Review: Dreams of Gods & Monsters

Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

REVIEW UPDATED ON 25/08/2017 because it wasn't a very articulate review (not that it is now but...)

Man, oh man... I have so many mixed feelings about this! I loved the first book and even more the second so I really REALLY wanted to love this one as well, but... it disappointed me in some manners. It got the ending I was expecting, so that wasn't the problem. But let's talk about it then. I gave it a rating of 4.5, but I really feel it is more inclined to 4 stars than 5 *sigh*

We continue where the second book left us, war between Seraphs & Chimaera (excuse me if some of these words are badly written and if this isn't the correct name, I read it in Portuguese), but this time, Seraphs are going to Earth to get weapons so they can conquer Eretz and rid it of Chimaera. The story makes you fall in love with it all over again.

Akiva makes you fall in love with him all over again. He was probably my favorite part of this book, it really gives an even bigger depth to his character than what it already had. Although he showed up too little for me (he showed up more than in the other books but I'm a strange one), his characters development was coherent and filled all the plot holes that had been left open from the other books and from this one as well. Karou, however, I felt like she didn't add much new. She had character development as well, of course, but not as deep as Akiva and even other characters. Still, she stays coherent all of the time, I just remember falling in love with her on the first book and not feeling that same magic here. But we also have to understand all the stress she was going through, all the emotional pain she was feeling, obviously she'd be a sadder person. Still, my favorite development was Liraz, and probably my favorite character to read about was Ziri. What a pleasant surprise, those two! Liraz is amazing, and her story was one of my favorites to read about throughout all the three books. She's absolutely amazing, and seeing her interact with the Chimaera and Zuzana & Mik makes my heart warm. Even with Karou, it was beautiful. Ziri, on the other hand, my poor boy! How can someone not fall in love right away with him! He's perfect, and everything he went through... He's so brave! Now, I don't know if something's wrong with me, but I feel like we had too much of Zuzana & Mik. I love them, but it seemed they had almost more spotlight than Karou. This seems weird but... they're main characters, basically but... they had so much spotlight... I know it was essential for the story but... Eh, I still love them, they still make you laugh and get all warm and feel like everything's going to be fine, but it got to a point where it... not exactly annoyed me, but felt like it was too much. I didn't feel the magic anymore. Enough is enough, as they say.

The problem for me with this book was that it just seemed to me like it was stalling. The plot was there, everything was there, but it just seemed like everything was kind of lost in description and feelings, which is good, but it seemed too much to me. There's too much explanation of everything, just like on the battle near the portal. It focused too much on details and description instead of in the battle. It didn't feel like a battle at all, but the battle scenes of book two were so good! And the action just seems to not go forward, I feel like this book could have been half the size and the whole story would still be there, details and all, and it wouldn't feel rushed. Don't get me wrong, I love Laini's writing style, but the first and second book seemed much "faster paced" than this one, I never got the feeling that it was "stalling" with the other two. Since it really didn't always grab my attention (it took around 200 pages before I got really interested and then I lost it again) I took a long time reading it because I never had the urge to pick it up again.

That was my main problem, but I had others, sadly! Eliza... I don't even know what to say about Eliza. I liked her character but.......................... did it add something? I mean, it does add something when you reach the end of the book, it does explain Razgut and it does explain the Stelian BUT. I don't know, at the beginning it felt to me like she was put there... to stall. Of course, she had to be introduced, she just couldn't be put in there by the end of the book. In the end, it does make sense, but I still feel like it wasn't very subtle. She could have been introduced before... or in a way that made it a little more interesting. It only got interesting by the time she went to the desert, in all honesty. Still, she was a nice addition, I liked her personality and liked how she put the entire story together, although I feel that she was used exactly to that purpose, to fill some plot holes. But it's better to have a plot hole filled by a new character than have the plot hole open forever. This also leads me to the ending. I thought it was over when they solved the main plot, but then we learn the truth about Akiva, but... so late in the book! I honestly felt somewhat annoyed? Surely my mood wasn't good to read this book. We had to know everything before the book ended, of course, but I feel like some things could have been said throughout this book and the second one. Of course, some of the characters to make it possible were only introduced now but... so much stalling for the first part of the book and then we have another major plot right by the end of it. And the insertion of Eliza in all of it which leads me again to almost feel like she was written just to fill plot holes, and Akiva's truth and what he had been doing and his family and what was happening to the world because of him... Since the main plot was already solved, I just couldn't get my mind to get interested in it, which is a shame. If you see the signs, all of it was there since book one, more consolidated in book two. So I really have no idea why I didn't care that much.

I feel like I've only talked bad about this, but I liked it as well, for all the reasons that I liked the first and second book. The writing is still marvelous, completely beautiful. The characters are all excellent, as I said before, and the new deepness to Akiva was perfect through the explanation of the true purpose of the Stelians, the character development of Liraz was spot on, even all the side characters were good. The ending was what we all (I think) wanted and it made me happy, but still bittersweet for obvious reasons for who read it. The world building is marvelous, and the new insight to the real Seraph's story is wonderful. So many things got explained, and not even one character didn't have a purpose in the books, even Razgut. All in all, every single plot hole was filled and you're left with a solid story since book one. I really can't think of a single thing that was left unexplained, which is extremely nice when you're living in a world where most things are left unsaid.

Basically all the reasons I stated to love book one and book two still apply here. I just got a tiny little bored. Keep in mind that I read this in Portuguese, so maybe something was lost in translation (but I didn't feel it happen in the previous two books, not to this extent).

I still really want to read Strange the Dreamer, in English, so I can fully experience Laini's writing style. I will still dream with Karou & Akiva for ages and this will still be one of my favorite trilogies, and Daughter of Smoke & Bone will forever be in my top 3 favorite books for what it made me feel. I was somewhat in a reading slump, I haven't read in ages, and DOSAB made me rediscover reading and every little feeling that you can feel when reading. It transported me to another place and made me extremely happy. I'll forever keep it in my heart, and I'll remember this one as well, as it was the (still great) conclusion to this amazing journey. Thank you Laini.

