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Entertaining story line. I like the main character. She is strong and brave. It is time for girls to read about this type of heroine.


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Til Death Kate Evangelista 9781620612521 Books Reviews

This was a fantastic story. It contained a mix of some of my favorite paranormal lore (including a psychic hellhoud) along with some typical every day teenage problems. Selena is mostly normal - she just sees the future in her dreams sometimes. What she doesn't realize is that she isn't the only one that isn't what most would call "normal". The new kid, Dillon, is one of theses not-so-normal types and for some reason he can't seem to keep his mind of Selena.

Their relationship is one of the most well written high school attraction stories I've read in awhile. And while it was a little of 'I like you but I won't admit it,' they both at least admitted it to themselves. Things really get interesting when they run into a pack of undead - and this is when the lines between Selena's mostly normal life begin to cross over into the truly paranormal.

There is a surprising amount of action (not in a bad way) spread throughout the story with an amazing scene near the end to wrap up a lot of the issues from this book. Although a word of warning - there isn't a definite end. In fact, Selena's frustration at all the questions left unanswered mirrored my own. But it was frustrating in a good way because I know I'll have to wait for book two now - which is most definitely on my must buy immediately list.

*This book was received in exchange for an honest review*
I don't know if it was the literal sparks between Selena and Dillan, but the beginning of this novel hiccuped and sputtered like an old car trying to turn over. That can happen when there is a lot of set-up to the story, many explanations so the reader is ready when the action starts. Sometimes, though, it feels like being in sort of a prologue purgatory, and it's here where readers either brave it out or throw in the towel. Sprinkled liberally with a lot of that whole new-guy-at-school-hates-everyone-especially-our-heroine-and-she-has-no-idea-why thing, I almost settled in for an eye-roll-a-thon. I'm glad I soldiered on, because after all that's over, it's an interesting read.

Selena lives with her grandparents in a small town in Wyoming. Her parents died in a hurricane, many years back. She has this little quirk that only her grandparents and two best friends know about she has the occasional vision, and they always come true. There's a new guy at Newcastle High, and he has all the girls talking. It doesn't help matters that he seems to have already formed his (low) opinion of Selena. And when they shake hands, a powerful shock reverberates between them. What is that all about? So they start their dance, circling around each other, disliking each other intensely one moment and not able to think of anything else all the others.

After make a grave mistake in Turkey, Dillan is sent to stay with his uncle in Wyoming. Humiliated and pissed off, he's just trying to figure out how not to choke his uncle to death in his sleep when he meets Selena. There's something that keeps pulling him toward her, and once his uncle gives him a mission on the down low, he is troubled to see all roads leading to Selena. Since she's not a part of the Illuminati, Dillan has to be careful around her. Which he is finding it increasingly hard to do.

But Selena has some secrets of her own, and they will probably get her killed.

There's a style of writing that is snarky + vulgar slang + teen angst, and it's certainly here. Profanity, for me, has to fit the character, the story, the situation. And sometimes, it seems, in an effort to either appeal to teens or to sound hip and cool, certain words and phrases will be used (see "sucks balls," et al). Sometimes they sound weird and out of place, like they're trying too hard to be "in." There were a few of those times here. And what was up with that sadistic uncle? Hopefully that feature gets dissected in a future volume.

Til Death by Kate Evangelista was published Match 4, 2014 by Entangled Teen. A free copy of this book was given to Ink and Page in return for an honest review. Big thanks to the Author.

Rating 3

Genre Young Adult Fiction Fantasy Paranormal Romance Series
Ages 13 and up
Selena Fallon lost her parents when she was almost too young to remember them. Raised by her grandparents in a small town in Nebraska, She feels normal except for her scarily vivid dreams that just happen to come true a little too often for comfort. She's best friends with Penny and Kyle. Penny is bubbly, Kyle, funny and out to his besties.
Enter Dillan Sloan, nephew of the most popular teacher at the local high school. He's been sent there in disgrace after being unable to fulfill a mission in Budapest in his role as a member of the Illumenari, a group of families with supernatural powers whose mission is to protect ordinary humans from other, less self-controlled supernaturals. He's smarting from his demotion, and the added indignity of being forced to attend high school.
When Selena meets Dillan, sparks fly, very real ones and, while she's completely confused, he quickly realizes that she's a lot more than ordinary. Their hostility falters as they quickly discover the powerful attraction between them that underlies everything. Add in that nobody in the surrounding cast of characters is what they seem, there are some really nasty creatures determined to do Selena in, the story has a few really decent twists and you have a story teens liking paranormal with liberal splashes of evil and romance will gobble up. The only downside is that the sequel won't be out until next year (2017).
Entertaining story line. I like the main character. She is strong and brave. It is time for girls to read about this type of heroine.