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A review by tessisreading2
Marked by Rebecca Zanetti
3.0
Was... this a romance? I felt like I kind of couldn't tell. It was a lot of paranormal macho male bonding interspersed with mildly BDSM sex scenes. The heroine, Janie, is a human who happens to be "the Chosen One"; ever since she was a kid she's been able to enter the Dreamworld and has two friends there, Kalin and Zane. Zane kidnaps Janie For Her Own Good, they oopsies end up in bed together, and oopsies end up mated. We then get into a whole morass of prophecies, plagues, wars, commando raids, psychic bonds and betrayals. During all of this Zane essentially runs off with various of Janie's and his own friends and relatives and does Manly War Things while Janie stays at home and wrings her hands a lot. (Okay, we're told that she's a doctor, but for obvious reasons Zanetti doesn't want to get too into the doctoring because the whole science is ridiculous. So really she wrings her hands a lot.) Eventually .
It's all just very silly - we're told that Janie is a kick-ass woman and she smacks people a lot, but she doesn't actually do much, and all the ass-kicking is done by dudes. A lot of paranormal romances are very hero-focused, and this is definitely one of those; more of the book was spent watching the dudes bro-bond and ass-kick than actually developing Janie, her importance, or her relationship with Zane.
Spoiler
They both think they're going to end up with her. Kalin is a Kurjan, whatever the heck that is, and Zane - spoiler! - is a vampire/demon hybrid. This is actually a bad thing, because vampires are the good guys. (They are also all male and incredibly well-muscled, because of course they are.) Zane is being forced into obedience by his evil uncle, the Demon King, who will have his family killed if he doesn't do what he's told; the Demon King wants Janie dead, while Kalin (who is the Kurjan King) wants Janie "mated" to him, despite the fact that his favorite hobby is "hurting," hunting, and murdering women.Spoiler
she gets pregnant, and then she's staying at home, wringing her hands, and being pregnantIt's all just very silly - we're told that Janie is a kick-ass woman and she smacks people a lot, but she doesn't actually do much, and all the ass-kicking is done by dudes. A lot of paranormal romances are very hero-focused, and this is definitely one of those; more of the book was spent watching the dudes bro-bond and ass-kick than actually developing Janie, her importance, or her relationship with Zane.