Review: Lovely Supernatural-Action story peppered with Romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 25, 2014
The story begins with a pleasing swiftness. A young farmer boy named Luke is seeking aid from an old wizard; his family is threatened by a wraith that has taken over his mothers dead body. The night ends in tragedy, and Luke accepts that he has a destiny facing evil and monsters. Fast forward years later, and were introduced to Abigail, who is escorting a bratty young girl. In short order their carriage is attacked, and she and Luke fight off the wraiths. Everything goes downhill, from the increased boldness of wraiths to the possession of Abigail's charge.The story takes place in the mid-late 1800s, and accordingly it is steeped in the trappings on that time period. There are times when I feel the characters are dropping anachronistic language, but it is what it is. As I noted earlier, the story moves quickly. I was never left bored, although sometimes it felt like the characters were operating with a lot more essential information than was delivered to the reader. The writing is fairly detailed and reads smoothly. I also didnt note a lot of errors and typos, so kudos there. The ending could have used more oomp, and seemed to fizzle out from what could have been a great battle.Abigail's attraction to Luke is noted almost immediately, and likewise its obvious that he will develop feelings for her. The romance moves quickly, but they are both competent and attractive forced to survive waves of horrific creatures (plus I assume you took a gander at the cover), so none of that should come as a surprise. The book does have steamy moments, so no kids allowed!The cover, featuring two people embracing with prominent golden tones, is generic but nice enough. This is a pretty short read, but I liked the writing enough to overlook the poorer sections of the book.