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A review by alisonb
Shades of Wicked: A Night Rebel Novel by Jeaniene Frost
4.0
3.5 stars rounded up.
This was a quick and entertaining read.
I enjoyed the plot and Ian, although I didn’t feel the connection between him and Veritas.
My other main genre of choice is historical romance. Why I bring this up is that historical romance tends to deal in the dual pov. I find that the dual perspectives build a more rich and convincing romance between two people. When it is a one-sided pov we rely upon that characters interpretation of the actions of their love interest. Most times that interpretation is doing a lot of assuming, which makes it unreliable or incomplete. And I felt this incompletion between Ian and Veritas. Perhaps that changes over the next two books, but I’m not sure if I’m excited to read them since the connection fell flat to begin with.
Also, the world is not one I am unfamiliar with, but it has been a long time since I have read the Night Huntress series and I can’t remember if it had that incomplete feeling that this book had. There was a lack of richness in the world in which they exist.
Also, Veritas being 4000ish years old, translated more as a young thirty year old if I were to throw an age out. I expected someone with more wisdom and cunning.
I may read the next one, but not anytime soon. Bummer.
This was a quick and entertaining read.
I enjoyed the plot and Ian, although I didn’t feel the connection between him and Veritas.
My other main genre of choice is historical romance. Why I bring this up is that historical romance tends to deal in the dual pov. I find that the dual perspectives build a more rich and convincing romance between two people. When it is a one-sided pov we rely upon that characters interpretation of the actions of their love interest. Most times that interpretation is doing a lot of assuming, which makes it unreliable or incomplete. And I felt this incompletion between Ian and Veritas. Perhaps that changes over the next two books, but I’m not sure if I’m excited to read them since the connection fell flat to begin with.
Also, the world is not one I am unfamiliar with, but it has been a long time since I have read the Night Huntress series and I can’t remember if it had that incomplete feeling that this book had. There was a lack of richness in the world in which they exist.
Also, Veritas being 4000ish years old, translated more as a young thirty year old if I were to throw an age out. I expected someone with more wisdom and cunning.
I may read the next one, but not anytime soon. Bummer.