Decent…
Well most of what I wanted to happen in this second installment of The White Wolf Series did NOT happen, hence the 3 stars instead of 4 or 5.
**SPOILERS**
So even though book 1 ended with Emma telling Logan that she needed time…uhmmm she changed her tune pretty quickly for a girl who was so cruelly rejected by her fated mate!!
It’s like less than a week before Emma caves and trusts Logan again, even going so far as to tell him that she loves him too. Heck, she didn’t even make him grovel like he should’ve, she just took his apology and words of love like nothing had transpired between them to upset, hurt and make him less trustworthy. Maybe it’s a mate thing…but I still thought he needed to grovel more and make it up to her.
Then we get the attack by the Rogue King and his witches and although it was “somewhat exciting” it read waaaay too much like book 1 where she was drugged, beaten, kidnapped and almost died. It almost felt as if the author cut and pasted from the first book, only this time it was the witches torturing her, and the Rogue King who wanted to mate her. When Andrew and Logan find her she is once again near death, and once again taken to the hospital, and once again was missing for 4 days, and once again was out of it (coma like) for 5 days…it was just way too similar to book 1.
Also, I really would’ve enjoyed seeing Jacob and Drake COURT Emma! I thought Emma’s idea to visit other packs was a valid idea and wished she had done it…especially visiting Drake’s pack. Give Logan a real taste of his own medicine and making it hurt in the process. Heck I’d even would’ve enjoyed Emma saying yes to Jacob’s proposal of courtship leading to her being his chosen mate. Not to say I would want her to go through with said mating, but to watch Logan jealous, losing his mind, and feeling how badly it had hurt when he’d rejected her would’ve been very satisfying. And Emma wanting to see Sienna and the Rogue King, Samuel was kinda ridiculous!! I mean, yes, she has a sweet soul, and extremely sweet and good disposition, but that doesn’t mean she needs to go see and speak to the two most evil people she had encountered. Even more shocking…she FORGIVES Sienna, going so far as to tell her that Andrew and Logan loved, had always loved Sienna more than her, and if Sienna had left things alone that Logan perhaps more than likely would’ve mated her, and been hers and she’d be Luna of the pack. But her own maliciousness and jealousy caused her downfall!! And then seeing Samuel, only for him to be as jerkish to her as Sienna had been, telling her that her mate mark could be removed and that he wasn’t the only one after her, or coming for her. But with the exception of the rogue king and witches, the book read way too similar to book 1. And frankly I would’ve liked to have seen more of this power and extraordinary abilities that the Rogue King and witches claim she has. I mean, she barely even fights in both book 1 and 2, AND she nearly dies in both books!!! I really would’ve preferred her to be less quiet and meek and more badass, like she claimed she was, and outside sources said she was.
So, as a second book in the series I was kinda let down. It was written pretty well, but Emma still came off as a “helpless delicate flower” and not a strong kickass warrior! It also didn’t really further the plot all that much since it read so much like book 1, AND Logan didn’t nearly grovel enough or redeem himself enough for my liking!! Emma deserved a lot more from her fated mate, and shouldn’t have given it up so easily.
Honestly if book 3 reads anything like book 1, and 2, and doesn’t further the storyline, I think I’ll be over this author.