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UC_Heroes Return (2010)

by Moira J. Moore(Favorite Author)

3.58 of 5 Votes: 5

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Ace

series

Hero

review 1: This series started out with promise. Lee was a different sort of heroine and very interesting but she not only hasn't grown as a character, she seems to be regressing which is most obvious in this book. There are times I literally want to reach into the pages and shake her for being so wilfully stupid and oblivious to her surroundings and the consequences of not only her own actions but those of Taro and everyone around her.
review 2: Unfortunately, I was most disappointed by this book in the series. I still blazed through it, but more out of frustration and impatience to get to the end. However, I still like Moore's concept and I don't have a problem with the overall plot. I was a little disappointed our pair couldn't spend more time in High Scape, but oh wel... morel. I will keep reading the series. I feel bad criticizing this book because I've enjoyed the series so far (including this one), but here were some points I found lacking:-Lack of a cohesive plot. Okay, there was a plot, but I thought there were too many loose threads running around. The main plot is Taro and Lee move back to Taro's hometown due to orders from the Emperor, they live with his cousin Fiona (who is unpopular with her subjects), and accidents happen. Not much is solved, not a whole lot comes together in the end, and other intrigues are mentioned so many times that this book just felt like the necessary evil to get to the REAL storyline. -Taro and Lee's relationship. It grew monumentally in book 3, and took some more steps in book 4. Now it seems as if their growth is stalled, and Lee still doesn't understand Taro. The only thing she seems to know is when to leave him alone -- which is apparently all the time. It also seems like they barely talk in this book -- how are you going to understand him, if you never talk to him? While I understand that the characters are in a stressful situation, I was frustrated at the lack of any resolve between the two.-Barely a mystery. Once I started to get into the rhythm of the series, it was very easy to begin to pick out the "solution" to the mysteries. However, I felt this one was obvious from the beginning. (I'm talking about the direct perpetrator of the accidents, not the vague intrigues that have been alluded to so far.) It seems that even Taro was suspecting who did it (though he never shared this with Lee, even though they are in a relationship), but of course, Lee didn't, and she's the character who we view this world through. Bringing me to my next frustration:-Over the course of this series, Lee has grown a lot dimmer in my eyes. She's not perceptive, she's naive and not getting any more savvy, and what I viewed as stubbornness before is turning into insensitivity. Not just insensitivity to other people, but insensitivity to the world around her. I understand these may be Shield traits, but Lee has been thrown into a lot of unusual situations, and it seemed like her character was growing until now. All of this doesn't make me trust her as a narrator. (Example: When she says she should leave Taro alone, is that what he really wants, or just what she thinks he wants? Etc.)...Lastly, I'd love to hear more of Taro's thoughts. But that's more of a request, not a criticism. less

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