Review: Witches? Yes, please!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 8, 2014
I received this book in exchange for a honest review. No compensation was given or offered to change this review.﻿I find myself really drawn to novels where the main characters are witches. It's not something I see done a lot so I tend to enjoy it when it is. Honestly, I love these types of stories so I didn't really have too many worries when I started Salt.The plot was compelling from the very beginning. Penelope is in a deep, deep mess. She can pass all of the tests presented to her (by herself) except when they involve magic. Did I mention Penelope is a witch? Did I also mention she wants to basically work for the witch army/police? Grandma isn't too happy with her. But no one's discovered her so far and Penelope needs to find the demon that stole her essence. Intrigued yet?Penelope is tough, stubborn, and knows what she wants. She isn't easily cowed by any means. It wasn't like she never felt fear though. She has a healthy dose of fear when she's staring into the face of a very ugly and dangerous demon but she acts in spite of it.And now I move on to Carter. First of all, that freakin' smile. I don't even understand how Miss Ellison did this to me. Seriously, Carter would pull his smile out and I'd smile like the second it happens.Moving on... I really liked Carter.﻿ Yeah, he made me roll my eyes but his teasing didn't go over board so all was well. Carter was equally tough and kind. And, well, he has a killer smile so that pretty much helps his case.The romance was pretty true to the characters. I did feel like Penelope was a bit hot and cold there for a bit and that bothered me a little. But she got her act together pretty quickly (thank goodness) so that wasn't a big deal.Vassago was probably another one of my favorite characters. He's actually a demon but things are a bit different from him. He really grew on me (and is somehow slightly endearing) which was unexpected but in a good way.There were some things I pretty much saw coming twenty or so pages in advance but they were all things I wanted so that didn't bother me. It's not so much what happens, it's how the characters get there. Things were wrapped up very nicely. Half of our questions were answered but, come to think of it, the other half were left to the sequel. But Miss Ellison left the perfect questions unanswered.All in all, Salt was an enjoyable novel and I'm excited to see what's next in this series. I'm pretty positive things can/will only get better from this point.