I certainly didn't see those two twists coming (I thought it would be something else), but they were well set up, in hindsight. I was a little annoyed of the back-and-forth and glitches in communication at about 3/4 in, but it made sense for the characterisation, and especially in the light of what turned out to have happened. And the ending was more that enough for this series to hold my attention for another instalment.
This was a very enjoyable story. This focused on the man trapped in the Evil Queen from Snow White's mirror. He is a Mage Prince cursed to be the Mirror Slave when he spurns her advances. Centuries go by and it is one cruel master after another until he meets his new mistress, Neve. She is not like the rest. She isn't cruel and she has been painfully used just like him. Neither are quick to trust, but she doesn't do what is expected of her and when she can't go through with allowing him to pleasure her because of her abusive past she runs away. He uses his magic to see into her past and life and come to realize why she is skittish.
When she returns and finds out he has spied on her she has one of her panic attacks. Adrian coaxes her into his mirror room and comforts her. They end up comforting each other and her desire to pleasure him finally brings the remaining barriers down. She learns how to free him from his prison and when his original evil mistress makes a surprise appearance he fears all is lost. Neve comes to his rescue and sets him free condemning them both to living apart forever in their separate worlds. Or at least until another famous witch comes to the couples aid. I loved this story. It was like 60 pages long and I wasn't disappointed in how the story unfolded. It was super sweet. Super romantic. And perfect.
What is your favorite? The Fifty Shades of Grey-trilogy or the Crossfire series? Or do you, like many, hate them both?
I must say, I am a Fifty-girl!
Well... Now I got that out of my chest, but as it says in my headline; I am not going to compare them. What I am going to do is giving an overall review of the first two books of the Crossfire series.
Title: Bared to You and Reflected in You
Series Title: Crossfire (#1, #2)
Author: Sylvia Day
Original Published Date: April 2012, October 2012
Pages: 414, 371
Edition Language: Danish
Format: Paperback
Category: Contemporary, Romance, Erotica, Chick-lit,
Summary: (from Goodreads:) Gideon Cross came into my life like lightning in the darkness…
He was beautiful and brilliant, jagged and white-hot. I was drawn to him as I’d never been to anything or anyone in my life. I craved his touch like a drug, even knowing it would weaken me. I was flawed and damaged, and he opened those cracks in me so easily…
Gideon knew. He had demons of his own. And we would become the mirrors that reflected each other’s most private wounds…and desires.The bonds of his love transformed me, even as i prayed that the torment of our pasts didn't tear us apart...
Yeah, woman and Man meet, they both have ghost of the past hunting them, troubles occurs thanks to the ghost. Not an original plot, but I don't mind.
That was the first book... The second was not so much different. New troubles occurs. Old troubles are still in the air.
It might sound boring and unoriginal, the way I 'sell' it, but I mean - I think it is okay, because to me, I read it for entertainment, not the big literary blow-your-mind-book.
That said...
Review:
For the first time in years I read the second book right after I read the first. Sounds positive,eh? No! I read the second book, because after I read the first I thought: "What? Is that it? It's already done? But nothing really happened!"
It started out good. Very good. I always like the pre-relationship in these kind of books. The male main character's first name: Gideon - I really don't like that name. It reminds me of a giddy (got that? Gideon/giddy-on - haha) Irishman, not a dominating, controlling billionaire. The surname is good. Cross. Gideon Cross.
A like him and I like the female main character, Eva Tramell. She's got a fighting spirit, which I really like.
But my problem was, that after the pre-relationship it got reeeaally serious and oh-I-can't-bear-not being-with-you. Actually, I said nothing really happened, and it didn't, but at the same time a lot of things happened. They were just not revolutionary to the plot. Just the same I-don't-know-if-this-relationship-will-work-but-I-am-soooo-into-him!
So a lot of things happened, but at the same time - nothing happened. I almost never forget a book, but to be honest... I have almost forgotten most of it.
The second became better. Actually felt like there were a plot. Still a lot of going, without going anywhere, but it got better.
I am still not entire fed, but at least this ending was a better closure than the other. I can now move on and wait to read the rest of the others later, like I prefer. And yes, I am going to read the rest.
I gave Bared to You 3.5 stars and I gave Reflected in You 4 stars. It is going the right way, but for now, the Crossfire series will have overall 3.5 stars.
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