Jennifer's Books

I'd planned to take my time with this book. Planned to take my time and read it slowly because I know it's likely to be awhile before we get the next installment.

 

I started it last night at about 10:00 and finished it at about 3:00am.

 

So much for my big plans, huh?

 

Once I started reading, I literally could not force myself to stop. For me, though, it wasn't so much the mystery that kept me reading as it was for the interaction between Sebastian and Hero. While the mysteries themselves are always so well done, the main selling point for these books to me is the character interaction and development. Ms. Harris has crafted a wonderfully complex character in Sebastian St. Cyr, and Hero is proving to be the same.

 

(I'm putting the rest of this under a spoiler cut, though I'm not going into great detail, I do allude to some events that would be considered spoilers. Better safe than sorry, right?)

 

 

*raises hand* I have to state that I am a huge, huge Hero fan. I've always preferred her to Kat as I think she's more Sebastian's equal in many, many ways, so certain events in this book pleased me greatly. The ending, especially. I cannot wait for the next installment to find out what happens next.

 

Hero is just fantastic in this book, and it's been wonderful to see her slowly moving to the forefront as a lead character. She has a moment in this book in which she...well, I don't want to spoil it, but it was so badass that you'll know it when you see it.

 

Oh...and anytime that Paul Gibson gets a larger-than-normal amount of page time also makes me very, very happy.

 

The mystery itself...I'll admit, I had to go back and reread certain parts to make sure I was following along with who killed who, because I got a little confused. There were so many victims and so many suspects that I had a hard time keeping things straight at times. Plus...I may have also been rushing a bit while reading because I was anxious to get back to the Sebastian/Hero stuff I mentioned above.