Nightshade by Andrea CremerMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
It's really 2 1/2 stars. That is all for the first half of the book.
I felt cheated by this book. I was so excited when I first started it. It was beautifully written. Calla is this poweful warrior, who holds the loyallty of her pack. She sounded strong. I liked how the author made us wait a few chapters before explaining the worldbuilding to the reader. That was another element that made me have late nights, just so I could find out a bit more.
She's meant to marry Ren. I liked everything about him. Yes, he was (horny) dating other girls. But he's seveteen so I don't blame him. Calla didnt seem to care. She saw as marrying him her duty, and she liked him, but she didn't like him enough to be jealous. She was fine with that until the union, and I was happy she rejected him while she wasn't the only one with him. But once Ren made the decision that he would be with Calla only, even before their union, he stuck to it.
Now, I really don't understand Calla's attraction to Shay. The whole book was cringing worthy, because of Shay. He was pathetic really. He saw she was with another guy, why on earth would humiliate yourself to ask to have a private conversation with someone else's girlfriend?
From there things just went down hill. I hate cheating, so I really started to hate Calla. Especially when she was cheating with Shay. Urgh. For someone who had never kissed before, she was becoming pretty slutty kissing two guys.
She went from a powerful warrior to a cheating bitch.
I'm not such a big feminist, but when someone says "Sit on my lap, woman", a strong warrior would have responded with a right hook, but instead, the powerfull warrior and alpha female, just does what she's told.
It ended with a cliffhanger, and me liking Ren more and more. I would read the next book (only because I devore all books), but I wouldn't recommend it to my friends.
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