Reviewed by Silvara on
I picked this up free months ago, and then forgot about it. Added it to my Kindle during my Cali trip, but didn't expect a whole lot from it. And then once I started reading it, I totally kicked myself for waiting so long to start this series!
I loved Tessa! Most of her reactions were pretty believable for the situations she found herself in. I liked the way she dealt with being a werewolf. A lot of PNR series have the main character stress over being a werewolf a little bit, but then they get over it and end up being this bad-ass super-shifter. Tessa, not so much. She was in denial for a bit in the beginning, and then she refused to actually shift a few times. She wanted to get a handle on her new life before throwing complications like boyfriends and shifting into the mix.
I liked Dastien, and had a feeling that part of his avoiding Tessa had to do with her family flipping out whenever they saw him near her. But I still think he could have handled things a bit better. Let her know where she stood with him, and not kept running away.
I liked Tessa's group of friends, and the bits of magic we got to see during the book. I also liked that the vampires in the book weren't the ones you usually see in fantasy now. They were more like the Nosferatu of the old style.
Some of what Tessa did and thought was contradictory, but then again, it also fit for her age. Like, she is able to see visions when she touches objects with her bare skin (so not like through clothing). She can see short glimpses of something that happened to the object or person in the recent past. Get emotions as well. So she covers up and wears gloves to try to only see things when she wants to. But she also lets her brother push her into going into crowded rooms, even if she'd rather not take the chance on being touched.
She also doesn't believe her mother's family are really bruja, she thinks they're fakes without powers. Even though she has this strange power of her own. But that made sense to me because she's a teenager. And teens are notorious for not thinking adults or people they don't know, could possibly have anything in common with them. (Or at least, I remember that being true when I was a teen?) So that worked for me, I get how it might not work for others though.
Overall, I LOVED this book! I can't wait to get my hands on the next ones. If you like paranormal romance, especially ones that revolve around werewolves and magic, you need to try this book!
This review was originally posted on Fantasy of the Silver Dragon
Reading updates
- Started reading
- 31 January, 2016: Finished reading
- 31 January, 2016: Reviewed