ŷ������

Reread on 2/15/2020
I'm going to leave my old review below, because it still amazes me that a narrator can make or break an audio book. The first time I tried this series I listen to them on audio. I found Justine Eyre reading of the book a bit boring and I found myself not really getting into the series. So I gave up. Then my brother who is a huge fan of the series demanded I reread them, but this time I had to read them myself. Wow what a different it made. I loved this book this time around. I wasn't bored a bit. I loved Raphael so much more this time around. Most of all I have really connected this time to the series. I can't wait to read the next book and see what happens. I am so glad I let my brother talk me into giving it another try. I'm changing my rating to 5 stars.






***
3 Meh stars





Okay no one jump me, but I'm not feeling this book, or this series like I thought I would. Here it is the 4th of December, and I started this book on Nov 22. That is how long it has taking me to finish this book. I just kept walking away. It' makes me feel sad because I really wanted to love this series. I love Nalini Singh, but this series isn't grabbing me. When I read book one I didn't love it but I did like it alright. It had some potential, but there was something about it that was off for me. I figured I would read the second book and it would get better. Nope.



I have been trying for a few days to figure out why this series isn't doing it for me. Why everyone loves it but me. Trying to put into words what wasn't working for me, but why I'm not wanting to fully give up on the series. The only things I can think of is 1. This series doesn't really have a clear point. No clear case of good vs evil. I can't tell who is a good guy or bad guy. They exist but they have no real purpose. They all remind me a little of Greek mythology. A bunch of god and goddess with a ton of power no real purpose. Boredom causing them all to be big backstabbing assholes. Add all that to no well defined plot(for the series not each book), and tons of purple prose and repetitiveness. I was bored to tears. Still there is something about Raphael and Elena that I kinda like. So maybe I will stop with this book and come back to it later when I'm in more of a mood for it.