Book: Til Death
Author: Kate
Evangelista
Publisher:
Entangled Teen
Genre: Young Adult
Paranormal Romance
Synopsis via
Goodreads:
Sixteen-year
old Selena Fallon is a dreamer. Not a day-dreamer, but an I-see-the-future
kind of dreamer.
Normally this is not a problem as she has gotten pretty good at keeping her weird
card hidden from
everyone in her small town. Except from her best friend Kyle and her grandparents, of course. But when
Selena dreams of her own rather bloody death, things get a little too freaky even for her.
Enter Dillan
Sloan. Selena has
seen the new guy in a different dream, and he is even more droolworthy
in person. Beyond the
piercing blue eyes and tousled dark hair, there is something else that draws
her to him. Something…electric. Unfortunately, Dillan makes it more than
clear that he does not feel the same. They just met, so why would he act like
he hates her?
When Dillan
and Selena are forced together one weekend to work on a school project,
Selena prepares to be ignored as usual. But when she stumbles
across a few undead in the
backyard, Dillan comes to her rescue and reveals a whole lot more. Not only is
he part of a society that hunts otherworldly creatures…she is too. And she is being targeted by a force
bigger and darker than
anything she ever imagined. Despite her death dream, Selena is not
going to give up easy,
especially when she discovers that Dillan might not actually hate her after all
My Summary:
Seeing yourself die is
never a good thing, even if it’s just in dreams. Unfortunately for Selena, her dreams always came true eventually, so it’s just a matter of time before she bit the dust. Enter Dillan
Sloan. The anti social gorgeous
boy who seems to be interested, yet not
quite, in her; whose very touch
literally electrifies her being.
Surrounded by her two best
friends Kyle and Penny, Selena navigates high
school and her ex boyfriend quite well.
Then she and Dillan get thrown together for an overnighter at Kyle’s where she is attacked by puppets (dead people under a Maestro’s control). Dillan rescues Selena and afterwards
finally shows how he really feels.
But Dillan is complicated. He is part of the Illumenari, an elite group whose sole purpose is to protect humans from
supernaturals. He then finds out that Selena is actually from an old
Illumenari family as well, though they chose to raise her as an ordinary girl with no training whatsoever and is now brimming with untapped
power. All he knows for sure is that she is now the target of the
evil Maestro, and he needs to protect her at all cost.
My Review:
Creative. That’s how I can best
describe (proudly) Pinay author Kate Evangelista. I
have never before put the words maestro, undead, manticore, seer in one sentence but here it is. They are all in this mystical
world Kate created.
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| photo lifted from the Author's site |
Til Death is a Young Adult novel, so sweet nothings, high school angst and dramas are expected. But beyond that there is that all important
relationship with family. Selena has a close relationship with
her grandparents as they’ve raised her since her parents died and I like how they try to protect her, though
obviously with her growing power, something will ultimately give…and it does.
Dillan is difficult to
peg. I don’t know if I like him or
not. He is good in all the
ways that matter, but I like
Kyle more. There is more mystery and
intrigue with him. Half the time I don’t know if he’s
genuinely concerned about Selena or just pretending to be her best
friend. But they do go a long way back so I’m
giving him the benefit of doubt.
Though if he decides to play with the bad guys in the next book I
wouldn’t be too surprised. Penny
is the quintessential strong, brave and chatty best friend one can never do without. She is a good equalizer for the triumvirate.
All things considered,
this is a book worth picking up. If you like paranormal
romance that’s sweet with a big bad BITE, read Til Death.
Watch out for Kate
Evangelista’s book launch on March 15, 2014, 4pm at the National Book Store Glorietta 1
branch.
Other books by Kate are: Taste, Savor, Reaping Me Softly, Unreap
My Heart and Romancing The Bookworm.
You may visit the author’s site at http://www.kateevangelista.com/
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