Severed by Dax Varley

 

SEVERED

Author: Dax Varley

Publication Date: 08/27/2013

Published By: Patchwork Press

Audience: Young Adult

Genre: Paranormal, Romance

 

Katrina’s still haunted by her encounter with the Headless Horseman - the night he beckoned to her. Now he has risen again, slashing heads and terrorizing the quiet countryside.

Her only joy during this dismal darkness comes when Ichabod Crane, a gorgeous young man from Connecticut, moves to Sleepy Hollow and their attraction turns to romance.

When the Horseman marks Ichabod as his next victim, Katrina, despite dangerous efforts to save him, sees no other choice than for them to flee.

But the Horseman awaits. Now it’s up to her to sever the horror and alter the Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

 

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**I received Severed as an eARC through Netgalley from the publisher (thanks Patchwork Press!) in exchange for an honest review.  In no way does that effect the thoughts and opinions I have of the book.  I did not get paid in any way for my review.**

REVIEW

 

Severed was an exciting, suspenseful read.  It's spun around the tale of the headless horseman and sleepy hollow.  I feel it's only fair for me to say I haven't read the original story so the only thing I really know about it is the obvious; a headless horseman haunts the town Sleepy Hollow and a man named Ichabod Crane saves them or something.  I did watch the movie Sleepy Hollow, you know, with Johnny Depp and Christina Ricci.  Does that count?  No?

Well anyways. Katrina Von Tassel is our MC, she is young, independent, and brave.  She has dreams of leaving Sleepy Hollow to go on adventures around the globe, sadly she knows she will probably be stuck in the Hollow for the rest of her life.  The book follows her as she tries to help her friends who have been marked by the horseman.  Along the way she fights off the unwanted advances of one man while she falls in love with another.

I have to admit the feelings she develops for Ichabod seem more like insta-love but she's young and sheltered, desperately seeking a way out of the Hollow, so I can see why she latches onto him.  Not to mention that to her he's swoon worthy.

The book is developed well and the writing is fast paced, making it easy to get caught up in the pages.  I was constantly wondering what the truth was behind the headless horseman and when it was revealed I was shocked!  The closer I got to the end the more plot twists there were.

 

Unfortunately, I feel like there were a few things left unanswered.  The book ending seemed left open, like maybe the writer is thinking of making a follow up book.  It's a great idea but at the same time if there isn't a second book then Severed will always feel unfinished.  Even so, it was a fast paced, easy read and I'm glad I got to enjoy it.

 

 

 

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THE AUTHOR

 

When Dax Varley isn’t reading, she’s slinging words onto a page. She lives in Richmond, Texas with her husband and a half-dozen imaginary friends.

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Shades of Blood by Samantha Young

Shades of Blood

Warriors of Ankh Book Three

Author: Samantha Young

Published: 12/12/2011

Published by: CreateSpace

Audience: Young Adult 16+

Genre: Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Mythology

 

 

Eden’s life has taken a turn she would never have imagined. She’s gone from soul eater to warrior, left behind a family she was ashamed of and moved in with one she admires. She has a purpose, a future, and… she has Noah.

Life should be good.

But… the most fervent and powerful soul eaters are determined to take down the Ankh and Eden is the key to the destruction of the warrior race.
Moreover, a shadowed enemy is still after Eden, and the mortal Warriors of Neith have chosen the worst time imaginable to start an uprising.

With an enemy in every corner, the problems before her are overwhelming. Then again, Eden hasn’t come this far to let anyone snatch her new life from her…
However, just when Eden thought she’d battled the monster within and won, the warrior who took something precious from her comes back into her life, tempting Eden to take a course of revenge there is no turning back from.
A YA Paranormal Romance recommended for ages 16 and up.  

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REVIEW

 

It's official. This series is one of my new favorites!! I'm so glad I stumbled upon it, thanks Goodreads! Each book is as suspenseful and action packed as the previous but it never gets tiring or repetitive like some books can.