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Review: Dreams of Gods & Monsters

Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Man, oh man... I have so many mixed feelings about this! I loved the first book and even more the second so I really REALLY wanted to love this one as well, but... it disappointed me in some manners. It got the ending I was expecting, so that wasn't the problem. But let's talk about it then. I gave it a rating of 4.5, but I really feel it is more inclined to 4 stars than 5 *sigh*

We continue where the second book left us, war between Seraphs & Chimaera (excuse me if some of these words are badly written and if this isn't the correct name, I read it in Portuguese), but this time, Seraphs are going to Earth to get weapons so they can conquer Eretz and rid it of Chimaera. The story makes you fall in love with it all over again. Akiva makes you fall in love with him all over again. He was probably my favorite part of this book, it really gives an even bigger depth to his character than what it already had. Karou, however, didn't seem to add anything new. My favorite development was Liraz, and probably my favorite character to read about was Ziri. I don't know if something's wrong with me, but I feel like we had too much of Zuzana & Mik. I love them, but it seemed they had almost more spotlight than Karou.

The problem for me with this book was that it just seemed to me like it was stalling. The plot was there, everything was there, but it just seemed like everything was kind of lost in description and feelings, which is good, but it seemed too much to me. There's too much explanation of everything and the action just seems to not go forward. I feel like it could have been half the size and the whole story would still be there. Don't get me wrong, I love Laini's writing style, but the first and second book seemed much "faster paced" than this one, I never got the feeling that it was "stalling". Since it really didn't always grab my attention (it took around 200 pages before I got really interested and then I lost it again) I took a long time reading it because I never had the urge to pick it up again.

That was my main problem, but I had others, sadly! Eliza... I don't even know what to say about Eliza. I liked her character but.......................... did it add something? I mean, it does add something when you reach the end of the book, it does explain Razgut and it does explain the Stelian BUT. I don't know, at the beginning it felt to me like she was put there... to stall. In the end, it does make sense, but I still feel like it wasn't very subtle. This also leads me to the ending. I thought it was over when (view spoiler)[ they defeated the emperor and they all went back home and all that (hide spoiler)] but then we learn the truth about Akiva, but... so late in the book! I honestly felt somewhat annoyed? Surely my mood wasn't good to read this book. And the insertion of Eliza in all of it, and Akiva's truth and what he had been doing and all that stuff... Since the main plot (Seraphs vs Chimaera) was already solved, I just couldn't get my mind to get interest in it. If you see the signs, all of this was there since book one, more consolidated in book two. So I really have no idea why I didn't care that much.

I feel like I've only talked bad about this, but I liked it as well, for all the reasons that I liked the first and second book. The writing is still marvelous, completely beautiful. The characters are all excellent, and the new deepness to Akiva was perfect, the character development of Liraz was spot on, even all the side characters. The ending was what we all (I think) wanted and it made me happy, but still bittersweet because (view spoiler)[ they had to be separated first once again (hide spoiler)]. Basically all the reasons I stated for book one and book two still apply here. I just got a little bored. Keep in mind that I read this in Portuguese, so maybe something was lost in translation, but I didn't feel it happen in the previous two books.

I still really want to read Strange the Dreamer, in English, so I can fully experience Laini's writing style. I will still dream with Karou & Akiva for ages and this will still be one of my favorite trilogies, and Daughter of Smoke & Bone will forever be in my top 3 favorite books for what it made me feel. I was somewhat in a reading slump, I haven't read in ages, and DOSAB made me rediscover reading and every little feeling that you can feel when reading. It transported me to another place and made me extremely happy. I'll forever keep it in my heart, and I'll remember this one as well, as it was the (still great) conclusion to this amazing journey. Thank you Laini.

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Review: Dreams of Gods & Monsters

Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini Taylor
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Man, oh man... I have so many mixed feelings about this! I loved the first book and even more the second so I really REALLY wanted to love this one as well, but... it disappointed me in some manners. It got the ending I was expecting, so that wasn't the problem. But let's talk about it then. I gave it a rating of 4.5, but I really feel it is more inclined to 4 stars than 5 *sigh*

We continue where the second book left us, war between Seraphs & Chimaeras (excuse me if some of these words are badly written and if this isn't the correct name, I read it in Portuguese), but this time, Seraphs are going to Earth to get weapons so they can conquer Eretz and rid it of Chimaeras. The story makes you fall in love with it all over again. Akiva makes you fall in love with him all over again. He was probably my favorite part of this book, it really gives an even bigger depth to his character than what it already had. Karou, however, didn't seem to add anything new. My favorite development was Liraz, and probably my favorite character to read about was Ziri. I don't know if something's wrong with me, but I feel like we had too much of Zuzana & Mik. I love them, but it seemed they had almost more spotlight than Karou.

The problem for me with this book was that it just seemed to me like it was stalling. The plot was there, everything was there, but it just seemed like everything was kind of lost in description and feelings, which is good, but it seemed too much to me. There's too much explanation of everything and the action just seems to not go forward. I feel like it could have been half the size and the whole story would still be there. Don't get me wrong, I love Laini's writing style, but the first and second book seemed much "faster paced" than this one, I never got the feeling that it was "stalling". Since it really didn't always grab my attention (it took around 200 pages before I got really interested and then I lost it again) I took a long time reading it because I never had the urge to pick it up again.

That was my main problem, but I had others, sadly! Eliza... I don't even know what to say about Eliza. I liked her character but.......................... did it add something? I mean, it does add something when you reach the end of the book, it does explain Razgut and it does explain the Stelian BUT. I don't know, at the beginning it felt to me like she was put there... to stall. In the end, it does make sense, but I still feel like it wasn't very subtle. This also leads me to the ending. I thought it was over when they defeated the emperor and they all went back home and all that but then we learn the truth about Akiva, but... so late in the book! I honestly felt somewhat annoyed? Surely my mood wasn't good to read this book. And the insertion of Eliza in all of it, and Akiva's truth and what he had been doing and all that stuff... Since the main plot (Seraphs vs Chimaera) was already solved, I just couldn't get my mind to get interest in it. If you see the signs, all of this was there since book one, more consolidated in book two. So I really have no idea why I didn't care that much.

I feel like I've only talked bad about this, but I liked it as well, for all the reasons that I liked the first and second book. The writing is still marvelous, completely beautiful. The characters are all excellent, and the new deepness to Akiva was perfect, the character development of Liraz was spot on, even all the side characters. The ending was what we all (I think) wanted and it made me happy, but still bittersweet because they had to be separated first once again. Basically all the reasons I stated for book one and book two still apply here. I just got a little bored. Keep in mind that I read this in Portuguese, so maybe something was lost in translation, but I didn't feel it happen in the previous two books.

