Mar 15, 2010: The first chapter is well-written and ends on a tense note. Isobel is angry and tearful when she drives away from the house where her boyfriend’s car is parked. She soon has something else to think about as she almost hits a man desperate for help.

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Nov 25, 2010: "In the Shadow of his Nemesis" is a story full of intrigue. Isobel is an ordinary young lady who has a cheating boyfriend, a dead end job and uncertainty about her life. A man named Galen invades this ordinary life one dark night, running out in front of her car, and pleads for her help. Two suited figures attack the car, and she drives away with this mysterious man, saving him from his aggressors.

Galen and Isobel seem to have almost [more . . .]

Dec 28, 2010: The story moves quickly, sometimes a bit too quickly. The author has a penchant for run on sentences, but then, so do I, so that’s more a description of the prose than a complaint. The first few chapters point to a supernatural storyline set in the ordinary world, and who wears the black hat and who wears the white is anything but clear.

The first sex scene seems rushed, almost like the author was ashamed to include it. As I continue [more . . .]