Mixed feelings on this one
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I have mixed feelings on this one. I found the first quarter of the book difficult to get into. Part of the problem was that I actually didn't like the main character. She annoyed me a little bit!

However, I did find myself taken along in the story and characters more as I read on, especially once I hit the halfway mark. I also found myself thinking about the characters and their points of view while I was reading the book and once I'd finished -- which is always a good sign!
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I'm torn on how I feel about this book. Not because it was poorly written or told, but because I felt pretty badly for Ella (the heroine from the past who helps set up the events in the future) and wanted her to have more of an ending than she got. IMO, her story was more tragic than Gracie and Reilly's simply because she was stuck believing something (intentionally vague, I know!) that wasn't true and never knew the whys or hows of that thing.

*kicks ground and looks sad*

As for Gracie and Reilly, keeping BIG secrets from others is usually a no-no for me, but the reasoning behind this one worked. Gracie essentially loses the last of her family when her grandmother sends her away as a teen and she's dealing with big life changes on top of believing the love of her life abandoned her. So, yeah. I get why she kept her secret.

Reilly has his own share of demons, most of them revolving around his messed up family. Man, those Alexanders were screwed up in the head. For reasons, guys. For reasons.

As for the part of the story that takes place in the past, Ella and Sawyer's tale is tragic. Given the times they lived in this isn't shocking, but Ella had strength and courage to spare and that was the only thing keeping her going forward at times.

Ultimately, I liked the book. I might have wanted more for Ella, but the present day romance worked and I'm always down for reading about restless spirits.

-Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal
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Dissonance is quite a study in mixed feelings for me. I liked the concept of Walkers & Echoes a whole lot, and didn't get too confused over the terms introduced. I also liked the characters as individuals, though the romance and I didn't hit it off. With a combination of things that worked and didnt, Dissonance falls somewhere in the middle on the rating scale.

Here are the things I liked about Dissonance:

The concept: The idea of Echoes & Walkers, and all the other things that meant was absolutely fascinating. It was the biggest reason I couldn't set down the novel, as I rose to the challenge of trying to understand this world. While there are still a few things that aren't too clear, I think I had the general concepts down pretty well. Plus, to me, the descriptions of how the Walkers moved among Echoes just had a distinctly musical spin to them.

The characters: Honestly, as individuals, the characters were pretty good. Im mostly focused on Delancy, her sister Addie, her grandfather Monty, her best friend Elliot & of course, her crush Simon. Each of these characters had a pretty solid profile, and I appreciated getting to know them over the course of the novel.

Here is the thing that I was okay with in Dissonance:

The story: In the end, it worked out okay, as I did start finding it thrilling when the stakes got higher. However, the beginning was kind of convenient? It also read a bit clunky. I was also not a super big fan of the repetition that occurred in the plot for most of the middle, even though I suppose it makes sense in context.

Here are the things I wasn't so fond of in Dissonance:

The characters: I still do kind of wish that the Council and Delancys parents had come into more focus in this story. I get that they were busy handling some big deal occurrence, but still, it would have been nice to have them more involved and less abstract.

The romance: If theres one complaint I had, it was this. I just couldn't get behind the romance 100%. I mean, I could understand the attraction between Delancy & Simon, sure. But it kind of confused me, and slightly freaked me out that she was visiting the Echoes of him, and falling for him via them.

There you have it, my quick rundown of thoughts on Dissonance! While I mostly liked it, there were definitely things that didn't resonate well at all. Im still undecided as to whether I want to continue reading the series, so that should give you an idea of how mixed my feelings are about it. If you think the concept sounds at all intriguing, and you won't mind a romance thats a bit odd, then you should certainly give Dissonance a shot.
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Many of you have heard of this book by the popular blogger, Jen Hatmaker. For the Love was a book I was really excited about reading. Several of my friends read this book and loved this book.

 However, I had really mixed feelings about this book. Let me say this: I LOVE Jen Hatmaker. All you have to do is visit her blog and you will fall in love too. And her voice is as funny and inviting in For the Love. So why my mixed feelings? I feel like it is all over the place. One chapter she is really digging into my soul and talking about Jesus, and then on the very next page she she starts a chapter on her yoga pants. It just wasn't cohesive, and my brain struggled to catch up.

