Rachael Wade
Author of Amaranth
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Flash forward a couple of years and Camille is in Louisiana and has built a fairly decent life for herself. Or so it looks. Here's where the book lost me the first time--we leave Camille in Paris promising to be stronger and to leave the guy. When we re-open she is still afraid of a guy harassing her, is trying to leave him and his abusive ways behind. Until her friend arrives and says 'But you just left an abusive a-hole!' I had no idea that it was someone different then the guy back west.
I understand that often abuse victims find it hard to break that cycle, but Camille seemingly was ABLE to break the cycle (not that we saw her do this) and then winds up right back where she started (though we never see how that relationship began) only this time far away from her support network. Any 'strength' that Camille exhibits was only talked about. The end of her first relationship, the beginning of the second one and then when she decided to end this relationship all happen in that nebulous time between the end of the prologue and the beginning of the first chapter.
I soldiered on however because I liked Gavin and was intrigued. Things happen at a (very) rapid pace, with Camille's lifelong friend falling head over heels for Gavin's friend Gabe. And then of course Gavin and Camille. Though she doesn't mention her sinister ex.
And then we come upon the second time the book lost me--at some point Camille's friend implores Gabe to make her a vampire like he (and Gavin and Camille's violent ex in Louisiana) is. Then she hops back on the plane and leaves.
Only to come right back again when things get hairy and Camille's life is in danger. At this point Wade skipped a lot of development in my opinion. Camille finds out that not only is Gavin a vampire but so is practically everyone we've met in this book. Not only THAT but Gavin has a master plan to free himself (and others? I guess?) from the evil vampire queen's rule (or something) so him falling in love with Camille is VERY inconvenient timing wise. Especially since he POSTPONES the attack to let her lick her wounds and forgive him.
We never see Gabe and her friend become so close (Camille mentions how lovey-dovey they are from the first, but we don't actually SEE this develop), we never see Camille when she isn't in an abusive relationship or trying to leave one, we don't see why she would trust Gavin so very much given how evasive he is, we don't see the strength Camille has or that she has learned from past mistakes.
In the end I didn't buy into the characters or situation.… (more)