Review: Exciting Paranormal Romance
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 07 15, 2014
4.5 StarsImagine being part of a race that has developed beyond feelings. Its only existence seems to be one of control and power. They consider themselves to be a superior race to the loup garou and the vampires. They have played them against each other, like chess pieces in a chess game. That is the world that Brynn Atwood was born into. She is "Magi". After she has a vision of her father’s future murder by a loup garou, she enters their world to investigate and discover her father’s killer.Coincidentally, Cornerstone loup garou, the McQueen brothers, are named after chess pieces. This book features Rook, the youngest brother in the family. He is also a black wolf, which gives him the right to inherit alpha status upon his father’s death. He has been training with his father and oldest brother, Bishop, to assume the role in the event he chooses that path. Since his rock band career ended, he hasn’t really had anything else to focus on. Now his community has been targeted for annihilation. Two loup garou communities have already been destroyed.Thomas McQueen is the Alpha leader of the Cornerstone run. He is determined to expose the killers and save his community. Cornerstone seems to be the next target. Thomas has invited Brynn to stay with them. He appreciates her insight and visions, something that no one has ever done. She feels that she is valued. She feels like she belongs. The more Rook and Brynn work together, Brynn is finding herself becoming more involved in the loup garou world. She soon realizes that she can no longer go on pretending indifference, even if it means her death.Rook is also finding out that Brynn is not like other girls he has encountered. He is pulled to her. He can’t help it. He knows that he can only be with Brynn if he gives up his alpha status. His run will not accept a Magi as the spouse of their alpha. He also wants to be the one to show her what other pleasure's she's missed out on, and he wants to protect her as if she his.I don’t want to give away the plot of the story, but suffice it to say that there are a lot of twists and turns. It was a heart-stopping read at times. I found myself holding my breath. As Rook and Brynn race to find the killers, they may be running out of time themselves. I couldn’t keep from turning the pages until the very end. When I got to the end, I didn’t want it to be over. I’m still thinking about it.This book is a must - even for those uninitiated in the paranormal genre (that would be me). I would highly recommend it if it's your type and will definitely be impatiently waiting for the next book in the series.Review copy provided by NetGalley and Penguin Group.