midori-se7en - reviewed on 9/9/2009 + 8 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 3

I think the best thing about this book was the world. I really liked the world that Bishop created and I think she could have done a lot more with it. That being said, the rest of the book fell flat for me. I wasn't particularly drawn to any of the characters, but Lynnea's characterization felt really off. At first she was SO innocent and clueless and then all of a sudden she seems like a completely different person and there isn't anything I can think of to really account for such a drastic change in such a short period of time other than Sebastian putting her in a catsuit and letting her "strut" around the Den. It just didn't seem very realistic. On top of that, Sebastian is supposed to be this "badass" incubus, but I think this was more of a case of telling, not showing, because I never once saw an example of Sebastian being a badass, nor did he make a very convincing incubus. And then Bishop just did the whole "fade to black" thing when he and Lynnea finally got around to having sex and it left me totally unmoved.

Overall, I think the romance in this was sub-par and I would have liked it better if Bishop would have done a bit more world-building and concentrated on fleshing out Sebastian and Lynnea's characters instead of skipping around between perspectives so much. Definitely wouldn't read it again.

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