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Low Red Moon by Ivy Devlin
Apr. 11th, 2011 05:06 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
She knows what he is, but she can’t be sure what he’s done.
The only thing Avery Hood can recall about the night her parents died is that she saw silver – deadly silver, moving inhumanly fast. As much as she wants to remember who killed her parents, she can’t, and there’s nothing left to do but try to piece her life back together.
Then Avery meets the new boy at school. Ben is mysterious and beautiful, and Avery feels a connection with him like nothing she’s ever experienced. Ben is also a werewolf, but Avery trusts him – at first. Then she sees that sometimes his eyes flash an inhuman silver. And she learns that she’s not the only one who can’t remember the night her parents died ...
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Ivy Devlin’s paranormal romance riffs on the story of Red Riding Hood and I liked the spin she put on the elements of the original fairytale. It’s a good looking book and I liked the way the word “moon” is shown in red, but it was also too short for me, which made the relationship between the two main characters too perfunctory and the central murder mystery too easy to work out. The book ends with a set-up for a sequel and given the way Devlin makes the original her own is good enough for me to want to read on.
The only thing Avery Hood can recall about the night her parents died is that she saw silver – deadly silver, moving inhumanly fast. As much as she wants to remember who killed her parents, she can’t, and there’s nothing left to do but try to piece her life back together.
Then Avery meets the new boy at school. Ben is mysterious and beautiful, and Avery feels a connection with him like nothing she’s ever experienced. Ben is also a werewolf, but Avery trusts him – at first. Then she sees that sometimes his eyes flash an inhuman silver. And she learns that she’s not the only one who can’t remember the night her parents died ...
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Ivy Devlin’s paranormal romance riffs on the story of Red Riding Hood and I liked the spin she put on the elements of the original fairytale. It’s a good looking book and I liked the way the word “moon” is shown in red, but it was also too short for me, which made the relationship between the two main characters too perfunctory and the central murder mystery too easy to work out. The book ends with a set-up for a sequel and given the way Devlin makes the original her own is good enough for me to want to read on.
