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I picked this book up in my local library thinking it would be an easy read. One of those kind of books you don't have to pay much attention to, don't get totally engrossed in yet you still enjoy it. My example of this kind of book would be The Secret Circle (though I've only ever read the first one). But I was very very wrong about Born Wicked!
Cate is the oldest of three sisters, and in addition to worrying about her upcoming intention ceremony where she has to announce the man she will marry or face joining the religious sisterhood, she also has to act like a mother and protector to her two younger sisters, Maura and Tess.
Cate is both weak and strong, which makes for a beautiful combination and a character that you can't help but fiercely root for as you flip each page. Her weakness comes from her inability to speak up for what she wants, to use the magic burning underneath her surface. Her strength comes in being able to refuse to do what is natural to her to protect her sisters from any harm.
In my opinion, Paul and Finn are also both sides of Cate's personality. Paul is proper and handsome, maybe even restrained, adored by many. He is the person she would be with if she were simply a 'proper' lady.
And then there's Finn, beautiful, freckled, bedraggled Finn. He brings passion and love into Cate's life when she thought it couldn't be. He is willing to sacrifice everything for her, join with those he hates to keep her, her family and his safe. There is so much more to Finn and Cate than between Paul and Cate.
The prophecy is thrillingly frustrating, first you presume it's Cate...then you know something happens with one sister. You presume it's Maura, being the way she is - wilful, fiery, argumentative, for some reason always seeing the bad in Cate and putting her down. Then Maura knows mind magic...and uses it the way she does. Could she be the powerful one? And of course Tess, sweet, clever, kind Tess...most likely the most powerful of the three and I hope it doesn't destroy her.
In the end this book is superbly written and perfectly paced. It's a tale of sisterly love, passionate love, courage and fear and doing anything you can to protect those you care about.
Cate is the oldest of three sisters, and in addition to worrying about her upcoming intention ceremony where she has to announce the man she will marry or face joining the religious sisterhood, she also has to act like a mother and protector to her two younger sisters, Maura and Tess.
Cate is both weak and strong, which makes for a beautiful combination and a character that you can't help but fiercely root for as you flip each page. Her weakness comes from her inability to speak up for what she wants, to use the magic burning underneath her surface. Her strength comes in being able to refuse to do what is natural to her to protect her sisters from any harm.
In my opinion, Paul and Finn are also both sides of Cate's personality. Paul is proper and handsome, maybe even restrained, adored by many. He is the person she would be with if she were simply a 'proper' lady.
And then there's Finn, beautiful, freckled, bedraggled Finn. He brings passion and love into Cate's life when she thought it couldn't be. He is willing to sacrifice everything for her, join with those he hates to keep her, her family and his safe. There is so much more to Finn and Cate than between Paul and Cate.
The prophecy is thrillingly frustrating, first you presume it's Cate...then you know something happens with one sister. You presume it's Maura, being the way she is - wilful, fiery, argumentative, for some reason always seeing the bad in Cate and putting her down. Then Maura knows mind magic...and uses it the way she does. Could she be the powerful one? And of course Tess, sweet, clever, kind Tess...most likely the most powerful of the three and I hope it doesn't destroy her.
In the end this book is superbly written and perfectly paced. It's a tale of sisterly love, passionate love, courage and fear and doing anything you can to protect those you care about.
2.5
If anyone loved Ridley Duchannes in the Beautiful Creatures series, this book is for you. Dangerous Creatures brings the readers back to Ridley and Link, and their travels to New York after high school finishes up and Lena and Ethan go to college. Except Ridley might not be telling Link the whole truth about why she needed to go to New York, and how she came to know about Link's new band and the man controlling them.
This was a good, quick read and it comes with all the angst and love-hate relationship one would expect to get from a relationship between Ridley and Link. We get a look at other people from the supernatural world who have nothing to do with Gatlin, the Ravewoods or the Duchannes family (thank god). It was great to see other 'casters' such as a necromancer and an illusionist who are, as much as they can be, normal teenagers.
I did feel that there often seemed to be a chunk of plot missing. There is suppose to be a level of mystery and suspense between Nox and Ridely (I did enjoy the little reveal at the end) but I actully felt it was too much. There seemed, for me, to be a major jump between the middle of the book and the end of the book and I'm not not sure if the ending was rushed but it just fit together so well for me.
If anyone loved Ridley Duchannes in the Beautiful Creatures series, this book is for you. Dangerous Creatures brings the readers back to Ridley and Link, and their travels to New York after high school finishes up and Lena and Ethan go to college. Except Ridley might not be telling Link the whole truth about why she needed to go to New York, and how she came to know about Link's new band and the man controlling them.
This was a good, quick read and it comes with all the angst and love-hate relationship one would expect to get from a relationship between Ridley and Link. We get a look at other people from the supernatural world who have nothing to do with Gatlin, the Ravewoods or the Duchannes family (thank god). It was great to see other 'casters' such as a necromancer and an illusionist who are, as much as they can be, normal teenagers.
I did feel that there often seemed to be a chunk of plot missing. There is suppose to be a level of mystery and suspense between Nox and Ridely (I did enjoy the little reveal at the end) but I actully felt it was too much. There seemed, for me, to be a major jump between the middle of the book and the end of the book and I'm not not sure if the ending was rushed but it just fit together so well for me.
