And the book tour rolls on to the next stop, Maryland with Annette Curtis Klause's Blood and Chocolate. Going to go ahead and throw it out there that this was not my favorite stop on the tour, not the worst but nowhere near the top.
Vivian loves being loup garou, but her life has been in chaos since her pack was forced out their West Virginia home by a fire that killed her father. She has an intense need to feel connected to someone, and tries for that in a human, or meat-boy, at school.
The pack is also going through some changes with having to find a new leader, and a new place to live because they cannot live in Maryland forever. The front runner for the job is the young, but dangerous Gabriel.
Honestly Vivian many times seems too self involved for her own good. She even, at one point, wonders if the reason she doesn't make friends at school is because she is too beautiful. Really, what 16 year old girl ever truly has that thought. The author does not put an effort into making her a likable character.
Aiden, the meat-boy, is a hippie at the wrong time, or so he believes. It just comes off as an attempt to be rebellious against his parents. As someone who constantly talks about the possibilities of the universe, he is quite the closed minded jerk at the end.
I did like the character of Gabriel, and really wished he had been more prominent throughout the book. It is not until the end that the author really brings him to life.
The story drags a lot in the beginning, and it was hard to get into. It isn't until over half way through the book that the story truly gets interesting. The author spent way too much time focusing on the Vivian-Aiden relationship, and not nearly enough time establishing the relationship between Vivian and Gabriel.
Currently Reading:
Love and Leftovers
by Sarah Tregay
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