A great book!  Shannon Messenger did it again.  The book starts of where Everblaze ended.  Sophie and her friends go and join the Black Swan.  But that's not all...  there are many new characters that you will be sure to fall in love it!  The surprises and twists and turns are incredible.  This was an awesome read!!! Really Recommend!!!!!

Some interesting concepts

I'm so relieved that the ending was so much better than the other parts of the book or I would have been really frustrated. The author gave me a new world to explore since I've never heard of sylphs before, but the story didn't really make me that interested. It wasn't really bad, but it wasn't that good either.

How would you feel if one day you would discover that you aren't human? Let us leave that question to be answered by Vane Weston when he found out that he was a sylph. Not only that, but suppressed memories were suddenly becoming clear. The greatest event was meeting that girl he often dreamed about - Audra.

The story was interchangeably from Vane and Audra's point of view. Vane's tone is usually sarcastic and funny whilst Audra's more serious and uptight. I guess one thing I didn't like was the info dump regarding the winds and windwalkers and other wind talk. The conversations were a bit too long for my taste while the action came at the end. Each day that they were together was just too long. Romance-wise, it was alright, not something I'd really fangirl about.

Hopefully the next installment wouldn't be as dragged out as this one!

Esta trilogía va a matarme. Realmente.

My Initial Reaction:

 

 

Did it seriously need to end that way!?!?!? I can't wait until 2014 to see what happens next!!!! I need to read it NOW!!!!!

My Actual Review:

I read this book for free on Pulseit and it was amazing. I thought that it was great that this book was different. So many young adult paranormal books contain vampires, fairies, and werewolves, but this one was all about sylphs. I haven't read too many books that are about sylphs, so this was amazing.

 

I felt so bad for Audra. She hates herself because she feels that it's all her fault that her father and Vane's parents are dead. And, to make it worse, her mother blames Audra for it, too. Because of this guilt, she dedicates her entire life, from the time soon after those three died, to protect Vane. She refuses to be happy!!

 

 

It was just SO SO SAD!!!! Let's bring this to a happier note, maybe.

 

So Vane has remembered Audra from the day when their parents died. And when he sees her, he remembers her. He can't figure out why she's so familiar, but she is familiar. Audra eventually realizes that they need to be around each other and she needs to teach him how to control the wind, because the person who killed their families is coming back.

 

I also must add that while reading this book, I had the Adele song, that has the same name, stuck in my head. I like that song, but it got annoying at times. I just wanted to concentrate more on this amazing book!!

 

I read this almost a year ago, so I don't remember too much. I hope this is enough...

 

Audra

I loved her and she was amazing. I felt so bad for her and I just wanted her to be happy. He felt so guilty and I hated her mom. Her mom was such a BITCH!! Ugh! I just want Audra to be happy!!!!!

 

Vane

He kinda annoyed me, but I also loved him at the same time. Such conflicting emotions. I just want him and Audra to be together so they can be happy and not lonely! That's all I want in my life!!!!!

 

Overall, this book was awesome. It's paranormal, yet it's different from so many young adult paranormal books. It's so creative! I can't wait to read the next book!!!!!