Review: Interesting
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 7, 2014
Salt is the debut novel of author Danielle Elision.  I thought it was an interesting novel but also thought it was lacking a little bit of something. I do think this author has potential and will be checking on the next book in this series to see what happens.Penelope is a witch who has had her essence taken away from her and she can't do magic on her own. For some reason though she can do magic if one of her family members is around so that she can take from their magic. She is obsessed with finding the demon who killed her parents and took her essence because she wants to be like everyone else.She also wants to become an enforcer because that is the only way to get into the library that holds all the information she seeks. She has worked hard to pass the enforcer testing. Then one day she meets Carter and finds out something strange about him, she can do magic with him and it's even more powerful than with her family. She has fun with Carter, but he has as couple secrets of his own.For some reason the demons seem to like how Penelope smells and they say it quite a bit so it becomes a bit repetitive. I understand that her smelling different is an important part of the story line because usually demons smell witches essence but since she doesn't have any it's something more unique they are smelling.Penelope is a different kind of heroine as she is not what I would call a kick-ass female character but at the same time she is by no means a wimp. She is a bit sassy and she knows how to fight, but she whines a bit to much about her lack of magic. I know it would help her a lot more in fighting demons but she does really well with her combat skills as she proves while going through the enforcer testing. She obsesses to much about wanting to become an enforcer and find the demon that she can't see that she has a pretty good life.Carter seems to be a cute down to earth sort of guy. His father is an important figure but he doesn't act like you might think someone in his position would. He is quickly drawn to Penelope and really seems to like riling her up, because at first she doesn't like him much. He always seems to be around when she needs him and at the end you see what lengths he would go to protect her.My favorite character would be Penelope's best friend Ric. He is gay and gets paired with a female who only wants to marry her enforcer partner..lol. He is pretty funny and loves to harass Penelope especially about her hotty of a boyfriend.Overall I enjoyed this novel, but I did find it to be a little repetitive at times. It didn't really move for me at a fast pace until the closer to the end and that would have to be my favorite part.  I think if you like books about witches then you might give it a try.I actually gave it a 3.5 because it almost won me over. :)