Review: Enjoyed the book!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 04 8, 2014
Sunday is the Incarnate and because of this she has known no peace in her life. Abducted at a young age, she was tortured and her memory wiped in order to make her ready to serve a powerful witch who made her do some very bad things. But now Sunday is free and though she knows that she can never have a normal life, she is determined to claim whatever semblance to a normal life she can have!Cyrus is a werewolf and it was he, who had abducted Sunday as a child. Haunted by her from the very first moment, he has always felt pulled towards the Incarnate and is now determined to find her and make her pay for all the painful emotions that only she can raise in him!Taking Back Sunday hooked me right from the start. I felt connected and empathetic towards Sunday. Cristy created her world of the Incarnate, an evil and powerful witch and ruthless werewolves and vampires with ease. I was able to picture myself living in a world where all these mystical creatures are present and where we, humans, live blissfully unaware of their existence.The characterization is good but I did feel confused while picturing Cyrus in my mind. His character is not clear and very erratic. Maybe it was the demand of the story but still I felt his character should have been mapped out a bit more clearly. Almost all characters in this book are grey and change sides from good to bad suited to the situations which was thrilling and also very refreshing.The plot is new and refreshing. I liked the story as a whole but the ending did seem lacking finesse. Sunday and Cyrus' angle should have been smoothed out to an ending here and a platform for the next book made with some more thought.The cover is not appealing and I think more work should have been done here to bring out a cover more suited to the story which gave an idea to the reader about the story at first glance.I liked the author's style of writing and hope to read more of her work in the future.All in all, an enjoyable read that I loved. This is a book that will appeal to all paranormal genre lovers and is a good leisure read. A 4 out of 5 to Taking Back Sunday.This review is also available on the blog Njkinny's World of Books