I still really want to read Strange the Dreamer, in English, so I can fully experience Laini's writing style. I will still dream with Karou & Akiva for ages and this will still be one of my favorite trilogies, and Daughter of Smoke & Bone will forever be in my top 3 favorite books for what it made me feel. I was somewhat in a reading slump, I haven't read in ages, and DOSAB made me rediscover reading and every little feeling that you can feel when reading. It transported me to another place and made me extremely happy. I'll forever keep it in my heart, and I'll remember this one as well, as it was the (still great) conclusion to this amazing journey. Thank you Laini.

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Review: Kings Rising

Kings Rising by C.S. Pacat
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This amazing journey finally came to an end, and I couldn't be feeling more hollow than I am now. I mean, there's no more of the epic story of Damen and Laurent, so what do I do now??

Once again, full 5 stars, and they would be 10 if I could give it ten. This is just amazing, amazing, amazing, and everything in it was perfect. This is the conclusion of their story, as Damen is now [PLEASE DON'T READ THIS IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE SECOND BOOK YET](view spoiler)[acknowledged as King of Akielos (hide spoiler)], he and Laurent must work together to put an end to the Regent and to Damen's brother's treachery. They join forces and must now join two armies, while traveling to Ios, where the Regent and Damen's brother are, facing challenges between the way and, obviously, coming to conclusions about themselves and their relationship.

C. S. Pacat is a complete genius. I can't even find words to describe how clever and intricate the plot is. All the dialogue, all the thinking, everything that is done is always there for a reason. Nothing is left on the loose. Something would happen, and you'd be "wait what" and then an explanation that made perfect sense would come your way and you'd just think "genius". Her amazing creativity is present as always, and delivers us, once more, an amazing continuation to an amazing story.

As we go further and further into their story together, we learn even more about Laurent's past and actually how strong he is, even more than what we did before. I feel so amazed by how strong Laurent can be after what he went through, and it makes me smile and all happy to see him getting down his walls so that Damen can enter. Damen proved to be stoic and completely just, as well all knew Damen was, but what really gripped me to them was their capability for forgiveness, mutual forgiveness.

This is a completely amazing book. If you had some doubts while reading the first book, please do continue on to this one. It's extremely clever and there are no loose ends and everything makes sense. I need to read the short stories right now, but it really does pain me that we won't have more of Laurent and Damen and, of course, the other characters as well. C.S. Pacat is truly amazing, and I can't wait for her to publish more books. Thank you so much for this amazing ride, the Captive Prince trilogy will forever be in my heart.

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Review: A Court of Thorns and Roses

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I LOVED THIS SOOOOOO MUCH, I don't think I've ever read a book this fast. Two days! All it took me was two days!!!

Firstly, I hesitated a little before buying this because, well, it's a book with faeries. And honestly, I don't like faeries. But it has such good reviews, and friends recommended it to me saying it's amazing, so I bought it. AND I DON'T REGRET A THING.

Before going further, it's also important to notice that I really am not a romance person. So this came as a surprise for me (maybe I'm getting soft).

This amazing book is about a girl, Feyre, that hunts in order for her family to survive. One day, while hunting, she kills a big wolf so it doesn't steal her dinner. Then, suddenly, on her village, a huge beast, a Fae, comes to revenge the death of his friend. As some sort of treaty, Feyre has to go to live in the Spring Court and leave her family behind. When she gets there, she gets really well treated by the beast, who is, in fact, a High Fae, Tamlin, but not everything's sweet. A blight is threatening the faeries and is about to cross to human territories, and they're not sure how to stop it. Saying more would be to reveal too much of the book. Even though it's a trilogy, this first book has a conclusion.

My favorite character HAD to be Lucian. As amazing as Feyre and Tamlin are, Lucian is the best. That poor, poor guy... and he's the perfect example of how such beautiful creatures can be horrific (not talking about him, by the way). Then, obviously, I have a sweet spot for Rhysand. He's just terrific in the good sense, especially when he says "darling". But talking about characters in a more broad sense, we only really get to know Feyre's feelings because she's the narrator, but what we get to see is that every character has different layers that makes them all believable. I could relate to them, a little bit, but I still could, which is important, and they all felt believable, every single one of them to whom we have some sort of insight.

The story kept me guessing so much! I had to read some parts twice just to make sure I understood correctly. The plot twists were well done and not predictable, and they added such depth to the story! It made me cry several times, from sadness and maybe happiness, and it made me smile broadly when Feyre was happy. It made my heart race several times, from worry.

In all honesty, I don't have anything bad that I can remember to point to this book. It was simply amazing and good. Everything felt right, nothing felt unnecessary, the characters were conveyed right, and there wasn't insta-love!! Honestly, everything felt right, in every sense of the words. It's a trilogy, but this first book came to a conclusion, so there really isn't anything to pinpoint, not even loose ends (that I can remember). Please feel free to disagree with me, but I really can't remember anything bad about it.

I NEED THE SECOND BOOK, especially since I was spoiled some time ago about something so now I reaaaaaally need to know how it happens. Also, people say the second book is the best, so I really can't wait to read it. If this one was just so amazing for me, imagine the second! Sarah J. Maas, you just got a fan here, and I can't wait to read your other books.

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Review: A Court of Thorns and Roses

A Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I LOVED THIS SOOOOOO MUCH, I don't think I've ever read a book this fast. Two days! All it took me was two days!!!

Firstly, I hesitated a little before buying this because, well, it's a book with faeries. And honestly, I don't like faeries. But it has such good reviews, and friends recommended it to me saying it's amazing, so I bought it. AND I DON'T REGRET A THING.

This amazing book is about a girl, Feyre, that hunts in order for her family to survive. One day, while hunting, she kills a big wolf so it doesn't steal her dinner. Then, suddenly, on her village, a huge beast, a Fae, comes to revenge the death of his friend. As some sort of treaty, Feyre has to go to live in the Spring Court and leave her family behind. When she gets there, she gets really well treated by the beast, who is, in fact, a High Fae, Tamlin, but not everything's sweet. A blight is threatening the faeries and is about to cross to human territories, and they're not sure how to stop it. Saying more would be to reveal too much of the book. Even though it's a trilogy, this first book has a conclusion.

