The other problem with this part of the story is that after that initial fantastic opening, the pacing slows down a lot.
So although this initially really bothered me, Ali really does come into her own and stand up for herself. Thankfully, Alice (who insists on being called Ali) has a strong will and stands up to the people in her life and is in many ways a strong lead heroine (after an initial but understandable period of grief and adjustment). As we learn more about Cole there is a softening of his character, but I really wish we could have avoided the message that it’s okay to be attracted to the scary controlling guy because really, you’ll win him over – because in real life, sometimes the scary controlling guy will use his fists and words to really hurt you. My initial reaction was this: Alice, do not for one moment think about being attracted to that guy. I didn’t think that was possible, but Cole is broody, menacing, and tries to be oh so controlling. When we first meet Cole, we are subjected to all my least favorite tropes of paranormal including “instalove” and can I just say, Cole is initially 1,000 times worse than Edward Cullen. And Cole was initially part of my hate period. You should know, I have a love, hate, LOVE relationship with this book.
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