Review: This One Goes to the TOP of the Hidden Gem Pile!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 18, 2013
Talk about secrets kept! If you haven't heard of Draw of the Bane by Amy Bol, listen up, I was blown away with this storyline, the characters, the writing style, pretty much all of it! My least favorite part? It ended and I wasn't ready to stop reading! Okay my very least favorite part was what happened to Bartok.Mila lives alone, off the grid, because she hides a secret, a huge secret, a secret that others have died to protect, for her. With only Bartok by her side, she lives a solitude existence until Landon shows up, and tries to save her from a wolf attack. Now battered, bruised, and near death, Landon becomes Mila's unwelcome guest. Landon is on a mission to discover what REALLY happened to his mother. He does not believe she was killed, he believes in the things that go bump in the night, he believes in the myths of werewolves. And he wants answers and payback.What these two find is a love/hate relationship that that is almost scalds your brain! Mila hides her true nature well, but there are those who want her, need her for the power she would provide and they are closing in. How does she protect herself and Landon, who has fallen into the middle of this drama without revealing herself and becoming an object of Landon's hate? When the final showdown comes, who will be left standing, will they be alone, who will perish and who will walk away? No one will be left untouched...Amy Bol can write! The romance sizzles, the plot is always in motion, there is mystery, tension, and great background was fed with perfect timing! Add a dark, broody feel and two very strong main characters who have the banter/dialogue down pat and the requisite villains and Draw of the Bane hits the top of my hidden gem pile!I received a copy from the author in exchange for my honest review.