However, I did laugh throughout it. And there were a few chapters that really resonated with me, namely the chapter about calling and the chapter about our front porches/community. But overall I was hoping it would have more depth, I guess. I wanted more of what her subtitle suggested: Fighting for Grace in a world of Impossible Standards, and more of her pointing people to that grace. However, it is very light on bible references, and heavy on sarcasm and "love God, love People." Don't get me wrong: I agree with "Love God. Love people." And I love sarcasm. But it just felt like the inconsistent subject matter and the lack of depth were too much for me. I still think it's a decent book to read if you're already a Christian, but I feel like some people may get hung up in her snarky chapters where she airs some grievances and then have a hard time coming back to a chapter about how we should love people.

I was maybe being too critical because I really wanted to like this book. [However, I would recommend her books Interrupted or 7 far and above this one].

Note: I received a copy of this book in exchange for review. This is my honest opinion.
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I have mixed feelings about this book.  I enjoyed the beginning, reading about Sydney's unhappy childhood.  She desperately wanted to be loved and approved of, especially by her stepmother Candace.  She finally had enough and was strong enough to take her chances and pursue her dreams in New York.  I also enjoyed the middle of the book about what it was like in Denmark during WWII.  I don't know much about Danish history during the war.  The stories of the Allies and Danish attempts to transport the Danish Jews and Resistant forces was inspiring.  Reading what Nina went through in the camps was so heartbreaking.

What I did not enjoy was the last half of the book after the end of the war.  The book jumped around too much about Sydney & Laurus's complex relationship and the lives of their children and Laurus's family.  I was disappointed that Sydney, who once seemed strong and independent enough to leave her home and seek New York, who took up carpentry and painting their new home, ended up turning into this neurotic person.  I felt the author did not explain this change enough in the book.  Laurus remained devoted to Sydney but I was left wondering why?  Guilt perhaps?  The children were one dimensional and the book jumped from their childhood to their marriage, and then their own children too quickly.
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This series has had its ups and downs and this book was more of an up for me (3.5 stars). But the whole thing starts to feel like it's being dragged out at a few points and there were some parts that really took away from the story for me. First, it's pretty obvious something is going to happen that finally makes Shannon see that she's misjudged Cam, but this moment ended up being very awkward for me. For such a big turning point in the book, I did not think it was handled well. And the second part was - why did Cole never point out that he would have done the same thing for his sister that Shannon's brother did for her? I waited and waited for that conversation as it seemed like it would fit and help her, but it never came.
I guess both these things are pretty minor, but they did stop me from fully enjoying the book.
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I feel like I'm being really generous here with three stars, but I'm kind of torn.

First of all, I really enjoyed Paula Brackston's writing. This is the first novel of hers that I have read and I do believe I will go ahead and check out some of her other books. I was completely wrapped up in the side-by-side past/present story telling, it really kept me going tho I admit that I preferred the Megan/Merlin storyline to the Laura/Rhys storyline. Of course the common thread throughout the novel is Merlin, but I felt that Brackston had difficulty fleshing him out like she wanted too.

Really the two lead female characters get the best descriptive development. Megan is especially well done and I truly liked her. She is actually a very strong, brave and noble young woman and it really is Megan who drew me in. I was on pins and needles with concern as she manueveres her way thru castle intrigue under the vile Lord Geraint and his trashy wife.

Unfortunately, and this is where I am torn with my rating. I really disliked Laura. Where Megan was every possible positive a reader would want in their heroine, Laura is the exact opposite. Laura is selfish, self-involved, whiney, remarkably stupid and a terrible wife and friend. In fact she blindly puts the lives of her husband and friends in needless danger merely because she needs a shag with a clearly scary stranger just to feel better about herself. I almost put the book down, but her best friend, Steph gives her the lecture we all want her to have so that showed me that the author was not particularly fond of her, herself so I plugged along to see where it would go.

By the end I was a bit stunned and really dissatisfied because, Merlin is supposed to be a wise and talented wizard who can see the future, yet he plunges Megan into the worst possible scenario, much like Laura, out of pure idiocy and selfishness and there is no clear reason why he should be so found of Laura. Frankly there is no reason for anyone to be fond of Laura. The Anwen character is the true wise mystic in this tale - whoever the heck she is? Seriously, I want to see Anwen again, she is the perfect character to drift through many a novel.

