Review: Dead ON!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 8, 2013
As something of a paranormal romance guru (self appointed, mind you) this story threw me for a loop. A nice loop, though.Evan is out for a night at the bar with his roommates when he is approached by a beautiful stranger, Veronica, with an offer both tempting and frightening.The words 'new' and 'unique' are so overused when it comes to describing a paranormal being, but my vocabulary fails to provide more apt description. In all my years of reading I have never come across another "breed" quite like Veronica's. The most exciting part about this unique being is that for all the ways she isn't human, she is still so human. She is long-lived and sometimes those characters lose some relatability. Instead, you get a sense that this isn't an existence she is entirely happy with, but makes the most of.Evan starts out timid and insecure, but after falling into a world that is much different than the one he knew, he really grows for Veronica. In so many ways their relationship is dangerous for him, physically and mentally, you cant help but worry a little for him. Ultimately the choice was his to make, and getting some sense of his past, I feel he makes the right one.This was written so well that you dont think to question much. The characters adjust so well that you kind of just fall in line with them. If you are familiar with the authors writing you are aware he leaves a lot up to the readers improvisation and that is something I really enjoyed about this and his other work.