Since coming to Crossroads, Oklahoma, former outcast Aden Stone has been living the good life. Never mind that one of his best friends is a werewolf, his girlfriend is a vampire princess who hungers for his blood, and he's supposed to be crowned Vampire King--while still a human! Well, kind of.
With four--oops, three now--human souls living inside his head, Aden has always been "different" himself. These souls can time-travel, raise the dead, possess another's mind and, his least favorite these days, tell the future.
The forecast for Aden? A knife through the heart.
Because a war is brewing between the creatures of the dark, and Aden is somehow at the center of it all. But he isn't about to lie down and accept his destiny without a fight. Not when his new friends have his back, not when Victoria has risked her own future to be with him, and not when he has a reason to live for the first time in his life....
Unraveled is a book that I both loved and hated at the same time. I find myself drawn to the character Aden, a boy with three souls trapped in his head - an interesting concept. Then you have Victoria the vampire and Riley the werewolf. The both seemed rather cliched yet with interesting twists. To finish things off you have Mary Ann - the drainer, a character I found myself rooting for throughout the series.
While the characters in the book were likable, I found their relationships very... teenager-ish. There doesn't seem to be a whole lot of chemistry that matches the characters together, they just are. It just seems rather unbelievable that they've been together for a few weeks and progressed to the I-love-you-and-can't-live-without-you-even-for-a-second stage.
I also feel a bit of paranormal overload. It seems like different creatures are just being tossed in the book just because. It also seems to drag in places.
Despite all the flaws, I found this book myself glued to this book. Showalter is a very talented author and I haven't read a book of hers that I haven't enjoyed. I look forward to seeing the story progress in the next novel.
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