Review: Picked up as the story progressed
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 06 8, 2014
(I received a free copy of this book from the author in exchange for a review).(This review may contain spoilers).Ideally, I would give this book 3.5 stars. It seemed to pick up more as the story progressed, but I did find it a little difficult to get into at first.The blurb of this book didn’t actually give much of the story away. I did know before I started reading that this was the second in a series, but I still found this book fairly easy to read.I did waver a bit about how I felt in regards to Ali. There were times I wasn’t quite sure what to make of her. The other characters were fairly interesting, but there were one or two occasions where Ali came across as fairly self-centred. Some of the really minor characters were intriguing, but apart from the unnamed cheerleader, there seemed to be very few students at the school.The idea about Essence was a really unique one and I would have liked to know more about how it all worked. The Weres and Fangs were also interesting twists and, again, something that intrigued me.I think some of the supporting characters could have been a bit better developed – in particular the fledglings. When it came to the battles, it was difficult to care about the loss of characters I hadn’t really met.I did like Krysta and Sammael as characters. They were both ones I’d like to see more of in other books. I did like Ali and Kian’s relationship. It was nice to see there were some conflicts, which made their relationship more realistic.I did feel some sympathy towards Dumah, though she creeps me out a lot. I was absorbed by the end of the book and I would be interested in reading other books in this series at some point in the future.