But what really upset me, was that like most novels in this genre it all appeared to be going in the direction of Laura facing her consequences and the tragedies they reaped. Instead, Brackston got lazy and decided to quickly wrap things up with a rescue and a reward. whf? If this were a real fairy tale the point would be that being good has no reward, but being useless and dangerous gets the big prize.
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This book left me with mixed feelings.  The pace of the book started out pretty steady, then it was as if the fast forward button was pushed.  The storyline was a little rushed in order to make more room for the developing relationship between Toni and Lucky.  That might have been at a faster pace than I would've liked, but these characters have also known each other for over 10 years.  This is the 3rd book in the Bourbon Street Boys series; I read the first two and loved them.  It's not necessary that you read the first two, but it helps since you'll be catching up with the team members from the previous books.
Toni's character was hard for me to like.  She just came across as this self-centered individual who was stuck in the past.  Granted some crazy stuff went down in her past  but that doesn't mean she can't move on from it.  Elle Casey writes often of Toni's inner thoughts and that helped the reader to see more into her character's personality but these made me dislike her more for her selfishness.  Lucky's character was also difficult to appreciate.  He didn't really have much growth throughout the book.  He had a few moments where he opened up a little to Toni about his sister, but he was stuck in the past as well.  This story is told from Toni's perspective so we expect most of the personal growth happening to be from her point of view, so it's understandable that there isn't much on Lucky's end.  Once Toni's character starts coming to terms with the fact that it's ok to lean on other people we really see a turnaround.  She's still a tough as nails girl, but she develops a softer side with her teammates and family.
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I have mixed feelings about this book. It tells the story of Ashline Wilde, a Polynesian girl who seems fairly normal. It is her sister who is the unusual one, her sister who has odd powers, a girl who is cruel and who begins the journey Ashline will travel in the book. Early into the story, Ashline moves to Northern California where she enrolls in a private school. She soon discovers that a small group of students at the school are all reincarnated gods and goddesses - and she is supposedly among this group even though she doesn't seem to have any powers like the others do.

Let's start with what I liked about the book. To begin with, I spend a good deal of time in the Redwoods and so a book set there appealed to me. The author did a fairly good job with the setting as well, although there were (as is normal) variations from what the area is actually like. The story itself seemed unique and enjoyable - and I thought it was very well written. I had a hard time putting the book down! Up until the book ended I would have given it rave reviews.

As for what I didn't like...there were a lot of unanswered questions. If this is an only book, and not the start of a series, then I'm just at a loss. Topics were raised that seemed to have no real bearing on the plot. At all. And some of these topics somehow merited their own chapters. Other revelations in the book seemed like they should be hugely important, but the main character never bothers to mention them to her group of gods/goddesses. Then, finally, the book just seems to...stop without explanations for so many things that the author brought up in the story.

On the whole, I liked the book a lot. I finished it two days ago, and am still thinking about it. But most of what I'm thinking is about whether - now that I've finished it - I like it or not. And I just can't quite decide. I give it three stars because, while it is well written, it just leaves me with a "wait...what?" feeling. If it is the start to a series, then maybe these answers will come later, but for now...it just leaves me dissatisfied.
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I have mixed feelings about this book. The story dragged you in but I felt the characters were a bit hard to get to know as they seemed to say one thing then say and/or act the opposite. I also found many editing issues such as using the number 1 instead of capital I on many occasions.
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I have very mixed feelings about this book. For the most part I enjoyed it but there were a couple parts where it nearly hit rock bottom. This book is a mix of history with a few new characters tossed into the mix to add some unique spice. Mostly positive thoughts on this new series so far.

Ismae is a very strong young woman and is an easy character to admire. She rises above a harsh childhood and is rescued from a contemptible marriage and moved to a convent where the women there serve Mortain (Death). She is trained in the ways of an assassin in his service and specializes in poisons. This part greatly appealed to me at first.

She is one her early assignments when she meets Duval. She is assigned to appear as his mistress to gather intel for the abbey on the inner workings of whether he or others are loyalist to the Duchess (Anne). Both are very distrustful of the others at first but when Anne's life is threatened, and the abbey gives her new orders Ismae is forced to make some crucual choices that can change everything

I loved the characters in this book and I liked the light mystery and intrigue it presents. What I did not like, however, were the info dumps. Especially around 20%-50% mark of the book. The political aspects and family relations are quite overwhelming and drastically cuts into the pace of the plot. So it starts off fast then levels out and suddenly hits a crawling pace for short bursts.

I almost did not finish but I did and am glad for that. The second half of the book does pick up again and the historical plotline blends much more smoothly with that if Ismae.

