Review: Intense, suspenseful read and hard to put down!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 6, 2014
“I’m a monster, Eva. There’s no saving a monster. But I love that you want to try.”This one line sums up both books (part one, Of Blood and Bone and part two, Of Darkness and Demons) that make up the Minaldi Legacy.  The love story between Eva and Luca is haunting, hypnotic and absolutely impossible to stop reading.  The killer about the Minaldi Legacy is from the get go, you don't have any answers and as time moves along in the story, you are even more dumbfounded as to what is really going on with Luca.  Luca Minaldi is extremely good looking, rich, and powerful.  His family's shipping empire has given him plenty of money and fame as well as a fortified estate called Chessarae on the island of Malta.  The people from the island gossip about the fact that he seems to be a recluse and with no explanation why.  Luca has dark secrets that he isn't willing to share until he meets Eva.Eva Talbot is working on her doctoral dissertation in Psychiatry.  She visited Malta as a child and always wanted to come back.  When she arrives on the island, her and Luca share a comical moment with a large spider and there is immediate attraction.  She senses something is closed off about him but can't put her finger on it.Luca eventually hires her to take care of his mother who is suffering from dementia or so it seems.  Eva moves into Chessarae to help but there is also a string full of murders that are unexplained on the island and Luca's family home seems safe.  Or is it?Without giving too much away, I have to say that I didn't see the ending for Book 1 coming.  It was a fantastic twist and I applaud Ms. Cole for the twist.  Through all of darkness in this book, Eva and Luca hang on to each other.  Their relationship is tested over and over again and it was heartbreaking to read.  Unlike a slew of books I have been reading, I had no idea where this story was going and where it would end up…it was absolutely refreshing.