Review: A love story with a difference
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 30, 2012
I have only ever read another book like this and that would be "The Host" where a human is taken over by another life-form and this book is quite different. Reka is coming of age and her people have been selected to be chosen to supply their bodies as hosts for the Halorans who are an alien race. Reka is interested in Niko but he is now 19 and safe from the selection process. She is chosen to become the host for the Queen Anaya and she was worried she would lose all those she loved and also herself. To her amazement, she is the dominant one and the Queen is relegated to be the observer but does press her memories and feelings onto Reka and the most inopportune times. Reka is trying to pretend she is the Queen but is fast falling for Jaxon whose only real crime is that he is doing his duty as King and he wants to be loved just like everyone else. I did feel sorry for Anaya in the beginning but she made her life a prison when she could have had a different path if she had chosen to forgive. Reka finds herself caught in between two worlds and two lives and the ending will surprise you. This book felt like more of a love story and I was sad that the Reka chose to make the ultimate sacrifice yet the unexpected happens that will make her question everything.