Reviewed by bookishzelda on
I loved the characters in this book, from the good, bad and sarcastic. I easily connected to Helen as the stubborn butt kicking girl. At the beginning there is a moment of weakness when she really wants to save her parents but she stops herself, she makes herself move forward even though she doesn’t want to. She has lost everything and so she doesn’t let people tell her to do. She wasn’t going to just sit around and let everyone else save the world. She was going to have her own part in it, whatever way she could.
The two brothers Griffin and Darius seemed like polar opposites of each other. Both characters were definitely not one dimensional. You would see them swing back and forth between being kind hearted and vengeful. It was interesting how the girls in their lives almost tamed them. I think if they didn’t have the anchors that they did they would have probably gotten themselves killed already. I was glad that Griffin wasn’t perfect, we see him throw reason to the wind in a couple of instances which made him more human. Of course he was also kind, valiant and strong which made him easy to love.
The love triangle was understandable and actually very toned down. Helen isn’t some wishy washy girl, she looks at the facts straight on. She knows why she has affection for one boy or other and she also knows what can never be and why. I felt like she handled the whole thing well.
Does this book really not have a sequel?? It was wrapped up nicely at the end so there doesn’t need to be another book but please say it isn’t so. I loved it and I would love to read about the continuing adventures of Helen, Griffin and Darius.
Reading updates
- Started reading
- 22 April, 2012: Finished reading
- 22 April, 2012: Reviewed