This book gave me so many mixed emotions, but the majority
were positive. I loved Rowan and Aren, they were so very lovely and deep as
characters. But there was far less
intrigue and action then I would have liked. It’s romance factors were
beautiful, and made me fall in love as well, but to take away some of the
romantic limelight, I really noticed that it did not have truly satisfying
conflict with the villains. Adding to
that, I believe there was some room for improvement in the backstory
department. Aren definitely gets his limelight, but Rowan needed just a little
more backstory on what it was like being raised in a culture where magic is
destroyed and having her parents kept her, knowing she had the loathed magic, but
did something to block her powers at the same time. They bound her, locking her
magic down, and as you would expect, the overflow and pressure is killing her. The
magic binding is obviously what inspired the title “Bound”. Aren is a prince of a magical kingdom, who is
definitely no knight in shining armor, and Rowan is a Bound sorceress in a
culture that persecutes magic and anybody who has it. Needless to say, they are
like Romeo and Juliet in the way that both their families and cultures hate
each other with a passion. A violent passion. I personally enjoyed the book, so
I’ll give it four stars!
*Advanced Readers Copy Review*
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