Review: Everybody Needs an Eric
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 16, 2012
For the original review and more, please visit markedbybooks.blogspot.comI really enjoyed reading this book. The storyline always kept me interested and each of the characters were developed enough in their own right to feel like their own person instead of cookie-cutter scraps of words on a page. Or pixels on a screen, in my case.The part that interested me the most was all of the well formed mythology. Every species of paranormal creature in this novel had its own history and customs, even though I had only heard of a few of them. And there were so many to choose from. I'm really glad that Christie Palmer didn't just come up with a few of her own and leave it at that, but was willing to include so many different kinds of characters to make up this well formed world. The culture of the Elements intrigued me with everything it offered, and I was heartbroken at the story of the Trackers and what they had to go through in order to survive.The characters themselves, in their own rights, were absolutely wonderful as well. Marlee was your typical smart-mouthed, kick-butt, catsuit wearing (you'll understand the irony of that once you meet her) bombshell, but there is so much more to her than that. Simon's unbreakable devotion was both adorable and heartbreaking, especially because of the future it held for him.And then Eric (probably my favorite character even though we don't really meet him until the very end) and his relationship with Kyra is just filled with so much pure awesomeness I can barely stand it. Everybody should have an Eric in their lives for when they're running tragically low on chocolate and Looney Toons themed pillows.It looks like this book is part of a series, and I'm very glad for that even though I don't have the slightest idea where it might be going next. Kyra's and Ryder's story seems to have wrapped itself up pretty well, so maybe we'll be hearing the tale of another one of the characters. Either way, I can't wait to see what comes next.TaylorFor the original review and more, please visit markedbybooks.blogspot.com