Review: One of my all time favorite series!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 10, 2013
I have each of these as separate ebooks and am putting all three reviews here, since this box set is all three books:Sterling:This is not your run of the mill, every day paranormal series. It is so amazingly unique. I seriously can not stop talking about it to my reading buddies. I am pretty sure they are all going to read it just to shut me up. There is so much I love about it.Zoe is a very to relate to. She finds herself thrown head first into the world of the paranormal. She feels like someone you might know and watching her grow as she comes to terms with what has happened to her and the new life she now leads. Add to her a nice array of good guys, bad guys, weird powers, unique lore and suspense (ok and some kissing ;)) and you have a "can not put it down even though your alarm is going to go off in a couple of hours" type story. I actually read this book twice because I raced through it the first time needing to know what happened and then read it slowly to savor it the second time around. I have a kindle over flowing with books, so for me to read a book twice means it was pretty darn awesome in my book. The thing is that as awesome as this one is, the second one is even better. If you like paranormal books, I highly recommend you give this one a try.TwistThere is no way my review is going to do this book justice. I seriously love this one even more than the first. It was dark and suspenseful and romantic. The lore is beyond intriguing and the characters are so diverse that watching them as they work together and build relationships is just spell binding. I could not even come close to putting this book down and when it was over, I reread it. Yep, twice in a row. I just did not want to move on to a new world yet.The name is perfect because everything I thought would happen after reading book one was pretty far off base. The new characters are a wonderful addition to the familiar faces from Sterling. The one thing I did not like is that there were a few scenes where the characters were eating something I loved as a child and can not buy here in the Midwest, so my cravings are going unindulged ;).If you are looking for a paranormal ride like no other, then this book is for you. I would, however, recommend you read Sterling first. I can not wait for the next release!!!!! I will be buying it the day it is released.Impulse:I LOVE this book. I have read it twice since it came out. Not because it was confusing, but just because I was sad that it was over and wanted to savor it. If you have not read the other books in this series, it will probably be very confusing at first. The solution to that is simple, head on over and grab yourself Sterling. Be prepared, you will want to read all three all in a row.Now onto here are a few of the things I love about this book:*Really it all comes down to the characters. I love them or hate them or wish I could know them. I get mad at them, want to hug them, cry for them, and sometimes want to smack them upside the head. Frankly, it is quite freaky how real they are to me. Dannika gets an A plus for creating these amazing characters.*Relationships: The relational dynamics explored in this story are so multidimensional and authentic. I know the fan fave is the love relationship between Silver and Logan, but there are so many more. You have the brotherly relationships between Logan and both his brother and his "adopted" brother (sorry trying to stay unspoilery). You have the friendship relationships between so many characters. You have the father/daughter type relationship strengthening between Justus and Silver. There are so many and they have multiple levels. I think this probably goes back to her creation of "real" characters.*Love, Love, Love the lore and the world she has created. It keeps expanding and growing with each book.*I could not put this book down. I seriously counted down the days until it was ready and then devoured it.*I had so many theories about what was going to happen in this book and pretty much all of them were wrong. Dannika does not go with the obvious, or the formula I read over and over again. She is full of so many surprises. I wish I could share my biggest surprises with you, but they would so ruin the story.* Simon's Humor.I am getting dangerously sharing to much so I will stop here. My review in a nutshell: If you have read the previous books, this one will not disappoint and will most likely surprise you at least a few times, so run out and get it! If you have not read this series, run out and get Sterling and make a go. FYI Sterling was recently reedited to make it even more awesome This book is for an 18 plus reader.I own all three kindle editions of the books in this set.