Review: Sarcastically funny and witty!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 21, 2013
Amazon's blurb:Six hours ago, men in dark suits and sunglasses came looking for me.Four hours ago, they offered me training to hunt the things that killed my family: demons.Two hours ago, I joined their secret organization--the CGE.Now... All I have to do is survive demon-hunting school.The classes won't kill me, but the finals might.Warning: This book contains kick-ass (literally) demon-hunters in training, vampires (not the cuddly, marrying type), and sarcastic (and sometimes snarky) attitudes. No humans were eaten during the writing of this book. Bitten doesn't count...right?My Thoughts:I loved this book. The summary had me interested, and then hearing the book compared to Vampire Academy (another of my favorite series) sealed the deal. I also think it's a lot like Kim Harrison's Hollows series-the heroine is similarly kick ass and sarcastic all in one.Why did I enjoy this book so much?First off, the world building was sound and intriguing. The fact that there are different types of demons all with their own strengths and weaknesses, PLUS hybrids gives there a reason to be an academy where teens would go to study for a few years before going out to fight. The academy was well thought out with the types of classes one would need to attend, plus other parts of the compound one would need such as an lab, infirmary, living quarters, rec areas..it's all there. One can tell the author really thought about her world that the characters live in.The characters are all fully fleshed out. In a lot of books, the most care is given to the hero/heroine and a couple other people. Not so in this book. Even tertiary characters such as "Doc" were engaging and memorable.Everyone had personalities and abilities and I had no trouble remembering who was who.Finally the sarcastic humor got me-I just love a kick ass heroine who can spout off one liners like in this excerpt:Mr. Holt raised an eyebrow. "Oh? Then why'd you run?"See, you idiot! Now they don't believe you."You're cops. You make me twitchy." I shrugged--at least as much as I could facedown on the ground with someone holding me in place. "It's a condition, just ask my therapist."All in all this is a wonderfully witty and fun YA paranormal read. I'd recommend it to anyone who loves a bit of fun in their supernatural reading!!For this and other reviews please see my blog at:[...]