(4.25 Stars Really)Rhiannon brings home the adage: Actions have consequences. After making a deal with a demon, which she was warned to never do, Rhiannon finds herself 101years in the future. Her first thought is to let Disco know his debt has been paid to the demon, but a funny thing happened on the way to The Razor (club). Absolutely nothing is the way Rhiannon remembers it. Vampires are ruling and humans are hiding, Disco's debt has now become hers and the years have changed her friends and not necessarily for the better.This action packed installment picks up immediately from the end of book one and introduces new characters and a new way of just trying to survive for our heroine. Rhiannon is captured and claimed immediately as her human savior, Carter, declares Rhiannon is his mate and that he will cure her of her weakness of being a blood slave to the vampires. By the same token, Rhiannon declares she will get back to Disco and back to her own time, and she only has a few days to get it done. Through a few manipulations and a few deals Rhiannon makes it back to her time and Disco but he does sense a change in her. It seems that for her time in the future, Rhiannon's actions have caused friction for the family and her relationship with Disco. While a great read on some levels, this was not the read I needed it to be. The storyline itself, some of the secondary characters and the action pieces were really good as was the pacing and writing. The use of time travel and the very neat explanation of the plot details were also done well. However, I was too annoyed with Rhiannon, too long with her pity party. Both Rhiannon's snarky and warrior personas were there, they were extremely subdued and lacked spark (IMO), though it could have been the whining. I was uncertain if I saw Rhiannon as a superhero or a disloyal character for the most part. Carter was okay, but it was pretty near the halfway point before he was more than a paper figure for me. And Paine's storyline felt too forced and convenient for my taste. Finally, the issues with Disco felt a bit over the top and contrived ensuring a romance triangle. Ultimately, what should have been an extremely quick and very fun read for me, did not turn out that way. It surpassed very good but fell short of reaching great. I would have given it four, maybe five stars, but I really hate love triangles especially when it hasn't been developed, just thrown at you. I mean it wasn't a surprise twist to the story, I saw it coming from the start, but the time elapse for Rhiannon was just days since she had left behind Gabriel and just found out he was DEAD. This is a man whom she had just expounded about how she had been going to tell him those three little words the very day she disappeared. I mean, where is her grief. I would even understood it if it had developed out of a mutual grief session over Disco, but no. It's, 'hey, I can sense your feelings for me...lets jump in bed together. I mean face it, I've grieved over pet fish that died longer and harder than she grieved over the man she "loved". I don't know why authors have to throw sex in every book. Give me some good, hot, sexual tension and a slow build up any day. Then the reader will be anticipating it, even begging for it, not skimming through the whole section. Heck, she ought to feel guilty about it happening. I felt like I was cheating on Disco just by reading it. Anyway, that's my rant. I liked the book, plenty of action, a villain you could really get into hating. I just didn't like Rhiannon very much in parts of the book.
What do You think about The Renfield Syndrome (2011)?
Wasnt sure about the time-travel, but it was okay. Rhiannon is quirky and I like her.
—C_0808
