This is one of those books that after I finished reading it I was dying of curiosity of what other readers thought of it. I had a feeling that there would be mixed reviews - and the readers didn't disappoint! Wow! Either 5 stars or 1 star. So, what did I think? I liked it. People were comparing it to the Twilight series, which is an obvious comparison. I actually found this book to be a lot more detailed and based in history. I wasn't at all surprised when I found out this author usually writes history books and that this is her first fiction novel.
I liked the main characters. I thought that Matthew and Diana's relationship developed fast - but when you know it's love, well, it's love. Also, it helped me to learn later on that their relationship seemed to be predetermined. I also like that fact that this story is not just about Matthew and Diana - and their mixed-creature relationship - but that there is a bigger picture.
I did occasionally get confused about who everyone was. There are so many characters! Throw in the scientific stuff - and the good witches/bad witches; good vampires/bad vampires; and daemons, who seemed to be mostly good - along with the historical characters and book references..... It's a lot of information to keep straight. And I thought it was weird that some humans knew there were witches and vampires, and accepted this with no worries, but most humans didn't know about them.....?
Diana was less annoying to me than Bella was, which is a good thing! Once I found out that Diana was spellbound by her parents, I could accept how inept she was about her magic. ;) Some things still bugged me about her though, like when she referred to Marcus as her "son" about 30 seconds after she "bonded" (read: "married") with Matthew. And then when he gave her the ring at the end she commented that she and Matthew were now "...married in the eyes of vampires and according to church law." Said the witch to the vampire. Not sure what the church has to say about their relationship!!
With all that being said, I was intrigued by the book and I would certainly finish the trilogy. I turned on the TV last night to watch my late night shows and was surprised to see they were running the Twilight movies as a marathon. I thought that was funny considering I just read this book. And by the way, as much as I loved Edward in the books - I definitely have the hots for Jacob in the movies!! ;) Hands down, he was my favorite character in the movies!
Wendy's Rating: ****
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