The Nymph King is exactly what you would think it is. It’s almost too much sex and not enough other stuff in my opinion. While I did enjoy the book, I found Valerian overly arrogant and self righteous. He didn’t spend enough time wooing Shaye, and just expected her to fall to her knees for him. In the end, that is pretty much what she did. She didn’t have much to base her submission to him, except his insistence that she would eventually give in to him. While Valerian decided one night to “get to know her,” they never really did end up talking much. A little tid-bit here and there.

What I did like about the book was that there was a story part and partial to the mating of Valerian and Shaye that I felt was more meaningful. I did enjoy Shaye and Valerian’s “I hate you” conversations near the end as well. And the orange, such a sweetheart Valerian proved himself to be. He truly did want to give Shaye everything she wanted – he’s just not good at the chatting I guess. Oh, and the finale – the show down between Nymphs and Dragons, I felt, had a very satisfying result.

One question I ask Gena, why didn’t you have Shaye wear the dress she longed for that was hanging in Valerian’s closet? I *thought* that was foreshadowing, and figured Shaye would take some pride in getting to finally wear the dress she really did want. 🙂