A Dangerous Love
A Deadly Secret
Grace Divine—daughter of the local pastor—always knew something terrible happened the night Daniel Kalbi disappeared and her brother Jude came home covered in his own blood.
Now that Daniel's returned, Grace must choose between her growing attraction to him and her loyalty to her brother.
As Grace gets closer to Daniel, she learns the truth about that mysterious night and how to save the ones she loves, but it might cost her the one thing she cherishes most: her soul.
I somewhat enjoyed this book. I found that this was one of those typical YA Paranormal books, e.g. there's a mysterious guy, girl starts to like him, guy tries to push her away saying he's dangerous, girl doesn't care and they eventually fall in love. The beginning didn't keep me very interested. It kept me reading but I didn't really find myself wanting to pick it up again. I think part of the reason why is the writing style. The writing style is more on the juvenile side. I'm not sure if the author did that on purpose since the main character is a teen.
The character development was good. I know people that have similar traits. I really fell in love with Daniel and his sarcasm. I love sarcastic people. I really loved Daniels last name, Kalbi. Reason why? Kalbi is grilled meat in Korea. I couldn't help giggle when I found out about his last name and it made me crave for kalbi.
Halfway through the book was when it started to pick up a bit. Some strange things started to happen. A lot of things where going on and I couldn't really tell what was going to happen and what was actually going on. The ending left me really curious and wanting to read the next book, The Lost Saint.
Rating: 4/5
Released: December 2009
Publisher: EgmontUSA
Format: Harcover; 372pp
My thoughts about this were very similar to yours. I thought it was really dull and confusing at the beginning. Then I got into it halfway through. I actually liked the second book The Lost Saint much better than the first.
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ReplyDeleteThanks! I'll definitely check out the second book sometime soon.
I liked this one but haven't read the next yet. Like you, I was curious to see what happens. If Alison's right, we're in for a treat!
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