While on the surface A.J. Scudiere's GOD'S EYE is a story in
which one woman, Katharine Geryon, must choose between two
men, one being an angel and the other a demon, at the heart
it is a tale about the choices we make and the results.
Daughter of the owner of a wealthy investment enterprise,
Katharine has worked tirelessly at her father's company,
learning the ins and outs to the empire that will one day be
passed down to her. She has always done the right thing,
rarely veering off this path. Most of the workers resent
her, seeing her as rich and aloof. Then two gorgeous men
come into her life, one a next-door neighbor and the other,
her new assistant. Both want to utterly charm her and win
her, but what she doesn't realize at first is that one is an
angel and the other a demon. A friendship with Margot, a
librarian, helps her figure out their motives, but nothing
can help her figure out which is which and help her to make
the right choices or if there is a right choice at all.
Scudiere's novel shows us there are consequences to all of
our choices, good or bad, recognized or unrecognized. At
first, Katharine had unconsciously made choices, but they
still had repercussions. So as she struggles to figure out
the motives of Zachary and Alistair and comes to terms with
the strange appearances of soot and strange animals in her
apartment, she begins to understand that if she's making
choices anyway, it is best to understand them.
GOD'S EYE has a great storyline, but I do have a couple
issues. Katharine becomes involved with both men and while I
understand that this is part of the plot in which they both
wish to win her heart, I have issues with infidelity on any
level. Also, I figured out which man was which fairly early
on. That said, it was still interesting to see what
Katharine does and how she makes her final decision. Given
my two quibbles, I still liked the ending, and it certainly
wasn't what I expected. Fans of paranormal romance and
psychological thrillers will likely enjoy this story.
Katharine Geryon is living the life her family name has
dictated, and why not? After all, it has given her a good
job in the family company and a fine life with all the
things she should want. But all that changes as increasingly
disturbing events begin to occur: soot stains on the carpet,
glimpses of strange black animals, and cryptic messages
written on her bathroom mirror. Baffled and afraid,
Katharine begins to doubt her own sanity.
At the same time, two charismatic men enter her life:
Allistair, her new assistant at work, and Zachary, a
well-heeled neighbor who just moved into her building.
Katharine soon finds each of them inextricably entangled in
her affairs. As her life becomes stranger and her dreams
more terrifying, she realizes neither man is what he seems
and that she's caught in something far beyond her own
comprehension. For the first time, she must reach beyond her
own boundaries. There Katharine forges her first true
friendship with Margot, a librarian who helps her discover
what these men really are, why she's drawn to them, and what
they want with her.
The answer places Katharine in the middle of a fierce battle
that forces her to decide between the two men fighting for
her soul.
In the end, only one can be saved, but all three will be
judged.
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