Review: A Reading the Paranormal Review
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 22, 2014
Overall, I enjoyed this book, but, MAN!, did Alex's team have some animosity issues. If at any point they could manage to go an entire meeting without snarling and/or looking for a fight--verbal or otherwise--with at least one other team member, I'd be shocked.I guess I should mention I'm stepping into this world with this book (I know. I'm a rebel. I read out of order!), so it's possible (however unlikely given the heated exchanges in this book) that a previous installment had them all dancing around, braiding flowers into each others' hair. Ha. No. I can't even type that with a straight face. They're a feisty bunch. There's no flower braiding.Maybe some gratuitous punching, though.Anyway. Alex is in a bad place for a big portion of this book. She's a witch with a little something extra and her magic is remarkably unreliable. Until it isn't. There's betrayal and bloodshed and feats of daring. That last part is mostly when Alex is ready to drop and has to mine for the last bits of energy and power to get herself out of a horrifying situation.She has a few family issues that need to be ironed out. Her relationships (both family and otherwise) aren't all rainbows and puppies. She's hot tempered and that little something extra I mentioned above makes her dangerous.Yeah, overall, I liked the book. I probably would have gotten more out of it if I had read the previous installments, but it was enjoyable and fast paced. And nicely bloody. I do appreciate when characters engage in some creative mayhem. There's nothing quite like the cracking of bones to get the blood flowing. So to speak.-Kelly @ Reading the Paranormal