I was pleasantly surprised with how sweet the hero was in this, pretty gone for the heroine once meeting and getting to know her.

Had some magical elements trying to tie in Arthurian legends but was ignored for most of the middle of the book. Some other mystery murder, hidden villain threads that were too loose to make a lot of sense and care about. The last 15%ish was about wrapping those up and I felt it killed the HEA good feelings a bit.

Wish this had focused on the couple more because they were so very sweet and good together. There was a scene towards the end where the hero arrived home after weeks of being away that nailed the emotion and heat perfectly.

Definitively worth a read if you can find it

And just that fast in the cold, dark cavernous dining hall with the world asleep around them, they were two people quite different from what the world saw.

If this book was a movie, it would truly be one of those after school specials that were so popular back in the ’80′s and ’90′s. It was one of those books that wasn’t written to actually be read and enjoyed…it was written for the primary goal of being a “teaching moment”.

I don’t want to knock it, I think it did accomplish it’s goal of trying to teach young girls (and guys) about the dangers of date rape so I have to give it some credit but to read it as an adult who does occasionally enjoy reading a good YA novel…the book just wasn’t all that interesting.