Review: Wonderful book! Loved it a lot!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 5, 2014
Holy God! I absolutely loved this book!*rant begins*Lizzy Ford, this is not fair. You cannot end the book like this. Hear me, NOT FAIR!!! Talk about a MAJOR CLIFFHANGER! Where is the second book? I really need to know what happened. Please, please, a release date? Some news about the second book? Any news?* rant ends*Now that I have got that out of my system, let me go the proper review.This book strangely reminded me of The Raven Boys, though absolutely nothing is similar. May the atmosphere of the book, maybe the whole prophesy thing, and intricate web of events connected to many people.Jayden's parents are divorced. He has two very different families- his mother's side is into Voodoo, and magic, and believes in curses, hexes, and so on. His father is a total pragmatist. One of his ancestors was responsible for many lives he sold as slave trade. Jayden's father gives him a key which was used by his ancestor to trap the slaves, as a reminder of how it was up to Jayden to do things differently, and establish a better reputation, that erases his dark past. Jayden's grandmother gives him a dog tag that contains a powerful protection, as she claims that there was a powerful curse at work, because of the mistakes of his ancestors.The lives of so many people are intricately connected. Jayden, Adrienne, Jax, Rene, Therese are the important players here. Adrienne's sister Therese had died five years ago. Everybody thinks she was an angel, but Adrienne feels differently. Adrienne comes across signs that makes her believe that her sister was very deeply into dark magic. Jax and Rene are two brothers who are leaders of the local Voodoo gangs that control the alleys her Adrienne's home.They cannot be more different. Jax seems to be a bit sinister, and he knows something about his sister, and what happened to her. Rene, though built like a soldier, is soft at heart. He almost seems to be a protector, and helps and saves Adrienne in many situations.Jayden and Adrienne's lives intersect, when Tara- Jayden's step sister goes to get a Tarot reading from Adrienne. Jayden falls for Adrienne, when he first hears her sing at school, and falls hard. Adrienne also falls for him. Enter a jealous super-bitchy ex-girlfriend-Kimmie.There were certain parts of the story where I thought it was going into cliche YA territory.-> New Girl at school from a poor background.-> Most Popular guy at school falls for new girl.-> Super bitchy ex-girlfriend becomes jealous, and tries to get him back.-> Bitchy ex befriends and betrays the new girl, and shames her.But, this book is much more than that. The sinister curse, the intersecting lives of all the people, the effects of their action, and their ancestor's actions, curses, and all the complexities were very intricately woven.I don't think I can do justice to this great book through my review. I totally loved it. Now, again, where is that second book?