Buffy's Reviews > Forbidden

It's actually about 3,5 stars for me.

So, the story picks up the day after Forsaken ends. There are lots of casualties, Riley is trying to deal both with the shock of seeing her father and a lot of members of the Guild not exactly trusting her. The entire book mostly focuses on Riley trying to figure out who has raised her father's corpse, the prime suspect always being the creepy Ozymandias. Changes in Peter's life result in his being more involved in Riley's life.

Now let's get to the 3 dudes in Riley's life. Simon is behaving like an lunatic-ass throughout the book. It sort of goes to show that when your faith is questioned, there's really no telling how much you'll be able to handle it. Simon apparently is not handling it very well.

Beck got even more on my nerves in this book. He may have promised Riley's father that he'd take care of her, but the fact of the matter is that he's never had a good relationship with Riley and I don't understand why he thinks that she's going to do as he says. Also, knocking boots with the model-like-reporter goes to show you how much of a pig and a hypocrite a guy can be. He goes crazy when he thinks about her dating Simon or Ori, but it's ok for him to be hitting the sack with some lady that he's spent about...less than a half an hour with. *rolls eyes*

Now, it's Ori's turn. Hot mysterious guy, who is always nice and always comes to the rescue without expecting anything? Yeah, right. Perhaps it's all the YA novels that I've read, but I know for a fact that the innocent ones are usually the assholes, not the nice guys. Halfway through the book I knew there was something going on there with this bastard.

The cliffhanger is reminiscent of the first book. Riley finally meeting up with her father and me going: "Oh...man. You've gotta be sh...kidding me. I have to wait another year for the rest?"

Overall, the story took a few pages for me to able to get into again. It did flow well, even though, I'm starting to get tired of the girl who has one, two, three guys who are into her. I'm starting to get tired of the boyfriend either being MIA in the second book or just being an ass. In this case, the ass being Simon....well, Beck could fit that part, as well for that matter.

I was happy about the way Master Harper treated Riley even when Simon tried to turn him against her and when the Geo Fiend came after her. Can I get a shot out for that old bastard?

So, I was overall, happy with it. Looking forward to the next and final installment.