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Falling by J. Bennett
4.0
4.5 stars.
4.5 fangs (really, really liked it)
I was given this book by PRATR for a fair and honest review.
what the blur says....The intellectual challenge of college and the warm embrace of a serious boyfriend have given Maya the wings she needs to break away from her bookish and shy reserve. Her ideal life comes crashing down when she and her boyfriend are accosted by a stranger. A stranger with glowing hands. Maya's boyfriend is killed. She is kidnapped. Changed. A rescue comes, but not soon enough. Maya’s senses sharpen, her body becomes strong and agile, and she develops the ability to visually see the emotions of those around her as colourful auras…beautiful auras…tempting auras. And then there’s the song… Now, Maya must struggle to control the murderous appetite that fuels her new abilities, accept her altered condition and learn to trust two vigilante half-brothers she never knew she had. As she joins the battle against a secret network of powerful and destructive beings that call themselves "Angels", Maya vows to find and destroy the one who changed her. On the bright side, at least Maya's oldest half-brother has stopped trying to kill her.
what I say......its hard to come up with something in the paranormal genre, but by Jove, I think she's got it! Angels, but no wings. Feeding, but no teeth involved. Creations, but no evolution involved. this book tells of Maya, how she becomes changed, her life before she was changed, and the one after. it deals with Maya's half brothers and their fight against the Angels, and WHY they are fighting. told almost entirely from Maya's point of view, except one little bit at the beginning. that bit tells the same scene from each of the brother, Gabe's and Tarren's point of view, and I would have liked to have heard more from them as the book went on. Maya struggles with her new life, and fights the need to feed all the time, but the song she keeps hearing is getting louder, more detailed. some animals help, so if you don't like to deal with dead bunnies, maybe not your book! not really an over 18, no sex and some violence to humans, but a little too much to be a young adult, because of the poor bunnies (and fish, but fish aint so cuddly!) I'd say over 16.
grabbing you, right at the start, it does not let up. it also does not finish, and there are more books in this series, and I should like to read them, to see what happens to Maya, Gabe and Tarren, and hope that whoever changed Maya gets their comeuppance!
I really struggle with first person, present tense, I really do. its not my favourite, at all, and that's the only reason I couldn't give it 5 fangs. maybe not right for some, but that's just my opinion.
4.5 fangs (really, really liked it)
I was given this book by PRATR for a fair and honest review.
what the blur says....The intellectual challenge of college and the warm embrace of a serious boyfriend have given Maya the wings she needs to break away from her bookish and shy reserve. Her ideal life comes crashing down when she and her boyfriend are accosted by a stranger. A stranger with glowing hands. Maya's boyfriend is killed. She is kidnapped. Changed. A rescue comes, but not soon enough. Maya’s senses sharpen, her body becomes strong and agile, and she develops the ability to visually see the emotions of those around her as colourful auras…beautiful auras…tempting auras. And then there’s the song… Now, Maya must struggle to control the murderous appetite that fuels her new abilities, accept her altered condition and learn to trust two vigilante half-brothers she never knew she had. As she joins the battle against a secret network of powerful and destructive beings that call themselves "Angels", Maya vows to find and destroy the one who changed her. On the bright side, at least Maya's oldest half-brother has stopped trying to kill her.
what I say......its hard to come up with something in the paranormal genre, but by Jove, I think she's got it! Angels, but no wings. Feeding, but no teeth involved. Creations, but no evolution involved. this book tells of Maya, how she becomes changed, her life before she was changed, and the one after. it deals with Maya's half brothers and their fight against the Angels, and WHY they are fighting. told almost entirely from Maya's point of view, except one little bit at the beginning. that bit tells the same scene from each of the brother, Gabe's and Tarren's point of view, and I would have liked to have heard more from them as the book went on. Maya struggles with her new life, and fights the need to feed all the time, but the song she keeps hearing is getting louder, more detailed. some animals help, so if you don't like to deal with dead bunnies, maybe not your book! not really an over 18, no sex and some violence to humans, but a little too much to be a young adult, because of the poor bunnies (and fish, but fish aint so cuddly!) I'd say over 16.
grabbing you, right at the start, it does not let up. it also does not finish, and there are more books in this series, and I should like to read them, to see what happens to Maya, Gabe and Tarren, and hope that whoever changed Maya gets their comeuppance!
I really struggle with first person, present tense, I really do. its not my favourite, at all, and that's the only reason I couldn't give it 5 fangs. maybe not right for some, but that's just my opinion.