She still feels overwhelmed with guilt for her mistakes that left her scarred for life and Quinn a captive of the Coalition. The knowledge that her life was built on a foundation of lies and manipulation has left Allie in a twisted mess of emotions. After dropping a truth bomb that changed her world, Greggory McBrien has disappeared without answering the questions that have haunted her for months.

I received this book through NetGalley from Midnight Hour Studio in exchange for an honest review.They say she will lead the Immortals into an unknown future.Īllie Carmichael has so many secrets she doesn't know what-or who-to believe anymore. It did the trick though and I am thoroughly invested and need to know how this story continues!!! I have to say that I did see that cliff hanger at the end of the story coming, even though I feel like there’s a lot of explaining that needs to be done to really understand it. I mean don’t get me wrong I can read those stories ALL DAY, but it was a nice change for me. It was a breath of fresh air for me to read this story as typically the books that I have been leaning towards either have vampires, werewolves, or some type of fae in them. Sometimes the training scenes could drag on toward the middle of the story, but I understand that the author was really trying to give us a clear view of this new world that Allie was a part of. The pacing of the story was good but I definitely liked when it picked up toward the second half of the book.

I like that they are developing a friendship before diving into anything more (which I do hope that they do). I get that there is a sense of “insta love” because they are able to be around each other and feel at ease with one another but I think the author did a good job of having Allie address that when she was telling Aidan why they couldn’t be more than friends. I really liked Aidan as a love interest for Allie. I do have to admit that at one point there were so many characters that it did become a little hard to keep them all straight, especially when she met Aidan’s brothers and cousins and so on and so forth. I think that it was interesting finding out their backstories. I loved getting to know Aidan, his friends and his family. I could definitely feel for her as she described the loneliness that she has felt all her life as people around her felt uneasy with her. She was resilient, had good instincts, and stood up for herself when she needed to. I think it was a great introduction into Allie’s world. I enjoyed a lot of things about this book.

The Awakening by Melissa A. Craven