“This book stirred quite a controversy on romance blogs, because of the dark hero and unequal power balance between hero and heroine. I found it neither as distasteful nor as spectacular as some readers reported. The characters' histories are certainly intense, but I would rate it significantly higher if the writing were more taut; scenes tended to drag, working against the tension of the story. This was a first novel, so I'll try one of Campbell's later books.”