 

In the third and final installment, Eden is back home in Boston at Cyrus' compound along with Noah, Noah's parents, and Valeria. Noah and Eden are a hot item for sure, talk about sizzling, I loved it! Unfortunately Eden and October's friendship is left strained by the final events of Blood Past. This really saddened me but it kept it real, of course October would be mad at Eden. Cyrus is trying to find out who is causing unrest among the Neiths, causing them to rise against the Ankhs. Before he can do that Octobers family is taken by a group of soul eaters who are also out to take out Eden and her fellow Ankhs. This causes a reunion between October and Eden giving them a chance to hash it out. We also find out that Cyrus has kept something HUGE from Eden. So huge it causes a rift between Eden, Noah, and Cyrus. I can't say I blame her for being pissed at them. Though once again I understand where they are coming from but where is the loyalty?! Eden was left facing one final choice. A choice that would ultimately change how she looks at herself.

This book was so suspenseful I seriously could not stop reading. My hubby kept trying to talk to me and he would either not get a response or when he was being exceptionally annoying he would receive a death glare. One thing I loved about this series that some may not like is the fact that once becoming Ankh Eden didn't have to deal with mundane everyday things, like school. I wish my life was like that, I don't go to school but it would be awesome to not have to go to work. The relationships were so well built that I could really feel the love the characters had for each other. When it was all said and done I shut the book feeling completely satisfied with how it ended. It's not often you can say that and I'm glad I found a series that gives me a feeling of closure. Seriously if you haven't yet you need to read these books!

 

 

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My Review of Blood Will Tell (Warriors of Ankh Book One)

My Review of Blood Past (Warriors of Ankh Book Two)

 

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Samantha Young is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author from Stirlingshire, Scotland. She's been nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Author and Best Romance for her international bestselling novel ON DUBLIN STREET. ON DUBLIN STREET is Samantha's first adult contemporary romance and has been sold in twenty five countries. For more info on Samantha's adult fiction visit http://www.ondublinstreet.com/

 

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Blood Past by Samantha Young

Blood Past

Warriors of Ankh Book Two

Author: Samantha Young (She pretty much rocks)

Published: 08/17/2011

Published by: CreateSpace

Audience: Young Adult 16+

Genre: Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Mythology

All Eden wants is redemption... but the road to redemption is never an easy one.

Travelling to Scotland to find her mother’s bloodline, Eden is soon embroiled in the politics and training of the Scottish Warriors of Neith. It is a world where some stand with open arms ready to welcome her as family, while others keep a wary distance, conspiring against her. Through it all Eden learns of love, friendship, and what it means to be a warrior. Her future has promise... that is until a man she thought forever gone from her life returns to threaten it all.

When the one person Eden loves above all else is endangered, she will have to make a choice. Him... or her?

YA Paranormal Romance recommended for ages 16 years and up

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 REVIEW

 

The second book in the Warriors of Ankh trilogy did NOT disappoint.  There was tons of suspense, tense situations, and action scenes along with more sexual tension between Noah and Eden. 

 

Eden is still struggling with the recent events that led up to her family's deaths and what that means for her future and her relationship with Noah.  I'm really happy with the fact that her anger was not easily written off, that it stayed with her.  It makes it more real.  Eden develops new friendships when the Ankh's head to Scotland to train with the Neiths there and meet Eden's blood family.  The relationships between Eden, October, Cameron, Valeria, and Noah have so much depth to them.  I actually had the warm fuzzies reading it.  Eden mentions at one point how she is sad at the thought of leaving Scotland, I actually felt sad at the thought of it too.

 

Turns out Teagan is still around and he has a plan for getting Eden back.  Cosmina, the Bucharest Neith Councilwoman, who believes Eden is an abomination who shouldn't be allowed to live, hasn't given up on finding Eden either. I was constantly on edge wonder if Teagan or Cosmina would find Eden, especially when she started going out on patrols.  No need to worry though, she is kick ass, she can protect herself.

