Review: Connected with Sasha's Emotions
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 08 13, 2012
Title: SacredAuthor: Farrah NaseemDate of Release: December 3rd, 2011Number of Pages: Kindle EditionSource: From Farrah for honest review.Summary from Goodreads:When Sasha Stryker meets Ariston Kavanagh, she is entranced by his good looks but mystified by his odd behavior. After all, he keeps asking her how she sees him even though he's standing right in front of her. Yet, she can't deny the strange and powerful attraction she feels towards him.At the same time, her ex-best-friend-current-nemesis Connor Macho starts showing a romantic interest in her as well. Is Connor truly attracted to Sasha, or is this another move in his war against Sasha and Ariston's relationship?Sasha finds out the whole truth when she is attacked by a lioness one night! To her utter bewilderment, her savior is a white tiger that morphs into the last person she wants to be indebted to.This encounter shatters her notion of the world as she knows it and her love affair comes to a crashing halt when all truths are revealed. Just as she's trying to cope with the truth about Ariston and Connor, other nocturnal creatures called Friaries try to kidnap her for their own nefarious purpose.Review: Many twists in the plot kept my interest throughout the whole novel. The prologue introduces to this mythical event/world, that isn't yet expanded till the last few pages. It made me anxious and piqued y curiosity to see how things would pan out through the whole novel. Then I thought about 1/3 way in that this was just another vampire/werewolves tale. How wrong was I. Farrah Naseem has written a smashing debut that will entangle readers in a world of mystery, love and intrigue.One of the more comical aspects of the novel was Sasha pen palling through emails to her cousin in Pakistan, Ella. I found them hilarious and extremely enlightening. Then add to that Sasha's fierce independent and sarcastic personality. Even though she starts out as only 15 in the novel she seriously feels beyond her years.The one problem I had was with my kindle edition. Paragraphs and lines would break apart and it was confusing until you realized that it was just a formatting mistake. I got over it, but it side tracked me a lot.Also I don't know why but I really connected with the emotions in Sasha. I would feel my face heat in embarrassment just like hers. It's totally weird and freaked me out a little. While it wasn't my favorite feeling, it is a huge accomplishment on Farrah's part that she got me to feel such strong emotions!!