Jacob Proffitt's Reviews > Reborn

It's a UF series, so definitely read in order. There's a bit of cross-over with the Jacky Leon series by the same author, but very little and nothing vital.

I hesitated going on to this one because of Kaliya's self-loathing and unilateral decision making that amounts to romantic manipulation. "Doing it for his own good" doesn't sit well with me. But I felt like that had about reached its limit in that book and hoped that they'd get over it soon. I hoped so, anyway. Fortunately, that panned out.

Better, Banet managed to alleviate it by letting Kaliya's fears manifest. I won't go into details, but big things happen in this story with a giant culmination and accompanying confrontations. Which means we also have a fast pace and gripping plot along with the romantic developments. But what I really liked is that Banet let all that happen in a really deep way that didn't magically fix their relationship and let it be smooth sailing. Kaliya is a bit broken. So is Raphael. And while the damage is brought to light, here, there aren't easy answers so much as there's a simple resolution to try taking them on together. Just like they're taking on the supernatural challenges together.

So what I'm saying is, it's pretty awesome. Easily five stars worth of awesome. Plus, we're pretty well setup for a final resolution in the next story. I really hope that Banet doesn't draw it out too long, but I trust her to get the story right (i.e. even if she does draw it out, it won't be cheap or manipulative. Probably).

A note about Steamy: There's a single explicit sex scene. It isn't very long, but it was very necessary. So this is the low end of my steam tolerance and I thought was very well done.