Review: Hook Still Has the Gift
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 02 28, 2012
I was pleasantly surprised when I read Holly Hook's previous work, Tempests. It had a likeable protagonist and excellent pacing. Well, I'm here to tell you Inferno offers more of the same, and that's a good thing.This time around, a new main character emerges in the form of another adolescent girl named Kenna who, as it turns out, is a volcano goddess. For her entire life she has been raised by human parents who kept her obvlivious of her true nature. But now, after disobeying her "fake parents," she she awakens to her true powers and has to decide who she can trust if she's going to get through her ordeal without causing massive damage to the world. Janelle, who is now leader of the Tempests, discovers her and because of her own similar experiences is able to relate to her.If anything, Inferno is even more of a page-turner than Tempests. I finished it pretty darn quick because it's so engaging. And for the low price tag, you really can't go wrong here (unless you just really hate YA). I hope Hook continues writing, because she has a lot to offer the reading world.If there is any complaint to be leveled against this book, it's the fact that I still don't understand why Tempests sometimes transform when they go in the ocean, but other times they don't. Maybe I'm just dumb, though.