Review: I loved this book.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 12, 2013
Urban Fantasy Setting: Seattle (M/F)Cassie Childe and her mother were nomadic, always on the run, but after her mother dies, Cassie decides that she's tired of always being on the run.  She wants to be able to just settle down somewhere, keep to herself, and live a peaceful and quiet life as an antique shop keeper's assistant in Seattle.  And she thought she just might be able to do that...that is until a guy named Harry dies.  She seeks out an oracle to ask if she should start running again, or stay.  The news is not so good, if she runs, she's dead; if she stays for the rest of her life she'll be owned and covered in blood.Which would you choose...die free or live in bondage?I liked how much effort Ms. Bond took in building up her world and characters. I like the different spins on certain mythical creatures, like the difference between Sang and Vampires.  I seriously hope that the author continues to write this series...I want to know more about what and who Cassie is.For her first book(as far as I can tell), and publishing all on her own, I think she did an amazing job, which is rare in the SPA community; as we all can attest to.  Bond has a great start to something with a lot of potential.I absolutely loved the twisted ending...totally unexpected and gives us just a taunting glimpse into why most people see her as "Evil" or an "Abomination."I really wish we learned more about what Cassie was. My guess she's gotten the title of abomination due to being a hybrid of one side good and one side bad, like an Angel that got impregnated by a demon in her family line generations back which the original mother and subsequent offspring were never allowed back among the "Good" magical beings, and kept away and on the run from the "Bad" ones due to fear of being killed, made slaves, etc...  Or, maybe she's a descendant of escapees from the destruction of the biblical towns of Sodom & Gomorrah.  Maybe every descendant of this line could've carried a curse of no soul and therefore no redemption and an abomination before the eyes of the "Good" magical beings, why crosses and holy relics hurt her.  Human, but cursed.I also wish we got to know more about her inheritance that she receives from the family lawyer (a law firm that has be in existence in one form or another back to and before Alexandria fell). Who made it, what's it capable of?  Why could she hear screams, moans, or sighs coming from the box?I'm just going to be crushed if the author never writes another book about Cassie.