Review: Interesting story but wanted more
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 6, 2013
*I received a copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.*So this contemporary girl decided to spread her wings and try some paranormal romance for a day. Playing Hooky was a very quick read. Emma's best friend Jason turns up on her 21st birthday to take her out for a day she'll never forget. For as long as Emma and Jason have been best friends Jason has been hiding something from Emma, no big deal really aside from the fact he isn't a human!Jason takes Emma to a circus where she meets all these mythical creatures. I was expecting Emma to have more of a reaction when she was introduced to this other world that she didn't know existed. Jason was exposing her to this secret side of himself and explaining more about his history but Emma was taking it all in, I guess I was looking for Emma to act shocked perhaps and ask a million questions. I know I would ;)Emma is thrown in at the deep end when a beautiful siren is missing and Jason and Emma must track her down and ensure her safe return before any damage has been caused. Along the way Emma discovers even more interesting characters and secret places nestled in amongst the 'real world.'I liked the storyline and the author's attempt at world building, my trouble with short stories is we always need more detail and I felt it was true in this case. The events happened very quickly and a longer story would have provided more character detail as well as enabling the author to flesh out the events. When Emma and Jason run into a surprising enemy I craved more detail in those scenes. But I have to take into account that there will be more in the series and hopefully all these questions will be answered then.Jason and Emma have been harbouring feelings for each other at one time or another but they have never been single at the same time and now that they are Jason wants to profess his love whereas Emma doesn't want to ruin their friendship by taking things further. There was a lot of scene setting in this first book as a lot of unique characters were introduced so I'm hoping in the books that follow we will see more relationship development between Jason and Emma, I loved their banter together and would like to see their relationship unfold.This was a very quick read with some interesting characters and will leave you with lots of questions going into the next instalment. ~Ava