Review: An Easy, Enjoyable Read
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 3, 2014
The cover is lovely, the blurb interesting, but I felt that neither really sum up the thrilling, fast-paced story inside.Emma is a foster child, thrown around between homes until she lands in her senior year. All's going well. She has a great friend, Greg, is a star on the cross country team with chances for State, lives in an okay group home and even has the chance of landing a nice scholarship for college. Her life's been rough (no one has ever stuck around her very long), but the future's looking bright. But when the dark, mysterious Luke shows up and Emma is immediately, insanely drawn to him, everything takes a gigantic turn for the worse.Emma is a girl who's willing to work hard, empathetic toward others, and doesn't really expect too much out of life. All in all, she's a down to earth girl who's very easy to sympathize with. I'll admit, the beginning of the book threw me a little. For such a stabile person, I was a bit surprised that Emma threw herself at Luke so quickly, especially when their relationship turned violent almost immediately (and she still stuck with him.) Granted, the reasoning (which is presented later in the story) does explain this, but as I was reading it, it was hard to accept '(and stomach). I would have loved to see this entire inital time with Luke a little more drawn out and deepened, not only so that her attraction to him despite his temper would have a little more reasoning behind it, but I think it would have even offered another layer when the amazing ending fights came. And they were simply fun to read!This is an enjoyable, well-written read. I was drawn into Emma's problems and read this book in one setting. Emma's attempt to break free of Luke is tense and action filled. I fevered for her as she tried to start a new life, knowing that the danger still hovered in the background.The Indian 'warriors', which step into her life are amazing - hot, funny, sensitive, loving. Yep, I wanted to jump into their circle too because they sounded like a blast to be around. Wonderful characters. It was nice to watch Emma pulled into this warm environment, while still struggling with her past. It was like a hug in troubled times, and set a marvelous mood for the dangerous fights which still followed her and were to come.The story is full of action, tension, magic, teenage love and learning to trust. I can recommend this for anyone into YA Paranormal Fantasy with a splash of romance.