My favorite character HAD to be Lucian. As amazing as Feyre and Tamlin are, Lucian is the best. That poor, poor guy... and he's the perfect example of how such beautiful creatures can be horrific (not talking about him, by the way). Then, obviously, I have a sweet spot for Rhysand. He's just terrific in the good sense, especially when he says "darling". But talking about characters in a more broad sense, we only really get to know Feyre's feelings because she's the narrator, but what we get to see is that every character has different layers that makes them all believable. I could relate to them, a little bit, but I still could, which is important, and they all felt believable, every single one of them to whom we have some sort of insight.

The story kept me guessing so much! I had to read some parts twice just to make sure I understood correctly. The plot twists were well done and not predictable, and they added such depth to the story! It made me cry several times, from sadness and maybe happiness, and it made me smile broadly when Feyre was happy. It made my heart race several times, from worry.

In all honesty, I don't have anything bad that I can remember to point to this book. It was simply amazing and good. Everything felt right, nothing felt unnecessary, the characters were conveyed right, and there wasn't insta-love!! Honestly, everything felt right, in every sense of the words. It's a trilogy, but this first book came to a conclusion, so there really isn't anything to pinpoint, not even loose ends (that I can remember). Please feel free to disagree with me, but I really can't remember anything bad about it.

I NEED THE SECOND BOOK, especially since I was spoiled some time ago about something so now I reaaaaaally need to know how it happens. Also, people say the second book is the best, so I really can't wait to read it. If this one was just so amazing for me, imagine the second! Sarah J. Maas, you just got a fan here, and I can't wait to read your other books.

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Review: Laços de Sangue

Laços de Sangue by Pamela Freeman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was a really pleasant surprise! I had it in my bookshelf for some time now and didn't manage to read more than half of it, then I'd drop it, and I don't remember why. But this time, I finally finished it!

This is the story of several people that live in different domains, but we have our three (sort of three) main characters: Bramble, literally a free spirit; Ash, a boy who's training to be a "security guard"; and Saker, the one we least know about but is some kind of wizard. What do they have in common? They are Travelers, people who are cast aside by the "new" people, the people of Acton. The three of them are guided by their blood and, consequently, by the Gods and other superior powers.

This story was slow but a really good surprise. It's completely different from the other fantasy romances I've read, so so different, and it stood out in a good way because of it. I really loved the fact that the characters interact with the Gods and the ghosts, but don't get me wrong, these ghosts have nothing to do with the ghosts in other stories, not is this a horror story. With this said, the worldbuilding IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, it's so amazing, it's honestly the strong point of this book, but the characters are so strong as well, it's wonderful. The characters seemed completely realistic and you could relate to them in several levels. As much as I like Bramble and relate somewhat to her, Ash still managed to be my favorite. I found that I could relate a lot to his feelings and his emotions, more so than with Bramble. The emotions the characters feel are extremely well written, that it doesn't exactly get boring although it has very little action. What I also really liked were the small chapters, written in first person, of others characters that Bramble and Ash would encounter on their separate journeys, as it gave us some background for that characters even if they didn't appear ever again. Maybe they'll show up in book two.

Still, what I really liked the most was how this mimicked history and real life, with the invader/invaded type of relationship between "races", and how some were considered superior and the others were seen as low by society. This was really well explained and written throughout the book, and gave it even more "essence".

But sometimes, just sometimes, it would get slightly boring reading the story of a different character that barely had anything to do with the story. Also, the back and forth between POV's sometimes made me slightly angry because I want to know what happens next to Bramble, not Ash, and vice-versa. As it has little action, it can get somewhat boring, but it never makes you really drop the book forever. I'm pretty sure I dropped it before for external reasons and not because of the book itself, as I wanted to come back for it for a long long time. I really liked the ending, but I must also warn you (and I don't know if this is a spoiler so I'll mark it as such, but don't worry, I don't say anything about the fate of the characters nor how it ended) that (view spoiler)[ it doesn't have a cliffhanger nor a climax (hide spoiler)], but mainly because this is the first book of a trilogy so it was a very good way to introduce the characters and the world, so it was a perfect way to build up the story.

All in all, this is a really different and amazing fantasy story, that grabs elements that make it seem completely different from anything ever written. It's perfectly written, world and character wise, and I could relate to the characters completely, although the pace was just slightly too slow for me, and it doesn't have much action (but IT DOES have action). But I also believe this was the buildup for the second book, and so that one will have more action. Not that that means that it will be better, because the essence of this book is in the details. May the second book be available in a book store near me, I'll buy it.

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Review: Laços de Sangue

Laços de Sangue by Pamela Freeman
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was a really pleasant surprise! I had it in my bookshelf for some time now and didn't manage to read more than half of it, then I'd drop it, and I don't remember why. But this time, I finally finished it!

This is the story of several people that live in different domains, but we have our three (sort of three) main characters: Bramble, literally a free spirit; Ash, a boy who's training to be a "security guard"; and Saker, the one we least know about but is some kind of wizard. What do they have in common? They are Travelers, people who are cast aside by the "new" people, the people of Acton. The three of them are guided by their blood and, consequently, by the Gods and other superior powers.

This story was slow but a really good surprise. It's completely different from the other fantasy romances I've read, so so different, and it stood out in a good way because of it. I really loved the fact that the characters interact with the Gods and the ghosts, but don't get me wrong, these ghosts have nothing to do with the ghosts in other stories, not is this a horror story. With this said, the worldbuilding IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, it's so amazing, it's honestly the strong point of this book, but the characters are so strong as well, it's wonderful. The characters seemed completely realistic and you could relate to them in several levels. As much as I like Bramble and relate somewhat to her, Ash still managed to be my favorite. I found that I could relate a lot to his feelings and his emotions, more so than with Bramble. The emotions the characters feel are extremely well written, that it doesn't exactly get boring although it has very little action. What I also really liked were the small chapters, written in first person, of others characters that Bramble and Ash would encounter on their separate journeys, as it gave us some background for that characters even if they didn't appear ever again. Maybe they'll show up in book two.

