Review: good paranormal romance
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 29, 2011
This is a good, action-packed book with a sweet love story mixed in. The heroine in the story is Viola, who I really like. The author does a really good job at making you connect with her. She undergoes lots of traumatic events, and is just filled with so many emotions. She is someone who has been through a lot, and still holds up - even after she finds out that she can't trust anybody she's related to. The only people she ends up trusting is her childhood crush, Duke, and his sweet grandmother.Duke hates Viola's family, so when she walks back into his life he's not exactly thrilled to see her. He is quite the jerk throughout the book, though he is always there for Viola when she needs him. Between working together through the Network, and Duke helping Viola with her possessed father, the two become inseparable. After everything they go through together, Duke can't admit - even to himself - that he is developing feelings for Viola.Even though there was a lot of emotional stuff happening, and demon butt-kicking, there was actually a lot of humor involved. I loved the banter between Duke and Viola. They are both so hard-headed and stubborn, and they bicker all the time. There was a lot of sexual tension in the book before either one of them would admit to each other how they felt. Afterwards though, the passion was lacking. Even though this book was about an adult couple, there is no sex or anything more than kissing really. There were references to sex but it was pretty tame, so I think it would be ok for teens as well as adult. I think most fans of paranormal romance would enjoy this book.