Book 2
I finished Changeless last week easily enough after the first book. Again, a "lighter" feeling novel, reasonably entertaining and fun. I definitely liked one of the new characters and the others played to form. Mostly. The twist at the end, which is really more of a hook for the next book, felt out of place and forced to me.
Okay, Alexia's pregnant. Sure. And Connall is... immediately accusing her of infidelity? Wait... what?
The supernaturals of the world are considered "dead" from their metamorphosis. Okay. Ghosts are obviously such. Vampires and werewolves less so, but that's commonly accepted. They can't have children, for one.
Except that you have the rare preternatural, too. They can, by mere touch, cancel out supernaturalism. Ghosts are exorcised. Vampires and werewolves become human while in contact with a preternatural. No fangs, no fur, no sun vulnerability, no super-regeneration, no moon-influenced berserking... just as if they were totally normal humans.
Connall's a werewolf. Alexia's a preternatural. They both know this. It's sort of hard to miss. Every embrace, every kiss, Connall loses his heightened strength and all that. If this weren't the case, his leap of logic might make sense. But he knows preternaturals break the rules in every other way, yet he still jumps unwaveringly to the conclusion that any child can't be his.
I could see it if he had some deep insecurity issues with her, but there's not much indication of that. Sure, he doesn't like her hanging out with her vampire friend, but I don't think there's much fear of sex there. So... really, it just feels to me like the author is steering things such that the characters are separate in the next book, and forcing the characters to go along with it.
Okay, Alexia's pregnant. Sure. And Connall is... immediately accusing her of infidelity? Wait... what?
The supernaturals of the world are considered "dead" from their metamorphosis. Okay. Ghosts are obviously such. Vampires and werewolves less so, but that's commonly accepted. They can't have children, for one.
Except that you have the rare preternatural, too. They can, by mere touch, cancel out supernaturalism. Ghosts are exorcised. Vampires and werewolves become human while in contact with a preternatural. No fangs, no fur, no sun vulnerability, no super-regeneration, no moon-influenced berserking... just as if they were totally normal humans.
Connall's a werewolf. Alexia's a preternatural. They both know this. It's sort of hard to miss. Every embrace, every kiss, Connall loses his heightened strength and all that. If this weren't the case, his leap of logic might make sense. But he knows preternaturals break the rules in every other way, yet he still jumps unwaveringly to the conclusion that any child can't be his.
I could see it if he had some deep insecurity issues with her, but there's not much indication of that. Sure, he doesn't like her hanging out with her vampire friend, but I don't think there's much fear of sex there. So... really, it just feels to me like the author is steering things such that the characters are separate in the next book, and forcing the characters to go along with it.
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