But sometimes, just sometimes, it would get slightly boring reading the story of a different character that barely had anything to do with the story. Also, the back and forth between POV's sometimes made me slightly angry because I want to know what happens next to Bramble, not Ash, and vice-versa. As it has little action, it can get somewhat boring, but it never makes you really drop the book forever. I'm pretty sure I dropped it before for external reasons and not because of the book itself, as I wanted to come back for it for a long long time. I really liked the ending, but I must also warn you (and I don't know if this is a spoiler so I'll mark it as such, but don't worry, I don't say anything about the fate of the characters nor how it ended) that (view spoiler)[ it doesn't have a cliffhanger nor a climax (hide spoiler)], but mainly because this is the first book of a trilogy so it was a very good way to introduce the characters and the world, so it was a perfect way to build up the story.

All in all, this is a really different and amazing fantasy story, that grabs elements that make it seem completely different from anything ever written. It's perfectly written, world and character wise, and I could relate to the characters completely, although the pace was just slightly too slow for me, and it doesn't have much action (but IT DOES have action). But I also believe this was the buildup for the second book, and so that one will have more action. Not that that means that it will be better, because the essence of this book is in the details. May the second book be available in a book store near me, I'll buy it.

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Review: Lover Eternal

Lover Eternal by J.R. Ward
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I liked this so much! It's sooooo sweet, and it entertained me very much!

What can I say that hasn't been said already? There isn't much worldbuilding nor many characters, only enough to know what happens in the Brotherhood worlds. You get to know a little bit of each brother, and I just loved how it went back and forth between Mary, Rhage, John and even sometimes Zsadist and Bella. There's only one thing I didn't like that much, and it was that Mr O's scenes always seemed pretty boring to me, especially when they happened in the middle of an important moment for Rhage and Mary. I mean, I know it's made to keep you on edge but come ooooooooon I just want to skip it and go read what happens to the lovely main characters, but I never skipped it (and I'm proud). This also leads me to a very sweet surprise for me. I got myself more entertained with Bella and Zsadist than with Mary and Rhage by the last part of the book, maybe because we had so much of them on the book. Rhage is the sweetest vampire ever! Hollywood and with all the bad boy vibes but he's just so... innocent? Innocent is not the right word, but he's just so cute so akdhadkahf. Mary is so strong, I love her, and I usually don't like the female main character of vampire romances because of obvious reasons. But Mary is so indepented, just so strong, for all she went through! She's awesome, and Rhage is awesome, and they're so good together.

The strong point of this book is, obviously, the dialogue. You don't have much character development except for the main characters, and there's not much going on besides them and the work of the Omega. All in all, this is a very good read, even with all the erotica it has, it just adds to their relationship even more. I really want to read the third, especially because I think it's about Zsadist and Bella and I can't wait.

If you're wondering why I only gave it four stars, it was mainly because of how I just wanted to skip some parts, and because of how sometimes I got bored of Mary and Rhage. But then right way the next scene was of someone else's POV, so it always made me come back to the book.

I'm so sorry for this review and because of how scattered around it is, but I literally just finished reading this and am so excited, I wasn't expecting to like this one as much as I did.

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Review: Prince's Gambit

Prince's Gambit by C.S. Pacat
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

FIVE FULL STARS FROM ME! Why? Because this is awesome.

Let's start with the obvious. This is a completely character-driven story, and so the characters have to be exceptional, which they are. All characters have a purpose to be in this story, and they keep on propelling our main character's story forward. Laurent is as cold and brilliant as ever, but this time you actually see another side of him, a human side. And Laurent is so human it almost hurts. The cold layer around him is being shattered, by Damen, and we get to see it. Also, we can also see the extents he's willing to go just to make his plans work. Damen, on the other hand, is finally given the spotlight. Before, it was always Laurent who shined, who was the most intelligent, smart and bright one. But here, Damen finally shows us why he was fit be a king himself. He's falling in love, hard, but that doesn't keep him from displaying his brilliant mind. Seeing his emotions and his internal conflict make us ache for him and it gets ourselves conflicted as well. As for the side characters, the Regent keeps on being the Regent, Gouvard keeps on being Gouvard, and Jord keeps on being Jord. But poor Jord... I can honestly say he's the third most important character in this story, at least from a certain point of view. Jord is in the middle of everything, and that's why he's probably the one who suffers the most.

But don't get me wrong, we DO get world building in this one. Just enough to understand what's going on, and it never feels lacking. C.S. Pacat has a way of telling stories where you get completely enthralled and almost forget how little you know of the world. But you don't need to know anything else for this to work out.

Also, I saw some negative reviews of people saying this book was full of sex? I have to disagree. As the world of Captive Prince, you'll obviously read sex, but it's mostly for the first part of the book. All of the sex scenes and mentions of it are still important to the plot, they have a way in the plot that doesn't make them feel unnecessary. They're there for a reason, just like in the first book they were there to show how the Veretian court functioned. This time, it's not to show us how the court works, but to show us the emotions of the characters, and one mention of it even to save Laurent and Damen while making them laugh about it (I laughed too). I must also be honest, I am under the impression that Captive Prince was a lot more sexual than Prince's Gambit.

Once again, C.S. Pacat has completely won me over and I can't wait, I really can't wait to read the third, especially after that ending. EVERYTHING WILL CHANGE, EVERYONE IS GOING TO SUFFER, AND WE WILL SUFFER ALONG WITH THEM, AND I DON'T THINK MY HEART WILL BE ABLE TO HANDLE IT (it won't even be able to handle the wait). This one ended in such a plot twist, with such a revelation that we all knew that was coming, just like Damen, but we don't know what's going to happen, once again just like Damen. Also, for everything I just explained above, for all the politics and movement in the plot, I think I actually like this one more than the first, but they're both so so so good. C.S. Pacat, I adore you for creating this awesome world with awesome characters that shows politics in a way that is nowhere close to be boring, and that makes us feel real emotion, even when we're just reading. I honestly love this series, and will read it a lot more times.

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Review: City of Glass

City of Glass by Cassandra Clare
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

SHADOWHUNTEEEEEEEEEEERS!!!

Yeeess, I know I'm pretty late in reading this but I finally did it! And it was a lovely ride! In spite of feeling it was too fast. I could barely read these days and I still went by it really quickly. That's one of the main reasons why my rating is actually 4 stars and not 5 full stars.

But I'll start with the story. It starts with a turning point, an attack on the Institute, and Simon crosse the portal do Idris together with Jace, Alec, Isabelle, BUT they leave Clary behind, and she really wanted to go. Pissed off, she finds a way to go with Luke, a werewolf! So a vampire and werewolf are in Idris, in Alicante, to be more precise, and a new mysterious character appears, Sebastian! I can't say anything else, otherwise I'd be giving away the whole story.

