HC $16.99
274 pgs.
for: Young Adults
Rating: 4.5
First Line/s: Under the cafeteria table, my right knee bounced like a jackhammer possessed. Adrenaline snaked through my limbs, urging me to bolt, to hightail it out of Rocquemor House and never look back.
Setting: Over a decade after the 2009 hurricanes ruined New Orleans, now called New 2. It's no longer part of the USA, and it's home to people that are.....different.
One sentence summary: Ari, a 17 year-old searching for her mother and her roots, discovers the horrifying legacy that has been passed down to her through centuries of tormented women.
Yes, this one held my attention completely. I guess I enjoy these dystopian adventures. This one, of course, includes the smolderingly handsome love interest. Sebastian is the interestingly different part vampire whose family is one of the Novem, the ruling elite of the new New Orleans. However, Ari holds a power that she doesn't understand at all - many people that she encounters, the ones that know of her mother, show that they are ... afraid ... of her.
I slowly figured out the mystery before it was revealed, but it was fun doing so. Someone with more of an interest/background in Greek mythology would probably figure it out long before I did. But I'll read the sequel when it comes out, A Beautiful Evil, coming in February, 2012. It will continue the adventure, I'm sure.
If I knew New Orleans, the layout and the history, it would be even more enjoyable, because the description is excellent.
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