Torn about this book. I wanted to like it but I found Lucien to be unredeemable. He is scared (aka unattractive by normal standards) but his personality is also unlikable. I could not root for him at all. Miranda was a good heroine but I fail to understand why she loved him so much. Maybe it was pity for his scarred face and body. But what the hell is wrong with her? He does so many unforgivable things that the ending made absolutely no sense. I have to agree with some other reviewers who said that the ending was very lacking and seemed very abrupt. He didn't do anything to vindicate himself except to show that he was possessive of her.

A lot of reviews failed to mention that there is a second romance in this book between Miranda's friend and Lucien's friend. It takes up about half the book and I didn't care for it as it often broke the pace of the main story. I tend to hate books with these dual love stories because it's an indicator that the author didn't have enough substance for a real book and had to smoosh two story lines together to make it a decent length.