Wounded

Wounded by Amy Lane
Little Goddess trilogy
ISBN# 978-0-595-37914-9
Available now
Published by iUniverse
Format: trade pbk., 362 pages
Genres: fiction, paranormal erotica, urban fantasy

This is the second book in Amy Lane's, self-published, Little Goddess trilogy. This book seemed to me to have a very different theme than the first and at times my little feminist heart didn't like it at all (it's also why I can't read bodice rippers). I still can't quite figure out why we've gone from "love whom thou wilt" to "learn to love whomsoever is thrust upon you", but there better be some kind of resolution in book three or we're going to end up with a male harem straight out of the Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter series.

After the terrible events in "Vulnerable" Green thought that sending Cory to college, away from the hill, would give her the time she needed to heal. When he responds to a mental call for help in the middle of the night from Cory he begins to see how very wrong that decision was. Green and his people arrive in San Fransisco to find her beaten, sick, and missing some of her memories of Adrian. After all that he has done to make sure Remmy and Cory are safe it appears that now there is a new power that none of his allies were aware of and it thrives on the stolen memories of women. Finding this new power leads him to dealing with his past and finally confronting the elf lord that once he would have done anything for. While Green is busy with their allies Cory is learning to let people in and to accept help when it's offered, and clearly needed. She's also learning that some things are beyond even a goddess's control and the only choice left is how well she chooses to live with these changes.

There's still some minor editing problems, but nothing huge. Cory gets two new lovers in this book and neither is her choice, which I have a huge problem with. Then, to compound the problem, one of these lovers is bossy and wants her all to himself when he's known all along that she loves Green more than anyone. She's a burgeoning goddess and she still can't love who she wants to? Makes no sense to me. I really hope that Cory and Green end up happy in book three and that this other crap is finally resolved one way or another.