Black Rainbow

by J J McAvoy

This book was really enjoyable. The sex scenes were kind of lame but I appreciated the dynamics between the two. Thea was sexual and confident in herself and I found her to be a really good role model - she's into sex but she isn't portrayed as a slut and I found that really refreshing.

The story was really good. Thea and Levi are well developed characters who are likeable and fascinating. I liked that they were mature about everything and it wasn't all dramatically stupid. Their reasons for everything were solid.

I liked all the characters, Selene, Tristan, Bethany, Attics and Vera. They all seemed relatively deep considering they're secondary. I thought race was handled really well in this too and I liked that the author portrayed each person individually rather than falling into labelling collectively.

Easily one of the best new adult books I've read.

The other thing I really liked when I first saw this book was that it was standalone. Everything these days seems to be part of a never ending series and I liked that this was not. Except now I've read it and I want more of all these great characters and this intriguing world.