A review by pinkmedea
Shards of Hope by Nalini Singh

3.0

The first half, when Aden and Zaira were trying to escape from their captors, was far more interesting to me than the progression of their relationship and the storyline about Aden trying to restructure the lives of the Arrows to make them more “normal” (basically like a changeling pack). Even if the science of the surgery wasn’t that sound, the suspense of how they were going to survive kept me turning the pages. After that, the book became a drag to get through. I also wasn’t too sold on Zaira’s characterization. She was described as having this uncontrollable rage and possessiveness inside her all throughout the book, and it made her feel very one-dimensional to me. I basically skipped the parts about the development of their relationship. Still an okay read, much better than books 7 and 8, but not one of the best.