Overall Rating: 2 Stars (out of 5)
I am new to this whole book blogger thing and so I have a lot of catching up to do. I am going to start by adding reviews of the most recent books that I've read since they are more fresh in my mind and then I'll start working my way back (and possibly have to do some rereads).
So this is the third book in the Storm Siren series by Mary Weber. The first book was pretty good but I found myself rather disappointed with the second book so I wasn't sure what to expect going into this book. I was hoping for a good enough book to make up for some of the issues that I noticed in the second book.
Before I give my review of this book, I should state that my complaint with the last book was the changes in the main character. In the first book she had some obvious fear and insecurity but she was an overall strong character. In the second book I felt like she spent the whole book pushing everyone away and making horrible decision (surprise, surprise). Hello, second book syndrome.
Now, with this book I should start by saving that I love the cover. All of the covers have been pretty nice and that in part was drew me to the series in the first place. But, there a couple of different issues that I had with this book. It's been awhile since I've read the other two books and so I can't quite remember if I had these same issues with those books, because of course I didn't write detailed reviews at the time. As mentioned, I came into this book hoping for drastic improvement and I made it just a couple pages into the book when I read this:
"Next thing I know his mouth is present against mine, his lips searing, burning my bones, setting my soul to crash into his earthen heart like sea storms in winter,"
And I almost stopped reading right then and there. I'm sorry, but was does any of that really even mean. And maybe part of it has to do with the fact that I've been disappointed but quite a few other books recently, but I was just really not in the mood for a bunch of flowery writing that does nothing to move along the plot, which is what continued throughout pretty much the whole book.
Besides all the time spent comparing every moment to some form of nature, the relationship was really annoying in this book. Nym's relationship with Eogan is pretty much at a stand still throughout the whole book. They spend the whole book sending "smoldering" looks at each other and nothing else. There's a couple kisses but Eogan always pulls away and there is one excuse after another for him doing so. And even in the end when they finally make it official, it was really anticlimactic because I felt no romance building between them at all during this book. There were also little things about their relationship that started to bug me. Like how they always wink at each other (I mean, seriously, who actually winks that much?) only to not ever follow up on it anyway.
And then Nym remembers advice from her father and suddenly feels like she has to save everyone and convert them to her way of seeing things. Some people just can't be saved. And in the end all of her efforts to do so were wasted as Isobel still turned on them anyway. And I couldn't help wondering what the whole point of all of that was. What was the point of putting so much emphasis on converting people rather than destroying them, only to have her be destroyed anyways. And while I can maybe understand that this was somehow applied to Myles changing, it was never explained in that concept and that fact that her father quote was used over and over again during the book felt completely irrelevant to anything that happened.
And then there is this horrible relationship between Myles and Rasha. I remember the first two books describing him like a weasel, not very attractive and a despicable person. And while I could understand his personality changing and him choosing to be good, that doesn't change the whole older and unattractive part of it all. And even with the vague reference to him losing weight, I just don't find that romance believable at all. (especially since there are only vague hints and no real romance involved at all. While Myles rushing off to rescue her could be conveyed as romantic, maybe, it still doesn't make up for any of the rest of it)
Now, I will admit that the plot itself was wrapped up fairly well. The action wasn't bad although anything Nym did or saw was inevitably full of flowery comparisons that just kind of ruined it for me. Overall, not a bad book but it just wasn't my cup of tea
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