The characters are, as always, well-written, but I feel Sebastian gives away who he is too easily, it could have been harder to spot him (and I would've enjoyed it much more). Magnus and Alec's development made me delighted, I just wish those two showed up more, I think there wasn't enough Alec in the book. Jocelyn is also a nice surprise, although it just felt rushed to me, much like the whole book. (view spoiler)[Clary's reunion with Jocelyn felt really hollow to me, it lacked emotion, and there wasn't much between them throughout the whole book, even when Jocelyn told her about her past. There could have been much more emotion, and I do get Clary's reaction, but afterwards, I was expecting a tear-jerking moment and it wasn't delivered, at least to me. (hide spoiler)]

Everything went by so fast, and so little characters had a light shined upon. Alec and Magnus, important characters, showed up very little, Jocelyn and Sebastian felt rushed and Valentine sometimes felt out of character for me, but I think that was the point with him.

It's still well-written, Clary's and Jace's relationship develops nicely, Amatis is well introduced, the scenarios are always written in depth and all the plots make sense. What Luke and Clary proposed was really brave, and it really shows a new vision for all Shadowhunters.

But, with such an ending, and because I haven't seen the spoilers yet... how are there three more books?? Guess I just have to read them to find out, don't want spoilers. I just hope the others aren't as rushed as I felt this one was.

(As a side note, I can feel her writing style improving, even if it was rushed, and I think she almost perfected it with her The Infernal Devices trilogy.)

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Review: A Ameaça

A Ameaça by Ken Follett
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

[17/11/16]
I finally finished this! I took such a long time because of university, but I enjoyed it every time I grabbed it! Ken Follett is one of the masters of thriller, and this one didn't fall behind on that.

Whiteout deals with a deadly virus that, if spread, could kill millions of people. One of the scientists died with the virus but it was an isolated case. That was supposed to be the worst thing that could happen, right? Wrong.

Toni Gallo is an ex-police that now works as the head of the security of a lab that belongs to Stanley Oxenford. And she now has to deal with the biggest crisis of her life, and if she fails, millions could die. But this isn't just about her. Stanley's family - which is a huge family - has a role in all of this. And what a pleasant surprise that was! (it's not everyday that you find a thriller revolving around an entire family)

Miranda was a really good surprise, she turned out to be one of the bravest of that family. Ned too, I was really bothered with the way he acted but then he turned out to be a good character. I still have a meh opinion about Hugo but the guy didn't deserve what he got. Olga was a pretty good character, if it probably wasn't for her - and the snow, mind that - the virus would have probably been released.

But the most amazing surprise were the kids. Even if Caroline didn't have any role at all and Tom barely had one, Sophie and Craig almost stole the spotlight. They were amazing, and funny in their own way, and incredibly brave and even helped Toni literally save the day.

The bad guys were well developed too (as obviously they'd be, it's Ken Follett, duh). Madoba-2 was actually Toni's main problem, but it derived from Kit, so I wasn't that wrong. Kit is a very complex character, so I enjoyed all of his thoughts.

The only downfall? The ending. It's completely predictable, including the main character's ending. There's not any twist to it. It's predictable and even cliché, and that's why it doesn't get 5 stars.

All in all, this is a great book, with good characters and a good plot. It all makes sense and all the characters play a role (almost all of them, basically the ones I don't remember the names don't have that big of a role). It was very nice to be reading a thriller but still see the way the characters interacted with each other. Some of the chapters were really pleasant in the sense that it seemed like a completely normal story about a big family. And that's probably what I like the most, the way Ken Follett is able to intertwine trivial things into a thriller and make it all seem realistic.

[11/11/16]
I'm still confused with the names of everyone that showed up in the first chapter, but Stanley's family is pretty easy to memorize. Also, I want to see how everyone his family, especially Miranda and Olga, will play their roles in this story. I'm sensing the main problem for Toni won't even be Madoba-2 but yes Kit.

[1/11/16]
I'm currently very confused with all the names. I really don't know who anyone is besides Toni and Kit due to the amount of characters that were introduced just in the first chapter. Still I'm sure by the end of the book I'll know exactly who everyone is.

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Review: Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 1

Tokyo Ghoul, Vol. 1 by Sui Ishida
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Up until now, it's pretty faithful to the anime! I don't remember it well, but I think this entire volume happened in episode 1 and perhaps 2 as well.

It's really interesting to see Kaneki and the parallels between him and the books he read. Also Nishiki seems more evil here than I remember him. Hide is precious, he needs to be protected forever!

I hope that by reading the manga I get a deeper understanding of Kaneki and his reasons, but I'm expecting things to start shifting from the anime only around the second season and the volume that corresponds to it.

So far so good! A great start that isn't boring in any way!

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Review: Silence

Silence by Becca Fitzpatrick
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

4.5 stars!

Wooow, I never thought I'd like it this much! First of all, I read Hush, Hush a bunch of years ago, when I was a teenager (and younger than Nora btw) and I remember really well it was the typical love story between teenage girl who meets a new student who's some kind of supernatural. Then, I read the second about... two years ago? But the only thing I remember is how much it seemed like a simple romance story and nothing supernatural about it, except the fact that [SPOILER FOR WHO HASN'T READ THE SECOND BOOK] Nora loses her memory.

Now here we are! On to the third book! And this is lovelyyy! The way Nora can't remember anything but the way that Patch just keeps on being there on the back of her mind! Nora is a fearless main-character, actually. She's pretty brave! And the way that Becca constructed her world and wrote this book gave more depth to the characters. I loved Scott in this, he's the cutest guy ever, but I didn't like Vee that much. If my best-friend did what she did to Nora, I'd probably react the same way. Apart from Nora, Patch, and incredibly Hank, I don't feel any of the other characters had much development. They barely showed up except Scott and Nora's mother. That's the only fault, pretty much, because the story went at a perfect pace.

This still got 4.5 stars (leaning to 5) from me because of how cute and simple but still complex this is! Seeing Nora regain her memories and "reclaim" back her identity and world with Patch's help seems simple enough, especially when you think this is a story for young-adults, but had a certain level of deepness that contributed in the right way for it but still didn't make it too heavy. Also, the romance is just right, Becca is a master at writing love emotions.