I did enjoyed the tracing of the historical happenings of this book. Many of the political happenings is accurate with some original characters. The book starts off a more edgy book but does take a dive for the more romantic side as the book moves along. Overall a very well done blend. 3 1/2 stars

*I received a copy of this book in exchange for a fair and honest review*
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I have mixed feelings about In the Air Tonight, on one hand I had a lot of problems with the characters but on the other I liked the backstory of the three sisters and I am curious to see what happens next so I do think the series has potential.

I think my main issues were with Raye, I had sympathy for her for the way everyone treats her so differently in the small town where she grew up, but I struggled to understand her motives for staying in a town where everyone is so mean to her. It's not like she even had a good relationship with her father, in fact there was more than one occasion when I really wanted to shake some sense into that stupid, stubborn man. Raye was adopted and she's never quite fit in, with her dark hair she looks very different from the rest of the people in her very Scandinavian hometown. The fact that she has the ability to see ghosts just marks her as even more different, although that is a secret she has been keeping since she was a child and overheard her father threatening to send her back where she came from. Her father was horrible and apart from her best friend most of the people in her town weren't that nice either so why was she still there? It didn't help that she came out with some completely ridiculous things, you can have characters who are ditzy in a funny way but she was just cringeworthy at times. I was embarrassed on her behalf and laughing at her for all the wrong reasons half of the time.

I didn't mind love interest Bobby but he wasn't the best male lead I've ever come across. I did like his reaction to the town Raye lived in and I enjoyed seeing him struggle to come to terms with the supernatural but he wasn't quite enough to save the book and I felt like the relationship between him and Raye was really rushed and not particularly believable. I think what I would have loved was a slower build up between them and more time spent getting to know each other. I also wanted to see more time spent with Raye either rebuilding a relationship with her father (he did show a little potential towards the end of the book) or for once in her life actually standing up to him and walking away.

The supernatural side of the story was interesting, particularly finding out where Raye had come from and what had happened to her parents, but I wanted to see more of that. The pace was a little slow in the beginning but that evened out a lot towards the end and I have hopes that the next book will give us more details. I'm also hoping that since each book is going to be told from the point of view of a different sister I'll like the other characters more and find them easier to relate to than Raye. It's not that I hated Raye, I just didn't particularly love her either.

Overall I'd say that In the Air Tonight is a story that didn't quite live up to it's potential but that I do think the series could be about to get interesting. I'm going to give Heat of the Moment a try and I'm hoping it'll have more of the world building and less of the issues that this one had.
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I received this book via Netgalley for an honest review.

I have mixed feelings now that Im finished with this book. I will read the next installment because there are some things unresolved and I hate starting something and not finish. Im rating this book higher than I first wanted because even though there are many things I think aren't working, I still finished this book rather fast. Thats why Im rating it a little bit higher than average.

I don't know if Im in a book funk or what, but its not the first book leaving me with more critics than praises. Let me try and explain what I liked and didn't in this book. :)

The premise sounded really good. A young woman pushed into interviewing for a position as an escort and being drawn to her boss seemed like a winner at a time when I was looking for something different. Unfortunately, it fell short for me.

Maybe I was expecting too much because I was very eager to read this book, but in the end Im just disappointed for several reasons and yet I finished this book without pain. And I will read the next one. See? Im telling you, I have mixed feelings and its quite unsettling.

When I read a book like this one, I want to feel the attraction between the characters, see their relationship evolving and changing, I want to ache for the characters when they're facing a setback, and Im expecting to like the characters not just because they're nice, but because they have a real characterization.

Here, the romance is not shown to its full capacity. I didn't see it progressing, didn't see the teasing, the setbacks, the issues and the heat. According to the title, its supposed to be intense, but unfortunately I completely missed the intensity. I enjoyed the few scenes with both main characters, but since the relationship is built in such a way I couldn't see the evolution and didn't feel much, I only enjoyed these scenes half the way I should have.

The plot itself is a little bit all over the place. The twists aren't fully used. For example, the whole thing with one of the escorts and Serena; only half was shown. The other half happened off-pages and its retold. Thats all. In my opinion it cut off the interest of the readers, mine at least, and it dampened the edgy vibe that would have been welcomed and would have helped putting the characters into perspective.

The mysteries surrounding Linc while interesting, come out of the blue. I hope the author will play with these a little bit more in the second installment because right now I think its not used to better characterize Linc and its an issue I have a hard time overlooking.

