I loved this book. It was extremely original. No matter how many mythological characters were included, not a single one was written to be like the traditional creature would be. There were also hybrid creatures that, as far as I know, had never been written about before. Creativity lived and breathed through this story. As a reader, I want to be constantly surprised. This book provided that. The writing was good too, and the storyline was realistic, so it felt as though the creatures could walk off the pages and into my life. I need creativity in writing to keep me interested. This novel delivered one hundred percent on that aspect.
I found the writing style to be very personal, more like a diary than someone telling a story. This can be either good or bad, depending on whether or not that's the style the reader is looking for. It reminded me of Spellbound by Cara Lynn Shultz, in the way that you grow very close to the main character, since every thought, benign or close and personal, is shared. In this case, once I adjusted to the tone, I very much enjoyed it. Evie was a strong lead, so her thoughts weren't overly mushy or shallow; instead, they provided a nice and comfortable narrative. They were also mature yet slightly innocent and dramatic, just as they would be for any teenage girl in her situation. I loved the fact that although Evie, a teenager, was the main character, Kiersten White didn't overemphasize her naïveté, as some authors do. I find that even when authors fall in love with their younger characters, some draw out their innocence to unrealistic proportions, which I, as a teenaged reader, find condescending when all their teenaged characters act like fools. I appreciated the maturity attached to the character of Evie.
There was only one thing I found unrealistic about the storyline: why would Evie not believe her repeated dreams were foretelling the future when she lived in a world of the supernatural? She already knew she was supernatural herself, with her ability to see through glamours; why couldn't she have premonitions, too? That was the one thing I didn't like about Evie: her stubbornness to accept the blatantly obvious truth sitting in front of her. She learned things through her dreams that fit into her real life, and the other things that she couldn't confirm still made sense. Aside from this, I found that all other characters were very realistic, doing and believing (or not believing) and accepting events as they came, just as normal people do in real life.
Overall, I enjoyed this book very much. I found it entertaining and amusing while still providing a strong basis for a serious storyline as well. I would give it a rating of four stars, for bringing out my emotions, providing connections with characters, and just being generally fun. I would definitely read the other novels in this trilogy. Readers would enjoy this story if they were looking for romance, mystery and intrigue, or paranormal and supernatural aspects.
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