Review: Great exciting fast read. True Blood (or Sookie Stackhouse series) fans will love this!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 14, 2012
Check out my blog for more info and experts on this book, for the book tour. Link is in my profile.I was provided a complimentary copy of this book for a book tour and my honest review.I was very happy to say I love this book! I love how well the characters were developed, and got to care about them, part of the reason we got to know them so well, is its written a little different than most book. You have the main character Lizzie, she tells it from the first person point of view, BUT then in another chapter we would hop to 3rd person from any of the other characters, so that took some getting used to, the different POV was great, I love that, but the change from first person, to third person writing is what took getting used too. But I found it fine, once I knew it was like this. It was done well, I was able to catch on quickly to who was narrating.This book borders on paranormal romance/erotica with graphic violence and is absolutely not suitable for young adults, and has rape scenes too, so anyone who is sensitive to that (like me) needs to know this beforehand.I will say, True Blood fans, will love this book.(as long as the more explicit sexual violence doesn't get to you) Its right up there with it. Not in the story or anything, more the gore and sex of it. It does actually have some similarities, but not too much.There is an enticing flow as the story unfolds, very smoothly from one chapter to the next. It's a very easy book to read and the author did a great job with character development. One of the most tantalizing, fun books I have read in awhile, and easy to get into.Now the guys , they are swoon worthy in a big way, Sebastian and Andreas are hotties. Yep, gotta love those men.It took me awhile to warm up to Lizzie's sister Lena, she was so self destructive, BUT after I got to know her, and find out the reasons behind her attitude, I was able to relate in a big way with her. She has her reasons, trust me, then I found myself really liking her, she is one tough girl, will tell you that, for what she has had to endure. Will say no more on that.I loved Angelika, aka Lizzie aka Angel. She is just one of those amazing kind hearted people, the kind you would love to have as a best friend.Andreas, I liked for the most part, he reminded me of Eric in True Blood, in the sexy looks, brutal when needed to be, but also charming and loving too. Yes, he is a swoon worthy Vampire/Fey.Sebastian, Andreas younger half brother who is half Fey and Lycan is also a hunk. I liked him just as much as Andreas. Now Sebastian's other brother (not related to Andreas) is a full lycan, and he is a brutal, piece of crap, I really am on the fence with what goes down toward the end, but will leave all that for you to find out. No spoilers here.Overall, loved all the characters, the storyline was like 3 mini ones in one book, which kept it very interesting.The only thing I didn't like, and this is little, and its more just me not caring about this stuff, is all the name dropping. Like why do I care what expensive high end name brand heels she wears (and when a guy is describing what BRAND shoes and type a women is wearing, I think he is gay, sorry, but normal guys do not know or care about that stuff, lol) This happens throughout the whole book, almost gives the snobbish feel of the narrator, and just didn't like that part. Too much information when it came to that. But that's about all I didn't like.Overall, was really good read, easy, and fast paced with action happening around every turn. If you like this kind of book, and do not mind the above mentioned warnings, you must get this book, you won't regret it.Teasers:Description of Andreas told from the 3rd person:He wasn't quite sure what the best outfit was to wear, but as they were going out after "dinner", he chose a beautiful silver-gray Dolce and Gabbana suit which fit him like a glove.Not only was he a good looking man, he dripped sex appeal with his ash blond hair, blue-gray eyes, perfect features and fairer than fair skin.Thanks to his Sidhe heritage, he didn't possess that white vampire pallor; instead his skin was a pale ivory but still appeared warm and ethereal. There were definite advantages to being only half-vampire, though both his parents possessed pure Sidhe heritage.Though his mother had decided to mimic Scandinavians--as had the rest of her family, he came from a Danish background and knew the customs and various forms the language fluently.His father, on the other hand, had chosen to mimic the ancient Teutons, and therefore his body was lithe yet cut with solid muscle, and he was tall, just shy of 6'5". On many males, this height would have seemed quite awkward but he carried himself with such power and stature, any shorter height would have seemed grossly inappropriate for him.Description of Sebastion from Angelika's first person point of view:Sebastiaan de Vries stood and walked toward me as if I needed to get a better look at all of his smoldering hotness. He was sexuality personified at well over six feet and a little over two hundred pounds. His body was pure lean muscle mass and his face was that of a kind I recognized because it was my own.I could smell the Sidhe coming out of his pores and his face spoke of his Faerie lineage with its perfect bone structure, sculpted cheek bones, perfectly aquiline nose and luscious pink lips. His eyes, a glorious cerulean blue with that silver tint which marked one as a Faerie with the gift of controlling the weather, were enough for me to get lost in forever.If I happened to be that kind of woman.Angelika describing herself in first person POV:I'm assuming men looked at me and saw a rather pretty woman with skin the color of honey, amber-brown eyes which could grow lighter or darker depending upon my moods, with a slight frame at barely 5'3" and one hundred pounds. I had no wish to be this thin but with an overactive metabolism, it promised me a lifetime of slim thighs, a tight ass, a hand-span waist and barely B-cup boobs.I wore my usual staple which was a pair of designer form-fitting jeans and a short-sleeved lilac baby doll top which emphasized the breasts I did have paired with killer Christian Louboutin jean-pattern wedge-heels that raised my natural height by four inches.