Review: Interested to read book two!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 02 25, 2013
As we’ve been told – Mercy Green is an immortal and has been since the early 1820s, after some bad experiences along the way she has become an ice queen of sorts, never staying in one place for longer than a year, flying under the radar of both humans and immortals alike… until now. Having befriended Adam at her workplace she foolishly helps him retrieve some of his belongings that an ex has decided were hers and in doing so, sets off a chain of events that will risk her safety & secrets. What’s a girl to do when she wakes up in a pool of her own blood? It’s not like she can phone the authorities over the bloody messages left above her bed or the fact that she left the scene of a house fire that nearly kills Adam which leaves her unscathed. With the introduction of other Immortals she soon finds out that these aren’t isolated incidents, she isn’t the only one being targeted….. but why? Why would someone target her when she keeps her life so private that she has never let anyone in? can she trust these new people who just want to be her friends? She may not have a choice.As I sit her thinking of what to say about this book, it’s quite hard. The book has a lot of pluses but for some reason, I personally couldn’t quite connect with it for the first half at least. That’s not to say it wasn’t a good story because I liked the overall book in the end and I’m at a loss as to why I feel this way, maybe it’s the start of a book funk. I liked the characters, who they all were etc. but I wasn’t getting the emotional connection that I like. Mercy was interesting but maybe because she came across as so controlled & cut off from the world in all aspects of her life that I didn’t warm to her until towards the ending. The relationship with Adam was nice, I appreciated it but I wasn’t ‘feeling’ it – I wanted to feel that, because of him, she was willing to risk everything – but I just didn’t. I also felt the rapport between Mercy & Nick was a lot more natural and easy going, the conversations they had, the way they were around each other, they had a lot more chemistry and were a lot more believable -even if they were in the friend zone- and I only wished I had gotten that vibe from the main coupling.Now, the storyline I did like. The start was quite slow for me, even though things were happening it sort of dawdled along but once it got going, I enjoyed it a lot. There was arson, murder, physical attacks, a strong police presence, tons of mystery, a touch of romance & a lot of strange goings on. We come to realise that Mercy is just as in the dark about other Immortals as we are, so she’s learning as she goes along with the reader, which is nice. I found that I couldn’t bring myself to trust any of the characters, just like Mercy – so I had no idea who the baddies were and it’s a cool twist when we start to get answers, I’ve read about Immortals with gifts before so that was nothing new but I really liked the plot in this. I don’t really want to say a great deal about it but it leads to some great possibilities for a series, by the end I was really interested in where it could go and can see its potential. I love what happened to our main characters, I love what that could mean for other books. I’m curious about the other immortals we meet during the book and their stories, I’m also liking the development at the end and where that could go…. So, after a bumpy beginning this book turned into something that has the potential to be a great series, I just want some character development – I want to be invested in them, I want to route for them, I want to feel their love for each other – and for all of my grumbling, I would still read book 2.