Covet (Clann, #2)

by Melissa Darnell

[Raven]

Determined to honor her promise to the Council and the Clann, Savannah has broken up with Tristan and is keeping her distance as best she can, regardless of how painful it is for her. Tristan can’t understand why Savannah has given up and won’t fight for them. He will let her try to have her distance, but he won’t make it easy. Now someone is trying to get one of them to slip up. Savannah and Tristan are the pawns someone is using to start a war, and there is no promise either of them will survive the battle.
The plot continues on, focusing this time on Tristan and Savannah as they fail at being apart without being heartbroken. The plot is actually small and simple, but it builds through the whole novel. What I really like about this series is the angst as it builds the importance of various things. The key plot point in this book, I totally saw coming and I’m not sure how I feel about it really, but it was built up reasonably well despite it’s predictability.

Savannah is still great in this book. She could’ve gotten really annoying with her heartbreak and pining, but the author did a good job at keeping her just toeing that line so that she could stay believable without driving you nuts. Tristan, he kinda disappointed me here. He didn’t handle things well at all, and for a while was fairly unlikable. Unfortunately, he doesn’t regain his likability before the end of the novel. You aren’t fully turned off from him, but well enough. I’m very fond of Savannah and Tristan’s fathers. I wasn’t at first, but it happened. Gowin was, interesting. I suspected there would be a love triangle forming with him, but it never happened. There is a mention that he was after Savannah near the end, but I wonder if it was cut in editing and never double checked, because I never saw him make any advances. The idea that he went for her was hardly believable at all. I actually kind of wanted to see it happen. I knew I shouldn’t like him, that is Young Adult 101, but I couldn’t help but be intrigued by him. I just wish he would’ve had a larger role and more time and development.

I stand firm that this is one of the better vampire novels out there right now. Sure, there are witches in the series, the vampires are the primary theme as far as I am concerned. Recommended, especially if you are looking for a good vampire novel and are a fan of angst.

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