I was
super pumped to receive an ARC of Unborn!
The
cover: LOVE!
The
blurb:
Born into
mystery. Shackled to darkness…
Khara has
spent centuries discovering everything about the Underworld―except her place in
it. But when she’s ripped from her home, solving the riddle of her origins
becomes more important than ever. With evil stalking her through the dark
alleys of Detroit, she finds salvation from an unlikely source: a group of
immortal warriors sworn to protect the city. Khara needs their help to unravel
the tangled secrets of who and what she is—secrets many seem willing to kill
for. But time is running out, and the closer she gets to the truth, the closer
necessity binds her to an arrogant fallen angel.
Can their
shaky alliance withstand that which threatens her, or will her soul fall victim
to the unholy forces that hunt her―those that seek the Unborn?
From the
author of the bestselling Caged series comes a pulse-pounding new romantic
urban fantasy series.
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My thoughts:
I was so
excited for this read. I wanted my pulse to pound, but, sadly, it stayed at its
normal sluggish rate throughout this entire book. And the romance? Where the
hell was it? Oz starts out as an interesting love interest but by the end it’s
all toast. Too much talking, barely any action. The spots that had me hooked
were few and far between.
The mix
of greek mythology and angels did not meld well in this book. The world
building was just not up to par.Great ideas, poor execution.
I marked
my kindle at 46% with the note of, “finally gets interesting.” But by then it
was too late, I was already detached. Khara’s character was hard to connect to;
she lacked emotion.
There was
a lot of awkward dialog, one minute everyone is talking like they are from
another era and then there’s some slang thrown. It would be funny, if Khara’s
dumbfounded reaction to it wasn’t so odd. She states that she’s been around for
hundreds of years, she reads books, and although she detests television, she
had one for a while, also she spends six months out of the year on earth hiding
in the woods somewhere. So tell me, how does this character not understand
simple slang terms and other languages? Khara has had hundreds of years to learn Greek! Does not make sense.
This book
is not for everyone, but it may still be for you. Try it out. Sadly, I don’t
think I’ll be reading the rest of the series. This was the biggest
disappointing read of the year for me :(
