Chris Williams is used to making sacrifices. For years he's done his duty by his family and his calling as he awaited the one person that was meant for him. When she finally came into his life she was nothing like the woman he'd expected. Instead of being the warrior ready to help him protect his family and the humans under his care he got.....
A computer geek named Isabella, who somehow managed to get her name on every Master's hit list. One minute she admits that she'd made a foolish mistake and the next she's kidnapped, held hostage by a crazy cult who steals her chocolate and she's sure is after her program, a program she has no plans on giving up anytime soon. As she tries to keep her wits about her the sexiest man she's ever seen claims her, only he doesn't seem to happy about it. It's clear that he doesn't want her, but the stubborn man just won't let her go even when it's clear that he may not have a choice.
A computer geek named Isabella, who somehow managed to get her name on every Master's hit list. One minute she admits that she'd made a foolish mistake and the next she's kidnapped, held hostage by a crazy cult who steals her chocolate and she's sure is after her program, a program she has no plans on giving up anytime soon. As she tries to keep her wits about her the sexiest man she's ever seen claims her, only he doesn't seem to happy about it. It's clear that he doesn't want her, but the stubborn man just won't let her go even when it's clear that he may not have a choice.
So, most of you know from my last review that I freaking loved this book and Chris as a character. He was a hero in his own way, saving girls at school when their boyfriends beat them up and even went as far as befriending the new teacher. Yes, it worked out for him in the end, since they took him in and adopted him. First his dad, then Madison.
The last book ended with Chris coding, basically killing my favourite actor, but this book picks up from years later, all the human characters grown up and living their own lives.
So why did I have a problem with this??????? Well, mainly because the writer went into too much detail of what went on in between, what happened to Chris and his recovery and even went too far into their background story and how they all met etc. It got a tad boring for me since I just wanted to read the story in the NOW!!!I felt most of it was thoughts, thoughts that kept going off track.
The other major let down for me was Chris. He was such a freaking asshole in this book, nothing like the character we come to know and love. It really annoyed me. I understood his reasons and his fears, and the writer did a very good job detailing them in a way that lets us understand. The only thing that set it apart was the fact he was a complete dickhead to Izzy. He was so nasty at times that it made my heart sink and I was genuinely angry that she stayed and let him keep using her.
Izzy, now I loved her character. She knew nothing about Sentinels or the dangers of their world. So when she's attacked by vampires, it's just an illusion, when she's kidnapped and attracted to one of the people keeping her... she's been drugged. When they tell her she's married to said kidnapper, that he's her mate... she thinks they're a cult. When they take her to a nest of werewolves for her to find her powers... It was a play, a set up, all acting.
But it's the nearly getting eaten by a werewolf that makes Izzy finally realise that the world she lives in isn't black and white. It also didn't help that she watched Ephraim save her life, getting his hand bitten off in the process.
Anyway, she just doesn't know about their world, she also doesn't have the strength. Whenever she's been in trouble in the past, she's laid down and curled up in a ball, not able to do anything else since her body freezes.
Instead of protecting her, or showing her how to protect herself, he calls her a coward, a weakling... amongst other vile things.
Then, if things couldn't get any worse for the lovable Izzy, she's taken away, threatened to be taken to an excluded island where she'll live for the foreseeable future. Only, she doesn't like feeling trapped and tries everything to run away.
I thought once they 'mated' they'd be okay, he'd fall in love and live happily ever after. Nope. He turned into a bigger asshole. One I freaking disliked with a passion.
Although, he did some admirable things in the end to gain some respect back, he ruined it at the end with the whole, 'you'll have your legs spread when I get home, a dinner on the table and other than that, we're nothing, you're nothing' speech. (There's more to this but you'll have to read it. It's the reason why the above being said made me so freaking angry.)
Anyway, the story concluded and more characters are added into the book. I then proceeded to buy book three, to find out it's not about these characters. I looked at book four and five, and still, none of the characters. I'm dying to read Kale's book, Joshua's book and the group leaders whose name I've forgotten (whoops)
All in all, it was an engaging story and I loved seeing the new characters and how it all came together.
4*
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