Murders, mystery,
fantasy and romance... Glacial Eyes promises it all. But when push came to
shove I just couldn't connect.
SYNOPSIS:
"After a weekend party gone very, very
wrong, third-year university student Jasmine Bedeau finds herself a
"person of interest" to far too many parties. Now she has to bring a
family-inherited curse—and powerful new abilities—under control or risk the
consequences of the supernatural community to which she suddenly belongs. But
between the police and the paranormal, the campus and the council, how's a girl
to rise to the challenge of just holding onto a normal life? Werewolves,
vampires, and witches—and now a serial killer targeting the supernatural, setting
his sights on Jasmine and her new-found friends. It's a good thing she's a
werecat, because she's not rolling over."
REVIEW:
Glacial Eyes is packed with action, paranormal and
flirting - all my favourite markers for a page turner. And don't even get
me started on that cover! However, I couldn't get into it
for the life of me.
If you're a fan of
alternative lifestyles, you might like this book as Jazz, the protagonist, is a
kick-arse punk chick. I would also say this indie novel might be a little too
edgy for very young teens. There are no explicit scenes on it, but J. K. Walker
tells it as it is. There are no euphemisms or 'flowering things over'
here.
The writing is smooth
and witty. The plot and characters, interesting. So why couldn't I get into it?
My guess? Either the paranormal aspect or the edginess of the lifestyle. I have
read that many books with werewolves, vampires and the lot in them that unless
it brings something new to the table my brain thinks it has read it before.
As to the lifestyle...
I'm still debating that one. One of the most alternatives characters I've come
across were from Melissa Marr's book series Wicked Lovely (read related
article here), but I not only connected to her characters, I wanted
be them!!! Reading her books made the punk, alternative or whatever it was,
lifestyle seem so interesting and intriguing that you couldn't help but want to
know more. This didn't happen with Glacial Eyes and I couldn't sympathise. Her pain wasn't my
pain. Her troubles weren't troubling me at all.
Having said all this,
all the other reviews I read about this book were really good. So maybe it's me. I had
to be the odd one out! *_*
BOOK RATING:
Thanks for the review!
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