Published on October 30th, 2012 by Ballantine Books
About the bookMy thoughts:
From New York Times bestselling author Jacquelyn Frank comes this first book in The World of the Nightwalkers—an exciting and sensual new spin-off series in which the Bodywalkers, an ancient race of the night, battles the evil forces who prey on them.
The unexpected happens in an instant. On her way to work, secretary Docia Waverley hurtles into a crashing crossroads, and she quickly begins to suspect that things will never be the same. Then, when a tall, blond, muscular stranger intervenes on her behalf, telling her it is his duty to protect her at all cost, what is just a feeling turns to proof positive. That is, as long as Docia’s savior doesn’t turn out to be a crazed kidnapper.
When Ram finds Docia, he has no doubt that she is his queen. But as this golden warrior sweeps in to protect her, he feels something more than body heat every time they touch. He is overwhelmed by a searing connection that goes deep into the twin souls inside him. A desire rises in him that is forbidden—this woman is his queen, the mate of his king, his leader, his best friend. And yet Docia is so vulnerable and attractive that she awakens a hunger in Ram that is undeniable, a carnal craving he cannot yield to . . . not without risking the very survival of the Bodywalkers.
I am not quite sure how I feel about this one. On one hand I really have to give the author credit for originality, but on the other I am just not sure my imagination can go where the author wants me to go. Let me try and explain...
I sent this text to my reading buddy..."A Pharaoh sends its soul to a human in order to return to Earth. Now there are 2 souls living in one body and the Pharaoh basically has domination over that human body now. And when that said human/Pharaoh has steamy time with another blended person there are basically 4 people having steamy time"...does that make sense to you? I am honestly still trying to grasp the whole blended two people in one body scenario here. I liked Docia and I liked Ram, but then you throw in Vincent the host for Ram and Docia's carbon (the Egyptian soul that has set up camp in her body) and my feelings go wonky.
I started feeling bad for Vincent and Docia because it seems like they basically get taken over by these other souls. Ram is obviously the dominate one in his situation and it makes me wonder what will happen to Docia, the one he loves?? I know he is connected to her other soul, but it just feels weird! It's like there are four people in this relationship and for me that's two too many. I don't know if I will ever be okay with this. Maybe I have read too many sci fi books where the aliens take over the human body and that's my hang up. I just can't see this as good because Docia will lose herself. How can this work??!
All that aside the author does have an original idea. The whole Egyptian mythology was really interesting and I am definitely going to continue on for at least one more book to see what the author has up her sleeve. I think I know because of how things ended, but I am really curious to see how a certain soul will retrieve his soulmate.
The only other thing that bothered was the transitions. They were all really awkward and it always took me a few sentences to catch up and realize I was reading from somebody elses POV and more often than not in a completely different scene. This made the book feel clunky and clumsy.
So if you can get past the whole two souls in one body you might want to give this a go. I also know that with this genre it always takes me at least two to three books to really get into the story so maybe that's it too. I have definitely read stranger things so I won't write this one off yet.
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It sounds like an interesting but confusing read! That cover's yummy, though. :p
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