Cathy Geha's Reviews > Fate of the Unwilling

Fate of the Unwilling by Amy Lee
Fate, Fortune, and Fury #1

Woman
Nearly naked,
Memory gone,
Battered and bruise.

Men
More than one,
Good and bad,
What do they and will they mean to her?

I must admit that I wasn’t sure going into this book that I would find anything new in a story with a main character who lost her memory BUT I stayed up till 3am this morning reading because once started I could not stop till I found out what happened. So, thumbs up on this one…and I believe we have a lot to look forward to as this is a stellar book whether or not it is the debut work of a new author!

What I liked:
* The “unknown” factor that threaded through the story.
* The way the “unknown” was made known slowly as the story was told through flashbacks, thoughts of various characters, and other devices.
* The quality of the writing
* That I wasn’t really sure what was going on until it was revealed…I surmised but was not always correct.
* That none of the characters were “perfect” – they had flaws and foibles and some serious problems.
* The way the characters grew, developed, and became real over the reading of the story.
* Sitting here pondering the story and wondering what will happen in book two.
* That the story has a conclusion of sorts for at least one couple but in a way, it is a HFN with a real lean toward a HEA.
* Being able to like characters that were not perfectly likable.
* Feeling I understood the characters and their backstories…or at least as much as was revealed and though not everything...enough.
* That it made me think, care, wonder, and want to know more

What I want to know:
* What will happen with Simon, his daughter and ex-wife
* What else the woman referred to as Daphne will find out/reveal through past memories as book two unfolds.
* How the legal case that crops up in the story will be handled and what the outcome will be.
* What will happen in the lives of Silas, Silas’s brother Max, “Daphne”, the reprehensible characters that were behind a lot of the trouble created in this story…hmm…
* More…

What I didn’t like:
* The bad people I was meant to dislike.
* Not sure this is a dislike or a discomfort or something else BUT as “Daphne” remembers she unearths some rather difficult memories…and that was uncomfortable for her and for me.

Did I enjoy this book? Yes!
Would I read more in this series/by this author? Definitely!

Thank you to the author, NetGalley and Xpresso Book Tours for the ARC – This is my honest review.

5 Stars