 

Noah and Eden's relationship is intense.  She is angry with him because he lied to her in the beginning, she finds it difficult to believe his reasons for it.  He basically broke her heart, especially when she found out he was dating Romany the entire time.  After talking to Cyrus and getting a new perspective from the Ankh side of things Eden is able to see why Noah did what he did and is able to trust him. It helps that he has broken up with Romany and has the definite hots for Eden.  In turn this causes their relationship to flare.  Such chemistry!

 

The end of the book was full of suspense.  Eden is faced with a choice, a MAJOR choice.  I was biting my nails wondering how it was going to turn out.

Between the action, suspense, and romance this book is full of reasons to keep the pages turning.  Again I finished it in just a few hours and am eagerly moving on to the final book in the series.

 

 

 

 

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Samantha Young is a New York Times, USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling author from Stirlingshire, Scotland. She's been nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award for Best Author and Best Romance for her international bestselling novel ON DUBLIN STREET. ON DUBLIN STREET is Samantha's first adult contemporary romance and has been sold in twenty five countries. For more info on Samantha's adult fiction visit http://www.ondublinstreet.com/

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A Fractured Light by Jocelyn Davies

 

***Possible Spoilers If You Haven't Read A Beautiful Dark***

First off let me just say that I love the cover to A Fractured Light soo much more than A Beautiful Dark.  I don't know what it is about it but it's just so dark and awesome!!

In the follow up to A Beautiful Dark we find that Skye has survived the attack from Devin.  She wakes up in a remote cabin with Asher and an unknown rebel named Ardith.  The details are vague on how she was healed but she is and she accepts it as it is.  When they return home she has a lot of trust rebuilding to do since their story is she just disappeared with Asher without telling anyone where she was going.  Skye does a lot of growing during this book.  She harnesses her powers and by the end she has decided what side she will be on and what she will fight for.  I must say I am happy with her decision, I was worried there for a while but she did good.  It makes me really look forward to the next book to see how it all plays out.

Parts of this book really aggravated me, a big one being Skye's naive attitude about the people around her.  Her Aunt Jo acts crazy weird and Skye notices it but never questions it.  I mean with everything she's found out about herself and her parents you would think she would question why her aunt has such a strong hatred of Asher, an almost guardian like hatred!!  The same goes for Ian, he's always so moody, but she never wonders why.  She comes up with excuses for all sorts of things that are flimsy at best, I guess I expected her to be smarter than she was acting.  Another big thing was of course the love triangle.  It wasn't horribly bad in A Beautiful Dark so I guess I let my guard down and thought it would be the same in this book.  Let's just say it amped up and had me yelling at Skye during nerve wracking moments about all the mistakes she was making.

Aside from a few personal issues I had with it, the book was overall good.  There was a touch of suspense; wondering when things would go down between the rebels and guardians and what side Skye would take in the end.  We learn some new things about Skye and her powers and the story of her parents but not a whole lot.  I really don't know that there is a lot to find out about them, in a way I kind of hope there is some mystery surrounding them that we haven't yet found out.  In my opinion it was a good middle book.  There was enough going on to keep the reader interested but I feel like it was a lot of filler.  Like if it had been in the final book the issues that made up the whole of A Fractured Light would have been wrapped up in just a couple of chapters.  I do plan on reading the final book because I have a feeling there will be all sorts of craziness going down!

 

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A Beautiful Dark by Jocelyn Davies

On the night of Skye’s seventeenth birthday, she meets two enigmatic strangers. Complete opposites—like fire and ice—Asher is dark and wild, while Devin is fair and aloof. Their sudden appearance sends Skye’s life into a tailspin. She has no idea what they want, or why they seem to follow her every move—only that their presence coincides with a flurry of strange events. Soon she begins to doubt not just the identity of the two boys, but also the truth about her own past.

In the dead of a bitingly cold Colorado winter, Skye finds herself coming to terms with the impossible secret that threatens to shatter her world. Torn between Asher, who she can’t help falling for, and Devin, who she can’t stay away from, the consequences of Skye’s choice will reach further than the three of them could ever imagine.

