Gone was the ass-kicking, take-no-shit, itchy Witchy and instead welcome the swoony, pining, angsty heroine in a full skirt. The main focus of this story was Syn trying to carve out her piece of heaven between all the concubines in the Horde King's harem. Instead I got landed smack in the middle of an Lisa friggin' Kleypas novel. I have expected fountains of blood, dark and dangerous enchanted castles, great halls filled with chilling monstrosities and with the Fae using sex to feed, the possibilities were endless. I 's 'THE HORDE'! The Fae are stuff of nightmares for the humans, The Horde are stuff of nightmares for the Fae. I have expected so much more from the Horde. What does a hurricane say to the palm tree? Hold on to your nuts, this isn't a regular blow job!!!! And if the previous books are anything to go by this one will be a spectacular ride in the world of the Fae. I know, right? And now we have Escaping Destiny. Prior to this we left off with Syn being at the clutches of the Horde King the meanest, baddest guy around. Wanted, no needed the next Hutchins novel! In just a few books this woman gave me whiplash with her plot twists, made me grind my teeth with the action and burned my retinas with her sensuality. I have waited for this book like an alchie for happy hour. This novel surprised me, and as you can see by the score, not in a good way. Don't go getting the wrong impression here. Now just because I'm letting you touch my sword and play with it Flower, doesn't mean we're dating and shit. I plan to lick it until it flows down my face. but there is foreshadowing she may be more than we thought. Syn finally fully accepts her destiny and that she is fae. There was some drama about Ryder's pre-arranged engagement to Claire's sister, and Claire continues to be a huge biatch. Overall I don't feel like there was a ton of action in this book - we just had a nice enjoyable progression of the story. I loved that he took her to the OPI Headquarters. Ryder ended up being pretty good w/ the woo, despite his misgivings.

The whole conversation between Ristan and Ryder about wooing cracked me up. but I have a feeling there is something going on between him and Danu. I would really like to see him get his own book. Ristan continues to be my favorite secondary character. And come on, how can you not love a creature made for sex with an 8' tongue? Freaky, Ms. I love that the beast is a Terrible Beauty. And could his beast form really look that different? It doesn't seem like it is from the description. How was she so freaking blind? I mean, she had seen his beast eyes and heard the multi-layered voice before. We finally found out the identity of the elusive Horde King (like we didn't know already). It's already overshadowing what I read in Book 3.

I wish I had written this review before I started Seducing Destiny.

Escaping Destiny by Amelia Hutchins