Heroes Series #3

Heroes Adrift

By: Moire J. Moore

Write up:

The Empress wants to locate the descendants of her exiled sister. No magically-bonded Pair is more ill-suited for the job than long-suffering Shield Lee Mallorough and her all-too-charming Source Shintaro Karish. Yet it's a mission they can't refuse.  

I suppose this cover is a bit of an improvement from the first two, but still.....

I find that I don't have much to say about this book. Mainly that a whole lot of words are not coming to me at the moment, since I'm hot, miserable, and frustrated right now (my AC is broken and has been for days! And the AC repair company is driving me nuts with the runaround. It's been like 90 this week.  I just want to just sit still for hours and drink lemonade):  I enjoyed the book....that's about it. But I will attempt to put it in some order.

Like:

I loved the progress being made between Lee and Shintaro. FINALLY, Lee gave into the attraction she has for Shintaro, which was totally obvious from the start. I understand Lee's hesitance with Shintaro. Here is this guy who has no problems getting all the ladies, and sometimes men, that he wants. He is good looking, charming and everything you would want in a partner. But Lee is, in her mind, plain and ordinary. She thinks next to Shintaro he is the flower and she is the weed fouling his beauty and ruining the view for others. She knows Shintaro has never stayed with anyone long, or at least she thinks she knows this. So she is convinced that a relationship with him would never amount of anything and if she gets too involved it would just lead to heartbreak, so it is best not to even think about it. And even when she gives in, this is still in her mind. So she tells herself not to read more into it: this is just for fun while it last. Soon Shintaro will get bored and move on to the next thing. She is convinced. 

I am not so convinced. Lee seems to be suffering from a case of permanent blindness to anything around her. Clueless. There are plenty of hints, to me, anyway, that shows that Shintaro is perfectly serious about his feelings towards Lee. It is obvious to me that he is crazy about her and has been for ages, and he is going to stick to her like glue now that they have taken this to the next level. Taro puts on a good act; one would think Lee would recognize it by now.  He is a sensitive guy, and it seems to me that Lee is worrying about her heart but doesn't realize that maybe the one whose heart that will be broken won't be hers. Tsk. She is so dense. It's one of her flaws. I think the author does a great job building up these characters and slowly revealing them piece by piece to the reader and the other characters: the good and bad. I feel like I know these two...probably more than they know themselves. That is some good character writing really. 

Dislike: 

I thought that while the character development was handled excellently, that the main plot/storyline kind of suffered a bit: mainly that it was not as strong as the first two books. I get that the main point focus of the books are Lee and Taro and their dynamic, but the little side adventures that they go through each book also help a lot in keeping things interesting and moving. I thought that it moved a bit slow, and sometimes dragged. And at the end I kind of wondered what the point was of the entire adventure....but then I guess so did Lee and Taro. They were kind of sent on a wild goose chase and the only thing they got out of it was some development in their relationship...and a bratty kid. So...I supposed all in all...it worked the same for the reader. 

But overall, a good installment and I am pleased with how things are moving...except for the whole wanting to smack sense into Lee thing.

Overall grade: B