Review: A great mix between PNR, UF and Dystopian
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 11 25, 2011
We meet Sloane a 17 year old girl, who lost part of her family a year back, in a series of unfortunate events. Her twin Orion is presumed dead, killed by Vampires on hallows eve; she starts a quest that will change her life forever.This book as a whole has a lot of potential, the plot is good but still has some weak spots here and there, the description of the characters is amazing, but sometimes it doesn't agrees with what the characters actually do. The side characters are likeable but aren't explored enough.The prose is good and the plot is very entertaining and even though the general concept of the book has been done any number of times, Krystle's has uniqueness.Other thing I found is that at times the author tells instead of shows information, but this issue can also be fixed and even though it's somewhat distracting it doesn't lessen the overall impact of the story.I loved the fact that Slone isn't the damsel in distress type, she is certainly able to fend for herself, but still accepts the fact that she can't do everything on her own. She is a strong character and some of her comeback lines are simply amazing.Aden is still kind of an unknown to me, he is the male lead on this book, and I feel he could have been developed a little further; but still is quite endearing; he has this kind of man/boy feel to him that is quite catching. Between you and me, sometimes I even drooled a little over him, lol!!!The best part of this book is the villain, I definitively didn't see that one coming, the fact that the author managed to go through the story without leaving so much of a hint of who he is, was astonishing.All in all this is a very interesting book, that just needs a little polishing here and there but it certainly has the basis for an epic series.