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A review by eloiseinparis
Forever by Jacquelyn Frank
2.0
I am a fan of the Nightwalker series, and I liked the first book in this World of Nightwalker series. However the occupations and relationships of the human’s in this story require more suspension of belief than the supernatural one’s. Marissa is a Doctor. She went to medical school and became a Psychiatrist. That means that she is a extremely intelligent and driven woman. She works for the Police Department, so she is constantly dealing with the human psyche, especially the darker aspects. Jackson is also her patient, and while he is very attractive this loving him from afar thing is ridiculous for two reason’s. One, he is her patient. It is completely unethical for them to have a relationship. Having a relationship with him if discovered would result in the loss of her job, and probably her license. Reason number two, he is her patient. She knows exactly how messed up he is. Before he became a Bodywalker this man had some serious issues. He is deeply suffering over the loss of his K-9 partner. Now don’t get me wrong, I love animals. Dog’s especially, but him not being able to function is not normal. Now I’m no medical professional, but I would think the loss of his dog hit him so hard because he barely has any human relationship’s. Jackson has his little sister, and his friend Leo who spends most of the time out of the country. Nothing screams red flag like a single man in his 30’s who has no friends. So Jackson should have been firmly placed in Marissa’s “no go” zone. In this book his and Marissa’s story pick up after he become’s a Bodywalker, a.k.a. he is suffering from a severe personality disorder. The conflict that draw’s them together wasn’t even really real. And the book wrap’s up with and ending that could only have been accomplished with a major case of Stockholm Syndrome, because Marissa for all of her intelligence never really questioned anything. She never really went toe to toe with anyone and said “Hell no, this is crazy, I’m not doing this”. When she should have been kicking and screaming, she would calmly disagree for a hot sec and then do a 180 and agree with whoever she was talking to. How she lived this long with out some man grabbing her up and convincing her to cater to his every whim is a miracle.
Jackson/Menes was not likable to me in this book at all. In Forbidden he was a slightly overbearing big brother, but he came across as a loving and honorable man. Even though he was extremely distraught over the loss of his K-9 partner Chico, it didn’t seem like the dog was his only friend. Jacskon joining with Menes made him a jerk, in this book he is a manipulative ass. For someone who supposedly cared so much for Marissa spent an awful lot of time disregarding her wishes and well being for Menes’ motives.
This book felt more like a filler, the lack of actual conflict faced by the lead character’s made this story feel like it should have been a novella. All that being said, am not done with this series. I am hoping this was just a fluke and the next book will get us back on track.
Jackson/Menes was not likable to me in this book at all. In Forbidden he was a slightly overbearing big brother, but he came across as a loving and honorable man. Even though he was extremely distraught over the loss of his K-9 partner Chico, it didn’t seem like the dog was his only friend. Jacskon joining with Menes made him a jerk, in this book he is a manipulative ass. For someone who supposedly cared so much for Marissa spent an awful lot of time disregarding her wishes and well being for Menes’ motives.
This book felt more like a filler, the lack of actual conflict faced by the lead character’s made this story feel like it should have been a novella. All that being said, am not done with this series. I am hoping this was just a fluke and the next book will get us back on track.