Serena is interesting because shes not a doormat, but I think shes too nave sometimes. Some things should have been addressed and Im still annoyed now because they're not and they were overlooked as if the conclusion was enough. I think it impacts negatively on the main characters dynamic.

The whole setting with the escort club is very, very tame. In the end, its like a regular club from the little were told and the little we see. I cant help but being a little bit disappointed. Without being descriptive or crass, I think the settings should have been more forefront.

The writing isn't bad, but some dialogues and/or descriptions are a little stilted. But nothing that impacted on my reading.

In the next installment, Im expecting way more depth, a plot more polished and tighter, and a romance more potent. I really hope the next book will have all these and more.
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3 Stars  3 Flames

This is a hard one to review. I have mixed feelings about how I feel about, not only the storyline, but also the way it was written. As you can see, Ive given it 3 stars, so theres obviously something there. Ill try to write this without too many spoilers.

Ive read my share of BDSM books and this, in my opinion, doesnt seem right. Yes, the female runs a secret club (thanks to Grandpa), but hasn't even experienced the lifestyle. Although we know that shes running the business out of necessity due to her inheritance, it seems as though everyone around her knows the lifestyle, except her. So when she meets the bad boy rock star that dominates her, her reaction throws me off and is honestly off-putting for the remainder of the story.

The rock star is forced to portray an image thanks to his label. And then he makes comments about dominating in the bedroom for real after hes described as a dom. Its confusing. Even hes confused, which makes it a little more confusing. Once he embraces the dom roll, he almost takes it overboard, especially for someone who didn't practice it regularly. And doms don't have to chase after their subs. He was ALWAYS running after her.

While the above mentioned were my issues with the storyline, the flow of the read didn't work for me. There was almost too much drawn out scenes/sections about body parts and how things were being perceived. Then it was as though other parts were just skipped over and quickly addressed to get to something else.

All and all, it was okay. I enjoyed reading some parts, but others I was just ready to call it quits. I think that if the storyline issues I had weren't so important to the actual story, I could have overlooked the flow issue.

*I was given a copy of this book as a gift from The JeepDiva in exchange for an honest review.
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This is going to be a mixed review, there are aspects to this book that are very good and then aspects that are really not up to scratch. So it left me mixed on a rating, I settled on three stars, but would have liked to have given it more.

The storyline is interesting and good, a young girl turns up ragged and starving on the busy streets of Rio, after escaping her captors where she was kept as a sex slave. In the current climate and with the numbers of child sex slaves in the MILLIONS worldwide I was keen to see how this book unfolded. The young girl is likeable, but her character is a bit disjointed, it's written presenting her sometimes as thinking/behaving younger for her age (12) and then sometimes older like sixteen, I found this hard to process considering all she had gone through.

The book covers the entire story of her journey, it has a lot of action, but it's difficult subject matter. It's tackling some not very pleasant issues and some of the scenes made me feel so angry and sad. I found some of the book too wordy and the excitement of the plot got lost in meaningless chatter (like Raul's constant internal thinking processes)

As the book travels on it reveals how she became to be there, in Rio, it becomes very readable, it's also sad, it can make you cringe, but I know that this is a huge issues that's very real. The book is fiction but this stuff is going on in real life (how many really know the scale of it?)

I did find the book easy enough to read quickly, I wanted more from it though, I felt it could have had a bit more depth, the characters are a touch one-dimensional and I was wanting that to be different, but it just didn't get there.

I also think the book title needs to change, it's too long and not appealing to a mass market in my humble opinion, in fact it may put readers off it as it almost doesn't make sense unless you have read the book and I do believe book titles and covers DO make a different to success of a book, regardless of the words in it. The cover I don't like either, again, could be a lot more appealing.

