TITLE: A HUNGER SO WILD
AUTHOR: SYLVIA DAY
Pages: 368
Date: 26/11/2012
Grade: 4.5
Details: no. 2 Renegade Angels
Received fromEternal Romance Books
Through Book Geeks
Own / Manuscript Review Copy
Welcome to a world where mortals share the planet with
Angels, Fallen Angels, and Lycans (shape-shifters). A world in which the
Seraphim are supposed to be unemotional observers of life on earth; the Fallen
are former Seraphim who lost their wings and were turned into vampires after
they got too close to the humans they were watching; where Lycans are a
subgroup of the Fallen who were spared being turned into vampires but in return
lost their immortality and were enlisted to serve the Sentinels, a special
group of Seraphim charged with enforcing the punishment of the Fallen. And for
a very long time these groups lived more or less separate lives, occasionally
interacting and never friendly towards each other. Now things are changing
though. A group of Lycans has revolted against the Sentinels they were serving.
Lead by their Alpha, Elijah Reynolds, they want their independence. At the same
time a new virus is sweeping through the ranks of vampires, turning them into
mindless killers. The vampires want and need to form an alliance with the
troupe of renegade Lycans in order to
hunt those infected with the virus while also discovering what is causing it
and what might cure it. Vashti is the second most powerful vampire in the
world, and although she has a very personal reason to detest and mistrust the Lycans,
it is up to her to contact Elijah and forge a working partnership. The moment
Elijah, who has equally compelling reasons to want the vampire dead, and Vashti
meet sparks fly. The attraction between the two creatures is instant, powerful
and undeniable. As the Lycan and the vampire work together they get ever closer
to each other while they uncover secrets, long-standing conspiracies and
numerous betrayals. Danger is never far away, and neither is the strong and
very sensual attraction between Elijah and Vashti. A journey filled with blood,
violence and lust lies ahead of the two unlikely lovers while some unknown
force seems determined to destroy them.
Honesty first; I enjoyed this book a lot more than I
thought I would. It took me a while to get my head around who everybody was,
which group they belonged to and how all those groups related – or not – to
each other, but once I had those facts straight and could just concentrate on
the individual characters and the interactions between them, I really got into
the story. The premise of the story is interesting and the characters all
became real for me. At times I found myself forgetting that I wasn’t actually
reading about humans, since the thoughts, feelings and the emotions the main
characters display are all too recognisable even if their abilities aren’t. And
while some might say that non-human characters should come with non-human
characteristics, I don’t agree. Being able to relate to the characters’
emotions and actions meant that it was easy to fall into the story and just
flow along with it.
Sylvia Day writes a wonderful story with sparkling
dialogue. In a matter of a few pages I found myself completely submerged in
this world she created and believing in it. What is more, even though I didn’t
read the first book in this series, I never felt that I was lacking vital
information. This story stood on its own without any problems, although it is
clear that a lot of this story started in an earlier book. Sylvia Day is also
very good at writing her erotic scenes. The heat rises off the pages and the
attraction between the characters involved is palatable. More importantly, the
author has made the sexual relations an integral and realistic part of the
story without ever allowing it to become the
story.
This may not be a work of great literary merit, but it
is definitely an example of fabulous story-telling. Sylvia Day knows how to
grab her readers at the start of a book and keep them hooked until the very
last page. And now that I’ve read that final word on the last page I can’t wait
for the third book to come out. To say I’m curious about the rest of this story
would be an understatement.
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