Review: Interesting universe - great characters
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 13, 2013
Amber Kemp is from a family of witches but hasn`t sought that part of herself out because her anti-witch father has fought it and because ... well, I suppose it scares her. But when she is fired from her computer programming job and finds her aunt and uncle missing she goes to her aunts house to meet up with her sort-of cousins to join them in their search. Soon she finds out that the aunt missing is somehow related to the local bookstore keeper, a man who seems to have been slowly drained of life - as are his staff and customers. Amber`s quest changes and she is now trying to save the bookstore keeper`s life from the big bad out there.The universe in this book is very interesting and the characters have depth and are both likable and lovable. On top of that DL Carter shows her usual penmanship and writes so well that you hardly notice the plot holes in this book. Because they are there. Like, how quickly the missing aunt is forgotten, how quickly Amber finds out the truth as is able to fight correctly considering her lack of training and how quickly hate/dislike between the two main characters is turned into lust and love.This is a good book and an interesting read but not quite the standards ofThe Use (Changing Magic Book One). I truly hope DL Carter chooses to write more books in that universe but I`ll take any book she writes and love it - flaws and all.