Review: Beautifully dark
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 27, 2014
Mastic is a daring and sensual read that you will devour up in one sitting. It plays with several genres whilst maintaining its paranormal and romantic elements, yet it oozes an edge of horror and thriller. Eli has been quite clever how she has developed the plot to suit such a wide range of tastes.The charcters had such a believable and honest relationship, it's impossible NOT to feel something towards them. That goes for the good AND the bad.Because there are bad characters, evil but with something in them that you simply can't hate them for being bad. Mostly I felt empathy and understanding, and yeah, okay, I got a little pissy at them too at times, but hey, here's a mother and daughter quite happily going on with their lives. Sure they have a complicated yet understandably mature relationship with eachother, but they are happy none-the-less, then along comes Mikolas and turns their world upside down and sends them down a long deep tunnel into another word that they never knew existed.It's a beautiful story, which chilled me and yet let me soak up its sensuality with every character.As usual, Eli Constant did not fail in writing a story which is both fascinating and realistic whilst still holding its paranormal charm.Well done, high stars!