Review: Impressive Paranormal Romance
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 25, 2011
Where do I even begin? Have you ever finished a book and been really pleased with the story, but wanting to immediately read more of those characters and that world? Yeah. It's like that.Olivia, the main character of this book, is part of a coven that defends against the evil Venators. Sounds a little cheesy, right? I honestly laughed at this when I read the book description. I'm not ashamed to admit when I'm wrong. I was very, very wrong.Olivia is sharp, cunning, and deeply emotional. Her life is a wild one, and has left her a little worse for wear, but her soul shows through in so many ways. Not only does she have this massive power within her, she is also delicately feminine.From the second paragraph of this book I was drawn into her as a character. Her voice in this story has a beautiful truth to it even if the story is one of fantasy.Due to circumstances in her life, Olivia is (like most great characters in fiction) at a kind of crossroads in her life. She's chosen to go in a direction that is away from what has been her "norm". She goes to live with regular people, something she knows nothing about.There is romance of course, in the form of bad-boy Jackson, but I really don't want to get into that. Girl finds bad-boy, sparks fly, we've seen that before. Let's just say that it's there, and it's real. (There's another guy too, but not really, ya know?) There's also plenty of fights and action, and truly interesting "bad guys" in this story, and they were handled well. But spoilers are not my thing.Spencer's writing is both level and almost poetic at times. You can actually feel the scenes as much as you can see them. Well written, is an understatement. I don't normally do Paranormal Romance. I usually stick to darker stories of the paranormal. This was worth it. There were things about it that I think would be made better by the editing staff of a major publishing house, but Sammie Spencer definitely has the raw talent and brings the goods to the table in this offering.I recommend Amaretto Flame to anyone who's looking for a good paranormal story, and a romance that's not just like everything else in the marketplace.