Started Reading: January 4, 2008
Finished Reading: January 6, 2008

Despite the outstanding reviews I’ve read from Amazon, I would not give this five stars. I’d give it three at most. I think if people are considering this the best book ever, they’re missing out on better stories out there, with a more impressive take on developing stories and character relationships.

I’m saying this as a person who haven’t read the other books. The problem is, while the author jumps right in the middle of a conflict in the story (or the beginning of it), there isn’t really anything to introduce me to the basic information I should know. I do understand some of what’s implied but it just isn’t enough. So Zsadist and Bella met twice before? Why was he so obsessed with her? It would have helped if, like the other flashbacks on Zsadist’s past, the author also gave us a narration of the two times they met and what went on inside both of their minds since there’s very little to base their relationship on.

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