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It happened at night. I woke to the sound of the wind blowing my curtains back. I opened my eyes but saw nothing. Not even moonlight. Not even shadow.

And in the morning, the window was closed.  A feather rested on the floor beneath it, the only reminder that I'd woken up in the night at all.  In the shadow, I couldn't tell if it was light --- or dark.

-Excerpt from A Beautiful Dark

 

 

REVIEW

 

So normally I'm not in to love triangles.  I just hate having to choose sides and I hate when I've chosen a side but the main character keeps going back and forth causing me to have anxiety attacks.  Buuut I put that aside and read A Beautiful Dark anyways.  Really the way it's set up I didn't feel too much like Skye was torn between the two.  To me it seemed like she was obviously into Asher and was just at moments confused by Devin and his attitude.  Of course that could also be because right now I am Team Asher, which actually surprised me because going into it I was for sure I would be Team Devin. 

 

The story is well developed and moves along at a decent pace.  I loved Skye's little group of friends; Cassie, Dan, and Ian.  We can tell pretty much from the start that Cassie and Dan have some chemistry going on and I must admit that I feel a little badly for Ian; part of me wished Skye would of had more feelings for him.   I was disappointed that Skye put her friendships and schooling on hold when Asher and Devin entered the picture, I hope that she realizes that's not the way to be in the next book. 

 

There were plenty of moments where I found myself laughing and other times when I was desperately turning the pages to find out what would happen next, there was never a dull moment.  I am eager to start the next book, lucky for me it's on my shelf right now!  I highly recommend you check it out or buy it before reading the first one, otherwise you may die of anticipation.

 

 

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Origin (Lux Series #4) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

 

Daemon will do anything to get Katy back.
After the successful but disastrous raid on Mount Weather, he’s facing the impossible. Katy is gone. Taken. Everything becomes about finding her. Taking out anyone who stands in his way? Done. Burning down the whole world to save her? Gladly. Exposing his alien race to the world? With pleasure.
All Katy can do is survive.
Surrounded by enemies, the only way she can come out of this is to adapt. After all, there are sides of Daedalus that don’t seem entirely crazy, but the group’s goals are frightening and the truths they speak even more disturbing. Who are the real bad guys? Daedalus? Mankind? Or the Luxen?
Together, they can face anything.
But the most dangerous foe has been there all along, and when the truths are exposed and the lies come crumbling down, which side will Daemon and Katy be standing on?
And will they even be together?

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Stars: 4/5

Laugh Out Loud Moments:  Not much laughing going on but there were a couple chuckles

Did You Cry: Off and on throughout the whole dang book!

How Did The End Treat You: Son of a cliffhanger end....

"An engrossing, sexy, nail biter!  I'm delighted to join the Daemon Invasion!"

Nancy Holder, NYT Bestselling Author, Wicked

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I wasn't sure Daemon even had a choice.

I wasn't sure I did, either.

 

 

Good Gracious that is one mighty fine looking cover!  Seriously, I could look at it for hours...

 

So remember how at the end of the Opal review I was all like "if you're going to read Opal might as well buy Origin" I take it back.  You may want to wait till Opposition Lux book #5 comes out (which isn't expected until summer 2014) because if you thought the ending of Opal was bad wait till you get to the end of Origin.

 

Aside from that this was another great installment to the Lux series.  Remember Blake?  Lets just say he gets what's coming to him, I am surprised by how Jennifer delivered it, but I think he deserved it.  Does that make me a bad person, possibly. 

 

With Origin we get an insight into the world of Daedalus and trust me it ain't pretty.  Turns out they have been formulating a new serum that I'm not sure we know what it's full purpose is for, even at the end of the book.  They have also been busy creating their own army of Origins (I will let you discover what that is on your own).  Basically if it does come down to a war between Daedalus and the Luxen I believe Daedalus has a pretty good defense laid out.

 

"...it's time to introduce the world to a little bit of extraterrestrial awesomeness."

