Will she break her vow when she meets a seductive vampire?
Eve’s power-hungry, witch parents will kill at the slightest insult, and Eve’s unwillingness to use her own supernatural abilities is enough to incite them. Boaz, a powerful vampire, may be the only one able to save her, to give her the one thing she’s never had–love. He also wants her to use dark magic, to show her just how strong she can be.
As she falls deeper in love with him, she finds she’s willing to do almost anything for him. But in Eve’s world, no one is who they seem, and everyone has an agenda. The more she stays with him, the more difficult it becomes to spot the true devils, especially when she becomes one herself.
“I would rather die than be like them. From that day forward, I was no longer a witch.” Eve
This is one of those rare books that captures me from the very first moment. The first scene was all it took, and I was in love. I couldn’t book this book down! And I was surprised by how much doubt I had while reading, hoping for the best, suspicious of the worst. The story has takes some unique turns that ultimately set this story up as an epic paranormal romance.
*I don’t want to give spoilers, but I do want to say if you’re a fan of Jessica Jones, there are aspects of this story that will definitely appeal to you, character-wise*
Okay, that said. It’s REALLY hard to review this story with the details without giving spoilers, so I’ll just give a quick overview of what I can, hopefully without giving any spoilers. Early on, we’re introduced to what we believe to be the villains of the story, Eve’s parents. I have to say this scene is pretty crucial to developing Eve’s potential as a human being, because her dark turns later in the story would otherwise make her unlikable; instead, you root for her the whole way.
Boaz comes along just in time to stop her parents from going too far in their torture of Eve (really gives child abuse a new meaning). He literally saves her life. After that, however, Eve becomes self-destructive and dark in her choices. Again, I don’t want to give too many spoilers, but it really takes a lot for her to break away from because the more she uses magic, the darker she becomes.
Along the way, I held out hope for things I should not have hoped for. Rachel McClellan did a fantastic job creating multifaceted heros. People who could be the hero one day, and the villain the next. Ultimately, this is a story about overcoming addictions (so isn’t it ironic that I became addicted to reading it!) but it’s not the kind of addictions you would think.
It was nice to read something so dark and edgy while still seeing some value and meaning to the story. I can’t wait for book two! Edit: I have since read book two an am now looking forward to book three!
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