My rating: 3 of 5 stars
Welcome readers.... one and all!!! Glad to have you here as part of the blog tour
for Monica Mac Donald and her book, "Rook".
A blurb about Rook by Monica
MacDonald
Could you be the monster to save who you love?
Two women, separated by generations, must leave what they know to start a new life. Seventeen-year-old Kate's senior year is ruined when she's moved from the only home she's ever known. After an isolating month alone in her apartment, school starts, but neither her classmates nor her teacher are who they seem. Kali, a single mother living in the nineteenth century wilds of Montana, is stalked by a malicious past. She fights to keep her daughter safe while her freedom is threatened by her less than benevolent benefactor. Both find love, and with it hope, but that is quickly ripped away as one woman must learn the lessons of the other -- before it's too late to save either.
I am grateful to Candace for setting up this blog tour and letting me be a part of it.
So. Here it is.... my review.
Wow. Can I just say that I loved the twist? I can't even tell you the thing I loved most because it is closely tied to the plot, but let me just say: this is no ordinary paranormal book. No vampires or werewolves here. I am not hating on those types of books, I'm just always impressed by authors who go beyond that. Seek out fresh, new paranormal characters. That is what I loved most about this.
I really cared about the good characters by the end. They aren't perfect or bold or powerful, but they make you feel for them and they try hard and they are good 'til the end. I appreciate that in a book. It makes it easier to get lost in the world the author has created if there are characters that you can care about... invest in.
This book also drew me in. I couldn't let go of what was happening and when life intervened and forced me to close my computer I kept looking for a few moments to sit down and read some more.
Finally... this book was almost entirely clean. I mean, how often does that happen anymore? There were a few bits and pieces that flirted with being dirty, but not many. I am always so grateful and relieved by that. I really am. Plus, good news for the author... I can read your whole book without skipping a bunch. :)
All right, readers... I'll officially say this was not a waste of my time. Try it... you might find you quite like it. Take care!
Oh and p.s. if you wanna try to win a $50 Amazon gift card as part of this blog tour go here: GIVEAWAY!!!!
About the Author Monica MacDonald:
Monica is a married graduate student with three boys. Utah is home right now,
but the need to wander has extended beyond the fantasy world of writing and
into real life. She's lived all around the US and even into the Middle East. The world is really a small place, only made
bigger through imagination.
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