It was the perfect read to keep my mind in a clean state and it never felt heavy. It was almost like a light read, but not exactly light that I'd feel my time was wasted on this "teenager" story. It was a perfect read.

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Review: Prince of Thorns

Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

“I've been known to be contrary. When something pushes me, I shove back. Even if the one doing the pushing is me. It would have been easy to gut him then and there. Satisfying. But the need was too urgent. I felt pushed.”

Jorg Ancrath is probably THE best anti-hero I have ever known. He's just fourteen, he's annoying and thinks he's always right, he goes against people just because it's fun, he's cruel and he's brutal. But he's also true to himself, he knows he's all those things listed above, and he's still the best and funniest narrator ever. Prince Honorous Jorg Ancrath narrates his own story, and it's one hell of a story!

Between the present and the past, we learn that his mother and younger brother were killed right in front of his eyes while he was stuck in a bush of thorns by men of Count Renar. Wanting to revenge them, he sets off with a bunch of criminals and soon turns to be the leader of their gang at only 13! Villagers near their death stare with wide-eyes while they claim he can't be older than fifteen. Little did they know that Jorg SAYS he will be king once he's fifteen.

With a quest for revenge, Jorg guides us through an adventure to gain back his rightful place by his father while fighting ghosts, necromancers and almost death itself. Jorg pushes through with his cruelty which is made to shock us but is so honest it feels refreshing. Jorg has no second thoughts about his acts, and reading the honest way of how his feelings are written felt just right, refreshing from all the conscious main characters of nowadays. Jorg is an anti-hero, but you'll fall in love with him just in time.

“Memories are dangerous things. You turn them over and over, until you know every touch and corner, but still you'll find an edge to cut you.”

Mark Lawrence is a genius and wrote this book in a genius way. His words never fail to amaze, and the little world-building we have feels massive. It is dark and gritty, even thrilling, and the whole feeling of it almost makes you feel heavy. This is a heavy book that CAN'T be read in little time. It has you thinking to understand some things, and you have to be in the mood to read it, otherwise you'll get lost. This isn't to say it doesn't have its share of humor. The dark-humor in it is intense, and it's always delivered to us by our dear Jorgy, as the main character sometimes refers to himself. This is a character-driven story. We feel what Jorg feels and we WANT what Jorg wants. The way Mark writes Jorg is so sarcastic and compelling that it's impossible to hate the main character, you'll find yourself taking his side. As a character-driven story, Jorg also lets us know about the side-characters who are all different and important in their own way. This is a book where even characters that are mentioned in only one chapter get a name. It wouldn't be right if they didn't, as Jorg is narrating it to us and they were all people he met. Speaking of other characters, one thing I really want to see more explored is his relationship with Makin. Makin was a knight, the best man with a sword, captain to Jorg's father, and he ended up with Jorg and a bunch of bandits. Most important of all, he's constantly present in Jorg's life.

All in all, this book is definitely a solid 5. It has everything I wanted from the moment I knew he was an anti-hero. Anti-hero are my favorite type of main-characters, and when there aren't anti-heroes, I usually find myself rooting for the villain, maybe because of the inner layer of humanity that they have but that they never show when doing their most cruel acts. The mood is incredibly dark and the characters are cruel, it has sword fighting and necromancy, dirty sieges and honorable combats. It's completely (notice how I say it again) dark but brilliant at its finest. Mark Lawrence is definitely one of the best writers of this genre, and I can't wait to continue on reading Jorg's history, because I DEFINITELY want to seem him at the highest point. And this, my friends, is how you know it's a good book: when you're rooting for the worst person ever. I really am rooting for him to become the Emperor.

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Review: Mundo del fin del mundo

Mundo del fin del mundo by Luis Sepúlveda
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

Well! This was something else! I've given it a 3 star rating but that won't be my final rating because I read it for a class and took a long while to read it (because I was "forced" to), so I'm thinking about reading this again in the future, I just don't know when that future will be.

I'm Portuguese, read it in Spanish for Spanish class. My level of Spanish is pretty basic, although I can pretty much understand it. Still, most details completely went past me and all the amount of names and all the places the ships would go through, which always come so so close (many many names about all the 20 places a ship goes through on the same paragraph). Because of that, I sometimes felt confused because later on a name would be repeated but I wouldn't remember it so I would be like "did I miss something?" Well yes, I did miss something, because my Spanish level is not even A1 complete (A1 is lowest, C2 is highest).

It's a pretty story and you can see it's well written even if I couldn't completely understand some parts because of all the confusion it brought me.

I want and will read it again in the future and will give it a rating, and that rating will be the one that I think this book deserves once I'm able to fully grasp its content.

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Review: Days of Blood & Starlight

Days of Blood & Starlight by Laini Taylor
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

[Edited 4/11/2016]

Not enough words can convey how much I love this book.

Okay! So! I decided my previous review didn't make any justice to this wonderful book, it was just too emotional and all over the place. With that in mind, I'll write another one without spoilers and that grabs the essence of the book better.

Laini Taylor is a genious, let's just start there. This is the second book in a trilogy, but Laini Taylor gives us world building in a way that doesn't become boring but that reminds us of everything that was going on, so that the world of seraphim and chaemeras doesn't come with a "bang." With that, we can see the way she perfectly crafted her world AND her characters.

All of her characters are so well written it almost becomes silly. We have Akiva, and Karou, and Thiago, and Zuzana and Mik and everyone else and all their motives, emotions, feelings, are perfectly clear and justifiable. Nothing in this book was random or by chance, everything clicks together, everything makes sense.

It is still a sad book in a time of war, and so the rare happy moments become precious. If you want to read it thinking romance is the main point, it isn't. Seraphim and chaemeras are in the middle of a war, and it gets to you. You can almost feel what it's like to BE at war through the characters, whether it's from Karou's standpoint or from Akiva, or from side characters who are introduced to us so we can have a good view at what a war does to people from both sides. And all that emotion made me cry, more than once, for the very first time with a book.

Also, if you were a bit confused with Daughter of Smoke and Bone, even though (at least for me) everything made perfect sense at the end, this book has a whole different feeling to it and, once again, there are no loose ends.

And that's why Laini Taylor is a genius, because of the way she delivers emotions and how she makes them feel so real just through words. It's a beautiful book, beautifully written because Laini really knows how to describe settings and emotions, and it doesn't fail one bit to amaze. It's simply perfect in every single aspect, and so it fully deserves 5 stars.



