Review: Amazing!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 25, 2013
Let me just start by getting my initial reservations out of the way. I don't usually read Urban. The word "vampire" in a book description tends to make my eyes glaze over. And if you want me to spend time with your book, it usually needs to include a pretty heavy dose of romance, which this one doesn't.But the premise seemed intriguing. Except that then I started in on it and...the main character spends half her time talking to two imaginary people in her head? And up front there's a whole lot of back story? Not promising.And yet, I found myself coming back to the book, over and over, because, darn, the thing is addictive. It works. Pierce, the main character, is amazing. She's both incredibly damaged and incredibly resilient. But also funny. Which is to say, profoundly human in a way that ends up being almost transcendent. And the plot, while sometimes erratic, finds its stride and does wild things with reveals and ends on--ack!--a doozy of a cliff hanger! And although it's subtle, the building relationship is sweet and entirely believable. When they finally get together--and I'm taking it on faith that they will--I'm going to have a complete cow. In a good way.So yeah. Count me in. I'm a fan. Can't wait to read Pinked.