Claire is more confused and uneasy about the apparent interest of her new neighbor, Sarik, than flattered. He may be the epitome of every female's desires from eight to eighty, but she knows damned well the same couldn't be said for her in relation to men. As suspicious as she is that his motives have nothing to do with a real attraction to her, though, she discovers she's completely unable to resist his allure.
But is it significant that the handsome, enigmatic and completely irresistible stranger, Sarik, appears in her life the same time as she discovers the book of incantations? And what, if anything beyond her subconscious desires, does Sarik have to do with the erotic dreams she can barely remember when she awakens? Dreams that manifest themselves in physical signs that shouldn't be there but are?
quite 1-"money, to her way of thinking, was the root of all evil. It did unpleasant things to people, or maybe it was just that it brought out the worst in them? Unveiled the ugliness they might’ve kept hidden if their greed hadn’t made it impossible for them to hide it?" 2-“She’s just old.”
“You think being old made her a spiteful bitch? Or that she just doesn’t think it’s worthwhile to try to be nice anymore?”
I just could not get into this book at all. Sarik was just horrible through at least a third of the book and I just couldn't imagine any kind of believable redemption so I stopped reading it. No stars because I didn't finish it.