BUT if you can see past these minor faults, the book in itself is like none I have read lately, I did enjoy it and the pace swept me along. The major action scene towards the end was great, although I wanted a bit more from the final ending itself. This will be one of those books you will either like or not.
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I had mixed feelings about this book.  As others have mentioned, it alternates between the past relationship between Charley and Jake in high school and when they meet up again during study abroad programs in college.  You know from the beginning that they had a traumatic breakup that Charley has not really recovered from after 3 years.  You know that Jake somehow hurt her terribly, but you are well into the book before you find out what happened to end their earlier romance.  You quickly figure out that Jake is in Edinburgh because he wanted to see Charley again, but, for me at least, it was very off-putting that he brought his current girl friend Melissa with him.  Plus, although he seemed to be clueless about it, he was flaunting his closeness with Melissa.  Their mutual friends certainly picked up on that.  **SPOILERS** I liked the intensity of the past relationship Charley and Jake had and felt very badly for her when he first shut her out and then dumped her.  I tried to remember that he was just a teenager when all this happened, but I felt his excuse for not contacting her when he finally came to his senses (he thought it was too late to make amends) was somewhat flimsy.  Plus I didn't like the fact that he kept giving her mixed signals in the present when he was with Melissa and that it took as long as it did for him to finally shape up.  The idea that it took her dad's reaction to Jake when he saw him at the airport when they were returning to the U.S. for spring break to realize that Charley must still have feelings for him seemed flimsy, too.  I agree with other reviewers that Jake needed to do a lot more groveling before he got Charley back after all he'd put her through in both the past and present.  In addition, I thought Jake went overboard worrying about Melissa and her feelings after they broke up.  That was on top of him having told Charley when he was still with Melissa that he loved her (Melissa).  This book was good, but also very angst-driven.  I was glad Charley and Jake finally got back together and that it was fair that, due to his past actions, she couldn't quite bring herself to say "I love you" back to him right away.  However, I also feel that their story should've been finished in this one book.  I'll probably read the sequel, but I know already that another ton of angst in their relationship will not sit well with me.
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Let me start off by saying that I really enjoy the BDB series. I have even enjoyed the more recent books that have been skewered quite a bit by other readers. I think the reason is that, although the plot lines have evolved, I still enjoy reading about the characters and think that they are still some of the more well written PNR/UF out there.

That being said, this was the first book in the series that I actually noticed some inconsistencies that others have pointed out. Generally, I read something I'm anticipating very fast so I don't spend time analyzing every detail for consistency. Plus, I've only read the books 1 time, a while ago...So, if something jumps out at me, then it must be pretty big.

*******SPOILERS*******

I'll start off with some of the things that I didn't really understand about the plot. First of all, the John/XHEX subplot - I agree that it seemed to cheapen the struggle that they had (very recently, since this book is not starting with any sort of time lapse) with Lash and their mating. And, why, in all the discussions about XHEX being a woman and John not comfortable with her fighting, did the subject of Payne fighting not come up at all? It was like Payne almost didn't exist (except for maybe being mentioned once or twice in a completely different context). It just struck me as very odd.

Tohr and No'One/Autumn - I actually really enjoyed their developing romance in this book - up until the end when they had their confrontation. Of all the emotional parts in this book, that was the only part that had me teared up. It was really horrible of him and it almost turned my opinion of him completely around. It was just a really hard scene to read and then to turn around and 2 days later have him apologizing, saying I love you...I don't know. It was a tough one to swallow. I can appreciate that he was having a hard time getting over Wellsie and was still grieving, but it just really put a bad taste in my mouth the way it resolved. Speaking of Tohr and Autumn, I don't know why but I just didn't feel like she got a fair shot in this book. It really was mostly about Tohr trying to move on from Wellsie and less about who Autumn is and her development. I actually think she's an interesting character so I was hoping for more for her. Now, I just feel like she is going to be trapped loving a man who is more in deep like with her as a friend, than true love. Maybe it's just me, but it's sad. And I'm not sure I fully understood her being trapped in the In Between and then being saved by Lassiter. It just seemed like there was a little explaining missing - like why could Lassiter save her? What makes In Between's different. Why are some people saved and others not?

Quay - Their storyline was sweet, and I have to say that I'm happy to see their book is next, but probably not for the reason others are. Mainly, I'm glad because Ward has spent SO much time on them. It's enough - time to resolve it and conserve more space for the main couples. I only wish we'd had this much development for some of the other couples...Phury, anyone?

I do have to say that I'm loving Xcor - however, did anyone get Phury/Z flashbacks over the whole thing with Layla? Regardless, it's intriguing. Also, Lassiter is just wonderful and I can't wait to get his history...should be good.

Overall, again, they are always interesting reads and I will always preorder for my kindle, but this one just felt a little odd to me.  One other thing...does anyone hope that with all the new plot points Ward is starting to develop that a change of scenery would be nice? Maybe something will happen to pull some of them out of Caldwell. I think that would help freshen up the series tremendously. Just saying....