Review of Nightshade by Andrea Cremer: Book 1 in the
Nightshade Series
Calla knows her destiny in life,
but when her heart tells her to save a boys life while her head says no, she
has to make a decision. After a bear
mauls a young boy, the same age as Calla, she knows he will die if she does not
do something. Against all of the rules
she decided to save this random boy, whom she had never met.
From this
moment on Calla’s life is turned upside down.
Calla is a Nightshade, a pack of shape shifters who can change in to
wolves at a moments notice, called Guardians.
Calla is also the Alpha wolf of her pack. Meaning she is in charge of all the
Nightshade wolves in her generation. But
this large responsibility really begins to take its toll when she must be
united with another Alpha from another pack.
This union would create a new, larger pack which would benefit the
Keepers. Keepers are in control of the
all the wolves. They make the rules,
they tell them what to do. Because of
this, Calla must watch her step after she saves this young boy.
With the
Union to the Wolfsbane Alpha in the near future, Calla must find out who she
really is. It wasn’t until this mystery
boy shows up at her school that she realizes that saving him and breaking the
rules may be harder to be kept a secret than she originally thought.
To avoid
too much of a spoiler I will stop my description there. This book is filled to the covers with twists
and turns that makes you want to keep turning pages. It’s a good read and keeps you guessing. I found it to have an amazing storyline with
well thought out characters. Each one
has their own personality it feels like you are in the book with them as friends.
I give this
book a 5 out of 5. It is so very good; I
barely wanted to set the book down. This
is a book I would recommend to any of my friends. I loved it so much I picked up the second
book in the series the day I finished the first one. Which leads me to part two of this post.
Review of Wolfsbane by Andrea Cremer: Book 2 in the
Nightshade Series
Now that Calla’s
life has been turned upside down and inside out, she must find her new
path. With her past not so far behind
her, Calla is conflicted. Soon her and
her new allies find themselves in some difficult situations. But in order to make the future a bright one
and to win the war these actions must take place.
Calla is
surprised when she finds that her and her former enemies and now allies are
more alike then she first thought. Together
they must work to save the pack and teach everyone who the Keepers really
are. Sorry I know this isn’t a great
summary but I don’t want to give too much away. This book, just like the first,
is absolutely amazing. It is such a
page-turner that I rarely set it down. I
can not wait to read the next installment in the series. If the next book, Bloodrose is just as good
as the last two I know I will be pleased.
Again I
give this book a 5 out of 5. If you read
the first one you have to read the second one.
This series is so good, and Andrea Cremer shows much promise! I can’t
wait to see what other books she comes out with in the future.
