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The Blurb On The Back:
Ingrid Waverly is a girl to be reckoned with.
Faced with their beloved brother’s mysterious disappearance, Ingrid and her sister Gabriella move to Paris, determined to find him. But instead the sisters are drawn into a terrifying underworld – watched over by Luc and Nolan, two impossible handsome protectors with dark secrets of their own …
Amongst the Gothic streets and alleys of nineteenth-century Paris, otherworldly secrets, deadly attractions and hidden powers stalk Ingrid and Gabriella, and love is found in the most unexpected ways.
A thrilling and forbidden romance.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Page Morgan’s debut YA historical fantasy is an okay read but I found the plot to be needlessly overcomplicated at times and reliant on contrivance to keep moving. I enjoyed Morgan’s take on gargoyles but there are a lot of groups and factions to keep in mind as the story progresses and neither Ingrid nor Gabriella really appealed to me as main characters and the inevitable YA love triangle between Ingrid, Luc and Vander never held my interest. I also found the villain to be one dimensional and the period feel never really convinced me with characters using modern colloquialisms at times, throwing me out of the story.
Faced with their beloved brother’s mysterious disappearance, Ingrid and her sister Gabriella move to Paris, determined to find him. But instead the sisters are drawn into a terrifying underworld – watched over by Luc and Nolan, two impossible handsome protectors with dark secrets of their own …
Amongst the Gothic streets and alleys of nineteenth-century Paris, otherworldly secrets, deadly attractions and hidden powers stalk Ingrid and Gabriella, and love is found in the most unexpected ways.
A thrilling and forbidden romance.
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Page Morgan’s debut YA historical fantasy is an okay read but I found the plot to be needlessly overcomplicated at times and reliant on contrivance to keep moving. I enjoyed Morgan’s take on gargoyles but there are a lot of groups and factions to keep in mind as the story progresses and neither Ingrid nor Gabriella really appealed to me as main characters and the inevitable YA love triangle between Ingrid, Luc and Vander never held my interest. I also found the villain to be one dimensional and the period feel never really convinced me with characters using modern colloquialisms at times, throwing me out of the story.
