Review: better than the first. thoughts on ungifted
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 10, 2014
What a addictive and enchanting book.. After all that Russ has been through I hope he gets the girl soon. Especially if it is  Grace. She is good for him and he for her. I understand her thing about Preston but her and Russ would be wonderful together and people already think they are. After all that happened with Dani and his dad, Russ so deserves some peace and happiness. Please please let this be his with Grace soon.This book is a interesting twist from the first book in the series. There we say more love, betrayal and action. Here we see more plot twists, acceptance and plotting of others. People find out who they are, accept others, become at peace with things and see what people are about. There is some wonderful action in here as well.We see Grace who all think is weak, except Russ he didn't think that at first and Preston sees her differently as well. So Does Alex deLaCote. Although he is obsessed with her and goes truly mad for her, he still is a caring man. Grace sees this in the end as well. I felt for him because he didn't know what to do. He was a caring guy and was kind but his love for Grace brought him to the brink. Poor dude. Well that and the vampire thing not a good deal.Here Oram sets up a love quadrangle. What a quadrangle it is. We have Preston the scary alpha werewolf who sees Grace for who she is brave and beautiful, Caleb who is a pawn but some fun comic relief and the brother of Preston, Alex the vampire who is fascinated by Grace for reasons no one can fathom, and Russ the one I am pulling for, the powerful warlock who the resistance and the council want on their side to train and work with. Russ and Grace have a pull to each other could be her connection to Dani but I agree with Duncan (love this quirky vampire) and think it is more and that they are good for each other.Preston has a tragic ending but shows valiance and kindness to the end. Caleb well lets just say what a doof and Alex poor poor vampire. Russ go boo!So Grace is trying to figure out her life, Recently she feels lost and her dad is in a election for presidency. Someone is trying to kill her and Ethan, whom she doesn't like is constantly saving her. Ethan is wonderful, snarky and arrogant but so sweet and lost. His role is big and I am hoping to see where it leads them. I was so happy to see his dad take him and Russ under his wing. Russ needs that for all he wants is to belong and feel wanted somewhere without motives. Ethan and Grace do this for him. Anywhoo Ethan becomes her bodyguard and the adventure begins.The snarky antics are wonderful to see and Grace's best friend is fun as well. But Russ is the true comic relief, more of him was needed.As Grace is dealing with her friends being supernatural, her being someone different, her dad's election, her love life and someone trying to kill her, she also has to accept her important role she agreed to years ago.A wonderful read with lots of adventure, fun and just a great overall book. I look forward to the next and hopefully we will see Russ and Grace's relationship mature, Ethan and Grace accept each other more and Russ come to terms with his Dad who is truly remorseful and wants his son back in his life.