[Old review, written 31/10/2016]
This was awesome! Such a rollercoaster of emotions! Laini Taylor promises and she delivers, without fault! I have to say, the little poems dividing the "parts" of the book are beautifully done. The only thing I somewhat felt was missing was romance, but it just wouldn't look "good" in a story like this one (hope people don't consider this as a spoiler)! But this book made me cry, and I had never cried with a book!
(view spoiler)[I just love love love the constant feeling of war and, I have to be honest, the whole sadness that fills this book. Everyone is just sad all the time, except Zuzana and Mik, who come to lighten up our world and Karou's life. They're a breath of fresh air delivered at the right time. Another character who's never sad is Thiago. He's so hateful, so disgusting, so what happened to him serves him right, although I wish he had suffered a little more. Still, he's dead and that's all that matters. People can't imagine my shock when I saw he was "back", I could swear I was more pained than Akiva when he saw how Karou looked at him. Good thing we learn soon after that it's Ziri, but poor Ziri, being in Thiago's body... I almost wish Karou and Ziri end up together, he's just so lovable, but Karou and Akiva belong together so I had this crazy idea of seeing Ziri with Liraz. Could that be possible? I can definitely see it happening in the future, with Ziri's real body. Now, as I said, this was the first book that made me cry. First time was when Bast thanked Karou, and no one had thanked her before. That made me real tearful. Then, of course, when Zuze and Mik left. And! As a final part, when Akiva and Liraz understood Karou couldn't bring their brother back. That made me really mad as well, Hazael deserved to be happy. But that's war! And how hateful is Jael, and how smart he is, to be honest. Akiva was set up really well and it delivered another shocking turning point that won't be good for us here on Earth. It can be good, on one side, as Akiva and Karou, Seraphins and Chimaeras, are finally united against a common enemy. I just hope they end up together in the third book and NO ONE DIES, a love like theirs deserves to live on. Akiva deserves so so much to be happy, he suffered so much since he was born and he always tries so hard to do the right thing. It really got me anytime Laini described Akiva while he was suffering, which was the permanent state he was in this entire book - suffering. So I just want to see him with Karou all happy and fluffy! What really made me curious was the queen of the Stelians! I want to see the role she'll have and how it will influence the pending war on Earth as she felt Akiva's magic, and how these two characters will connect. To end, I really hope Thiago stays really really dead, and never comes back. I just have a feeling Jael (serves him right, what Festival (!!!!) did to him but it somehow didn't deviate him from his ways) will be... ehm... disgusting enough to fill in Thiago's spot as the repulsive villain. (hide spoiler)]
This was a big review! And I still feel like I haven't fully expressed my feelings about this book. They are so many! Sorry about the extensive lenght of this review (it's my first one ever holy), but please DO GIVE this series a chance, it's perfect, it has romance and sadness, war and moments of peace (filled with sadness, ah), and even comedy in the middle, believe it or not. Laini Taylor is a perfect writer.

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Review: The Blood Gospel

The Blood Gospel by James Rollins
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

This almost gets a 4 star rating for me.

This was a very interesting read for me! Not only because it has to do with archaeology, but because it talked about a lot of things I had never heard and, of course, the one in me who can't just ignore history loved those parts. Before you ask, yes, I searched for what was real and what wasn't. Speaking of that, I really like the way James Rollins grabbed characters who were real historical people and gave them his twist to fit in the story. If I have to talk some more about the characters, I could get me some Jordan anytime (he's a stud but such a cutie)! All the characters are well written, and the relationship between them and the way those relationships and the characters themselves grow is well explained and makes sense. That was probably my favorite part, the way the characters were written. Our main character's inner conflict she has with religion and her own family because of it felt like a refreshing background for me, and it was well explored and well written.

What detracted me from giving it full 4 stars (or even 5) were mainly two things: I had a really hard time reaching the end of this, I don't know why. Maybe I was having a reading slump, because it took me almost two months to finish it. I like the way its written, I like the way the characters and all the settings are described. I love the input the author gives us about historical facts through dialogue between the characters, which is beautifully done, and have nothing bad to pin about the way its written, so I have absolutely no idea why I couldn't just bring myself to finish it.

The second thing, which made me cringe a little bit (and I don't know if this is a spoiler or not but I'll just consider it isn't) was the strigoi. Which basically means vampire in Romenian, if I'm not mistaken. It basically made me feel the same way The Strain did. A story with such good potential, almost ruined by vampires. I can't say I didn't like it, they're pretty different vampires, if one can say so, but it made me cringe. And every time the book reminded me they were vampires, I cringed a little more. Now, I can't speak for everyone, and that obviously shouldn't have influenced my opinion just because some of the characters are, well, vampires, but it did, and I can't lie about it. Because I was expecting a fictional book about history with some fictional history in the mix, not a fantasy book.

If you just ignore the fact that they're vampires, this is a very enjoyable book, which I enjoyed very much. Still, I'll read the second, everything in this is good except... well, you know what.

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Review: Moon Called

Moon Called by Patricia Briggs
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Please! Don't turn away from this book just because of the cover! DON'T! COME READ IT!!

Ahem, I have to be honest, I read it sometime ago, but I can still recall how it amazed me so much that it didn't have anything to do with the cover, (minor spoiler alert about her tattoo) except her tattoo - she really has it.

Moon Called caught me by surprise, and I loved it! I only bought it because it had a 50% discount (shame on me) and because I saw the reviews here were good. But it was such a good surprise!

It's about werewolves, yes, but it has nothing to do with the young adult books of nowadays. It's a pretty grown up book, but don't turn away just yet! It has absolutely no sexual themes. Now isn't this weird, somehow.

It has a complex story that is well written, and if you're wondering, there are no loose ends, everything is tied together in the end, all the characters are well written as well, but the dialogue is the strong point of this book. As for Mercy, she is a strong young woman who works hard for herself, not anyone else, and maybe that's what makes her so likable and FRESH, yes, because she's a main character on her own that has nothing to do with some typical female protagonists of werewolf/vampire books.

Please don't turn down this book just because of the cover, I promise you won't regret it if you like fantasy books and are looking for a more adult story that doesn't contain sexual themes nor erotic scenes. Seriously, if you're looking for a grown up story with vampires/werewolves that doesn't involve sex, this is the perfect book.

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