Review: must read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 08 13, 2013
I was a little lost as I first started reading. I had make sure it was indeed the first book, and I had not missed something. It started off in 2015 in Ireland with Cassie and her mother, who had become "changed", and she had to make a decision between herself and her mother.This is a paranormal book, with every kind of supernatural being you can think of. Vampires, Werewolves, witches, etc. far outweigh the number of humans in this book. They have basically taken over and no one is safe. The humans never go out at night, and the children are homeschooled.The main character is Cassie or Cassandra. She is a kickass hired assassin. She's part demon, and unaware of who her father is, and part witch, from her mother's side. She works for a vampire, Luka. Luka saved her in the beginning, and they have feelings for each other. The romance isn't a lot, as Luka tends to push Cassie away. She decides once and for all to make her move and see where things lead.Then there's Archer, a fallen angel. He's got a sense of humor and the back and forth between him and Cassie is hilarious. There's almost a love triangle going on, as these two are attracted to one another. They can't deny that there's some chemistry there.Cassie tends to have a smart mouth and is very sarcastic. I kept waiting to see if her mouth would make things worse, but it never did. In fact it actually helped at times in her favor.I loved this book a lot because it has Lillith in it. That being said, she wasn't totally evil in this book, although Cassie did threaten her a couple of times. Lillith came looking for Cassie to help find her son, Cole and return him to her. In return, Lillith shows her a possible future in a dream and also will tell Cassie who her father is. Cassie completes the mission with the help of Archer & Luka. Along the way she is put through hell by Cole and his tricks.The ending wasn't a complete shocker to me, at least in when it came time to find out who Cassie's father is. What did surprise me though, was finding out that Luka knew all along. Feeling hurt and betrayed, she takes off on her own. And despite the dream of a possible future that Cassie had, she also finds out there is a prophecy in regards to her and Archer, because of who their fathers are.