Genre: Adult, Romance, Drama
Recommend: No
SPOILER-FREE
Summary:
Nila Weaver is an up and coming fashion designer, finally
making a name for herself away from her Father’s business. But on the night of
her success, she is handed to Jethro Hawk. Generations ago a deal was struck,
stating the first female born of each Weaver generation was to be handed to the
first born of the Hawks, to do as they please with until death. Inexperienced
Nila is put through her paces, as she tries to find Jethro’s sensitive side and
bide her time so she can fight for freedom. But she has no idea of the
extremities of her ancestor’s deal.
My Thoughts:
Mixed feelings for this book. I love Pepper Winter’s work
and was so excited when I saw this was free as the first installment. But
ultimately this felt like an unresolved novella. It’s stated as the first book
of the series, but yet it more felt like an introduction to the whole story and
whilst I really wanted to know more, it makes me wonder will the rest of the
series only be tidbits of info? I have no issue with paying for books at all-
but I don’t want to pay for something that seems to cover only a few chapters
of work. It was like paying for a three course meal but only getting served the
drinks and being told to come back and pay again tomorrow in the hope of
getting more.
Nila: I really admired her fight and she seemed like a smart
girl so I didn’t think how she fought back was appropriate. I was expecting her
to be more cunning and pretend to go along with things and fool them into
believing her and then acting out, rather than opening her mouth to cause a
drama every time. In the end, I didn't care much for her or feel sorry for her that she had found herself in this situation beyond her control.
Jethro: I didn’t think he was defined enough. He was meant
to be of a malicious nature and yet from the get go clearly had a soft spot for
Nila. I think it would have worked better had he remained stoic and cold and as
he spent more time with Nila, then develop a minimal care for her. He wasn't developed or explained in any detail, so it was difficult to predict his nature and it just got frustrating as he sporadically changed his attitude.
Story: There’s a good story in this; just needed to be more
in the first book. I’m not sure if I want to continue this series or not as I
prefer bigger and meatier books. Maybe I was expecting it to be of the same
nature as Monsters in the Dark and that was my fault. It does only have 222
pages but by 50%, nothing shocking or horrifying had occurred. I think the overall story has promise, but there wasn't enough in this first book to really drag me in.
Pace: I didn’t really get the pace of this book. I found it
hard to follow her conversations with Kite, as she’d be having one and then it
would jump back to when they first met or something, making it just complicated
to keep up with what was now and what was then. I did read this in one sitting
so maybe I just wasn’t paying as much attention as I should’ve.
