself passively boards the conveyance ordered for her and spinelessly appears to contemplate waiting for him in the frozen north to come to his senses.  WTH.  The very nature of Lincoln's promises  and behavior towards Charlie in France, along with the rage and insight he discussed with her about his own father's arrogant, aristocratic condescension and hideous judgement of his mother (and himself), the similarity between their fathers, and his awareness of the scars Charlie bears due to both her adoptive and real fathers - utterly condemn his behavior at the end of the book and make it completely unbelievable and unacceptable.  Whereas Charlie might cry and beg Lincoln to reconsider, we have never witnessed any facet of her personality that would meekly climb into that carriage. She might have thrown his ring into his face and left with nothing. She might have ordered the driver to stop when it reached the next corner and disappeared into the night with nothing. She might even have switched places with some tavern wench on the way.  But, just passively climb in and head out to some hellish school of manners where she will be constantly on display and reminded of her 'place' by her betters. Hell to the no, she would not.

With this non-sequitur ending that made me curse the Committee, Lincoln, and the author, and wonder if someone drugged Charlie's breakfast --  the ONLY reason I am reading book 5 is that I fervently hope that Charlie straps on the balls that Lincoln lost after their return from France, and uses them to pick her spine and her pride off the floor, and find a positive way to move on that IS in keeping with her personality.  Lincoln can either grow a set, make things right, or get left behind.
2988493
I really enjoyed the first book and I was trundling along fairly well with this one until about 40% complete. Then everyone stopped acting in character and it almost became a farce. I read until about 75% of the way through but then I could no longer stand to read any more. One can only assume the second half was rushed because I cannot think of another reason why it changed so drastically.

Some spoilers below.

Sure, Ceony spends a lot of the first half trying to decide if Emery loves her but I actually really liked the budding relationship and the plot was going along okay until I got to approximately 40% of the way through.

At that point it's like everyone went completely stupid. Even after Ceony had proved herself as intelligent and resourceful at twenty years old, they keep her out of the loop like she's twelve. And they're proven right because she throws and out-of-character, immature tantrum, sets up a really terrible and pointless plan and suddenly becomes the damsel to be rescued. She spends most of the rest of the book being completely stupid and angsty. Ceony also proves that she has learned barely anything about paper magic since the last book, even though she learned tons of cool things in her first few weeks in the previous book. I couldn't even finish the book because the characters were so illogical and different from their prior selves.

I am not sure I will try the third book, I am very disappointed.
3808172
I honestly feel cheated. I so looked forward to her new series. 40% of the book the hero told the heroine that he always loved her, and she responded she did not know. The two had so much angst about her dead husband. As a reader, I got it. Why couldn't they. It was such a waste of my time seeing the same conversation over and over again to the end of the book. A crappy conflict.
215397
Was all revved up to read these books 1-3...... I made a 1/4 of the way through. UGH.....  the writing is aweful.  The sex kinda thrown in between this teacher of special needs students with 2 kids whose husband offed himself 2 years prior.  Then hello younger Biker VP.  Uhm he talks like an idiot not like a biker. In fact the dialog doesn't even make sense half the time.  Just because you throw in a  some big words does not make a story meatier.  In this case  it made the hero a giant CREEP. And just because..... How was it he has his fingers up her HooHa and didn't discover that piercing there?!?!?!  I mean REALLY?  The only thing that would have made me rate this book higher was if you told me this was translated from another language into English, otherwise it didn't even earn the 1 star rating.  Sorry.
4964915
you have sex right after your husband is killed ???
The hero is happy with that. There were no decent
people in the whole book.  I found the hero to be
reasonably dumb.: :/
3900288
While the writing was good, the plot was beyond stupid. Then I realized there were other books in the series and the stupid, improbable plot wasn't even going to be resolved so I just abandoned it. I won't bore you with why this plot was so dumb (the heroine just CAN'T tell the hero they've met before. Why not?  Never made clear.). Even free, which it was when I downloaded it, it's not worth the investment of time.
4422159
The book started out great, a lot of action, fast paced. After about 1/3 of the way through the main character was ridiculous. I scanned through all of her "thoughts" to the actual conversation. Can you say reiteration? At 59% I just gave up. This main character was very unlikable and quite frankly stupid. I am glad this was a free book, if not I would definitely want my money back!!!