Nocturnal Book Reviews

3.5/5
The world-building is very plausible in this book conspiracy-wise, however I had a feeling that the authors got a bit lost with what they were trying to say.

Great ideas, plenty of potential and gory, dark, Gothic atmosphere. I was surprised at how violent this book was. What went wrong then? you would ask.

My issues stem from the inability of April to rise to the status of a true heroine. Her mood swings and mistakes are literally lethal. Seems to me with all the people getting killed and a great conspiracy unravelling her focus stays unhealthily on a dark and brooding Gabriel, her love interest who may or may not be a psychopathic killer.

*sigh*

April spent most of the book thinking of Gabriel and getting pulled in all sorts of directions. When it's revealed how special she is, I just felt nothing but frustration. She just doesn't rise to the occasion and unless there is a dramatic improvement in the book #2 I can't see how she can pull her "being the Chosen one" off.

Gabriel is a carbon copy of Edward minus family and Caro is a designated geeky friend.

Overall, high points for the atmosphere and interesting historical facts, however everything else is underwhelming. I hesitate to recommend this book.