I thought the female narrator did a good job with the heroine's character, really imbuing Hope with emotion.
I am eager for book two! As for the narration, it was pretty good. Fortunately, however, the book brought out all the feels in me and did such a good job of making me care about it's characters that I was willing to overlook it's shortcomings enough to just go with it. Too many questions were raised with too few answers given, and too many times the listener was teased with glimpses of past events, without the author expounding on left me feeling a bit short-changed, to be honest. To be perfectly honest, if I hadn't liked the characters as much as I did I doubt I would have been hooked enough by this book to even want to move onto the next one, because their really wasn't enough 'meat on this bone' for me.
Obviously, as this is meant to be a trilogy there will be more to come and presumably we will learn more about the Hunters going forward, but only having superficial glimpses into Hope's past made this story feel a bit two dimensional to me. Again, I don't want to give spoilers, but the listener learns nothing about who/what Hope is and virtually nothing about the Hunters either, beyond the fact that they are sadistic and cruel. But, as deeply as the book delved into the touchy, feely stuff it really came up short in other areas like the who's, what's & why's of Hope's monster and the Hunters, for instance. I don't want to give too much away, but let's just say that the listener is given thorough insight into the main characters' every thought and feeling, particularly the heroine's. For starters, while I appreciated it's substantial length (love me a good, long book!) and how it took it's time - so much better than feeling rushed - there were moments throughout where I felt the story was 'dragging it's feet', so to speak, and it ocassionally felt too repetitive. And if I break, the darkness inside me will finally be free.įor a debut novel, I found this book quite impressive overall and I enjoyed it quite a bit, but the story definitely has it's flaws. But should they ever discover just who they've let into their home, just what I really am.their hatred could be the one thing that finally breaks me. They may think they want to know me, they may think the secrets they guard behind hard eyes and closed expressions comes close to the ones I keep. And when they offer me a place to stay while I heal, I can't say no.īut the secrets I carry are deadly, and my past is a twisted, evil nightmare better left forgotten. Wild and untamed, their feral natures call to me, their warrior hearts make mine come alive. When a desperate escape leads to another brush with death, I'm forced to place my trust in the hands of four formidable strangers. For 18 years they've done their best to break me, to tear me open and unleash the terrifying monster that lives within. For 18 years I've suffered at the hands of the Hunters.
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