Review: This is a great PNR story that will leave you on your seat until the end
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 22, 2013
Since the entire trilogy is compiled into one book I will break down my review per story.Hidden Gates (5 Stars)I just want to start out by saying that this is a new adult/ paranormal romance, not YA. There is quite a bit of sex in this book, swearing and there is even under aged drinking. So just be prepared that even though this is a story containing an 18 year old, it isn't YA fluff.I loved the way the book begins with P.J. and her best friend Bryn at school ribbing on each other. They appear to be normal teens but in all actuality, P.J. is a Seer who has premonitions, and Bryn is a Guardian who protects Seers. They have grown up doing everything together and one day Bryn will be P.J's Guardian. Only, one night at a party P.J. realizes her feelings for Bryn are more than just that of a friend and finds out that Bryn has been in love with her for a long time. They decide to hide their relationship since it is forbidden for guardians and seer's to become involved but all good things must come to an end and they are caught red handed getting hot and heavy in the woods by none other than her father.You would think that the story would just be about forbidden love and the majority of it is. Except Bryn gets shipped away and P.J. starts having some crazy premonitions that no one seems to believe are real. Not to mention that a guy named Khol comes into the picture and drops a pretty big drama bomb on P.J. (Sorry, no spoilers) So not only does P.J. have to come to terms with her new found identity and not having Bryn but she also has to figure out how to stop these alien things from over taking the world.A lot goes on in this book and with being the first in a trilogy, stuff goes unanswered. So it pretty much sets you up for the next two books and I personally cannot wait to read more. D.T. has a great way of creating a story that keeps the readers interested without losing focus. I personally loved the romance aspect since I am a big romance junkie myself. But I loved the craziness when it comes to not only the aliens but what P.J actually is, and I don't mean just a Seer. I cannot wait for book number 2 to come out.--------------------------------Broken Gates (4 stars)Wow! Is all I can say about the ending of this book. I love when an author who can throw a perfect curve ball that puts the book in a whole new ball game, and D.T. has done just that right at the end.I really enjoyed this story. I couldn't seem to put the book down and would think to myself "just one more chapter", which would turn out to be five chapters. I love the way that D.T. writes. She doesn't have a lot a inner dialogue running. In fact there's always something going on in the story that demands the readers attention. One minute something's taking place and then #BAM# something else is going wrong. My only problem is P.J. she seems so wishy washy with her hormones and I feel a little bad for both Khol and Bryn. I really wish she'd be able to fully commit to just one guy. She definitely has more personal growth ahead of her.Even though I'm really sad with the way this story ends, I'm looking forward to the next (and last) book in the trilogy.----------------------------------Open Gates (4 Stars)I'm glad to see that P.J has matured some. In the first book she was really started to get on my nerves. She was all over the place and I felt like someone needed to shake some sense into her. By the end of the trilogy, she seemed to have gained some self dependency. She makes a huge decision that is really a self sacrifice on her part, and that decision is what made her mature in my eyes.I liked that there were new characters introduced in this story. Even though the story was wrapping up, D.T. still managed to keep everything fresh and leave the reader guessing as to what was going to happen next. I can honestly say that the way she tied everything together and ended the story was never even a possibility in my mind.The romance in this story was sweet. P.J is still torn between Khol and Bryn but Khol really steps up and shows his softer side to P.J. Even though I'm still a Bryn girl, I will admit, that I started to soften towards Khol. You can tell that he really does care for P.J. and just wants to see her happy.However, I took a star away simply because at times I totally forgot about the aliens taking over the world. The story would focus so much on P.J. and Khol and how they were in their own little bubble that the aliens took the backseat. And with the story coming to a close, I really felt like the huge crisis that started it all seemed to fizzle out.I'm really sad to see the series end and even though there isn't really closure at the end of the story for all of the characters, I still loved the ending. I look forward to what D.T. cranks out next.