 

Every action has a consequence.  In deciding to save Katy, Daemon angers his own people, who in response shut him off from the clan.  Meaning he isn't welcome into any colony and won't receive any help from them.  They should have known that Daemon going after Katy was the least of their problems.  His actions later on in the book will have them making a surprise visit that will leave you shocked.  His actions also cause a buttload of devastation and sadness that really had me hating Jennifer for a while.  I'm still not sure that I'm completely over it but the ending took my mind off of it due to it being a mother of a cliff hanger.  I suppose I may be a bit dramatic about that.  It may not be THAT bad but in my current state of mind it's the end of the world! (You will see how clever that thought is when you get there.)

 

"...Sweet Evil is one of my favorites..."

 

 

On a side note I really love how Jennifer throws in subtle references to other books.  None of them are as in your face obvious as the one she makes towards Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins.  When Daemon and Katy escape Daedalous they have to take on new identities.  Daemon's new name is Kaidan Rowe.  For those of you who haven't read it (you should by the way) Sweet Evil is a book about angels and nephilim and Kaidan Rowe is like the demon of lust.  Nice one Jennifer!

 

 

When all is said and done I still think you should read Origin.  It's up to you if you want to suffer through a year or more wait with me.  You know what they say, Misery LOVES company!!

 

 

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Opal (Lux Series #3) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

 

When he set out to prove his feelings for me, he wasn’t fooling around. Doubting him isn’t something I’ll do again, and now that we’ve made it through the rough patches, well... There’s a lot of spontaneous combustion going on.

But even he can’t protect his family from the danger of trying to free those they love.

After everything, I’m no longer the same Katy. I’m different... And I’m not sure what that will mean in the end. When each step we take in discovering the truth puts us in the path of the secret organization responsible for torturing and testing hybrids, the more I realize there is no end to what I’m capable of. The death of someone close still lingers, help comes from the most unlikely source, and friends will become the deadliest of enemies, but we won’t turn back. Even if the outcome will shatter our worlds forever.

Together we’re stronger... and they know it

(Picture and Overview from Goodreads)

Stars: 4/5
Laugh Out Loud Moments: 2
Did you cry: Yes, right before throwing the book. (except I couldn't throw it because it's an ebook and those are fragile)
How did the ending make you feel:  Angry.  Just Angry.

"Oh for the love of backwoods babies"

 

Review:

 

Oh Good Lord.  I think I just died.  Talk about a major cliff hanger.

Opal was pretty much a tense situation leading up to a major situation.  Even though it didn't come across as angsty as the other two books I still loved it and didn't have any trouble turning pages.  But allow me to say Blake is EVIL.  I swear Katy should have killed him or at least let Daemon when he betrayed them the first time.  I get the moral compass telling her its bad to kill but he is nothing but TROUBLE!  I also hate that Dee and Katy have this huge rift between them.  It's a hard situation to correct so I get that it couldn't be an instantaneous "I forgive you lets hug and have a sleepover!" but I really wish there was some work around so that they can get past this. 

Sometimes a book series can lose it's fire but Jennifer doesn't disappoint and finds new ways to latch onto you to keep you coming back for more.  All I have to say is if you buy Opal you better just go ahead and buy Origin because you are not going to want to wait.

"Holy country roads take me home"

 

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Onyx (Lux Series #2) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

 

Being connected to Daemon Black sucks…
Thanks to his alien mojo,

Daemon’s determined to prove what he feels for me is more than a product of our bizarro connection. So I’ve sworn him off, even though he’s running more hot than cold these days. But we’ve got bigger problems.
Something worse than the Arum has come to town…
The Department of Defense are here. If they ever find out what Daemon can do and that we're linked, I’m a goner. So is he. And there's this new boy in school who’s got a secret of his own. He knows what’s happened to me and he can help, but to do so, I have to lie to Daemon and stay away from him. Like that's possible. Against all common sense, I'm falling for Daemon. Hard.
But then everything changes…
I’ve seen someone who shouldn’t be alive. And I have to tell Daemon, even though I know he’s never going to stop searching until he gets the truth. What happened to his brother? Who betrayed him? And what does the DOD want from them—from me?

No one is who they seem. And not everyone will survive the lies
 

(Picture and Overview from Goodreads)

Stars: 4/5

Scream Out Loud Moments: At least 10!

Did you cry: Yes, once

How did the end leave you feeling: Warning its a cliff hanger! But not a book throwing cliff hanger. Definitely leaves you with unanswered questions.

 

 

 

Review:

Another action packed, tension thick, emotion throwing book.  This book did not disappoint although I do want to slap Katy for most of the book for being such a stupid girl, she eventually gets over it in case you were wondering.  But seriously she spends half the book being all "confused" about Daemons real feelings, since he was such a jerk face in the first book, when really she should be jumping on the opportunity to jump him since really he's admitting, in his own way, his feelings for her!  

 

We find out a lot of new stuff about the Lux and Daemon and Katy's new "connection" and no I do not mean love connection.  We are also introduced to a couple of new important characters, neither of which I personally like, you'll have to let me know what you think in the end since I don't want to give away too much by elaborating on my opinion ;). It leaves us with the surprise appearance of someone who right of the bat seems different.  Just as soon as said person shows up the book ends.  Insert cliff hanger here.  Basically this book is a great follow up to Obsidian and I highly recommend reading it.  So do it now.  Tell me what you think!

 

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Obsidian (Lux Series #1) by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Starting over sucks.

When we moved to West Virginia right before my senior year, I'd pretty much resigned myself to thick accents, dodgy internet access, and a whole lot of boring.... until I spotted my hot neighbor, with his looming height and eerie green eyes. Things were looking up.

And then he opened his mouth.

Daemon is infuriating. Arrogant. Stab-worthy. We do not get along. At all. But when a stranger attacks me and Daemon literally freezes time with a wave of his hand, well, something...unexpected happens.

The hot alien living next door marks me.

You heard me. Alien. Turns out Daemon and his sister have a galaxy of enemies wanting to steal their abilities, and Daemon's touch has me lit up like the Vegas Strip. The only way I'm getting out of this alive is by sticking close to Daemon until my alien mojo fades.
If I don't kill him first, that is.

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Stars: 4/5
Did you bond with the characters: We are like one
Laugh Out Loud Moments: 2
Did you cry: Yes but only once
Did the ending make you throw the book or sigh with contentment: Definitely a sigh tinged with needing more but no book throwing required.

 

Review:

 

This is actually my second time reading Obsidian.  Sometimes you start to read a book for the second time and realize the excitement is, sadly, gone.  So not the case here!

Obsidian is about a girl named Katy originally from Florida who moves to a small non existent town in West Virginia.  It's just her and her mom since her dad died of cancer three years prior to the start of the book.  She finds out that the kids next door are actually her age, turns out they are twins.  Daemon is just the type of guy I love in a book; hard sexy shell soft caring inside.  And then Dee his sister is the type of girl that's easy to become quick pals with.

There is awesome chemistry and sexual tension between Daemon and Katy but half the time you can't help but hate Daemon because he can be a serious dickweed.  There are times when Katy is quick to forgive where I would prefer she held her ground and really make him pay for it but I can get past that.

About halfway through the book we finally get told to our faces that Daemon and Dee (and their triplet friends Adam, Andrew, Ashley and Mr.Garrison (Katy's teacher)) are all aliens.  SURPRISE!!

There are a couple of "fight" scenes between the good aliens(Luxen) and bad aliens(Arum) one being a super blow out with a crazy result.  But there are also plenty of scenes between Daemon and Katy that will have you wanting to either shake something or hug the person closest to you  Between the suspense of being hunted and the tension between Daemon and Katy this book really had me turning the pages, even the second time through.  I'm leaving out quite a few details because if I told you everything then you wouldn't need to read it yourself and you need to...right now!  Go!

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