Synopsis from jacket:
He smiles. It's a wicked smile. Kind but not kind. Handsome but dangerous. Feral almost. I can see why Nick nearly killed him. Nick ...
I ask again, "Why were you in the road?"
"I was waiting for you."
Zara and her friends throught they'd solved the pixie problem. And they did - sort of. The pixies are all locked away, deep in the woods. But the king's needs grow stronger each day that he is in captivity, while his contorl over his people weakens. And, it's enough to draw a new king into town. Astley claims he is different. He claims there are pixies who can live peacefully with humans, that it doesn't have to be all violence and nastiness all the time. Zara wants to believe him ... until Astley also claims that she is fated to be his queen.
There is no way Zara would ever turn pixie. And she's got good friends who will make sure of that. Besides, she and Nick are so in love they're pratically inseperable. But when the very thing Zara wants to protect most is exactly what's at risk, she is forced to make choices she never imagined...
Was It Worth My Time?
I came across Need in Borders during Spring Break. Bascially, I am a sap for paranormal romance and thought that it was refreshing that this romance had nothing to do with vampires. Don't get me wrong, vampires are great, but i'm starting to feel like authors are jumping on the vampire bandwagon just to get published. : /
If you look over to my right side bar on my book shelf, you'll find that Need makes my top 10 books. I was so anxious to get my hands on the sequel because I hoped that it would have me turning pages as quickly as I did with the first book.
Did it? Yep (no surprise to me).
Carrie Jones shows her creativity from the very first sentence. She organizes her chapters by "Pixie Tips" and shows surprising humor in most of them. My favorite was, "Pixie Tip: Pixies can be annoyingly cryptic. Don't talk to them. They'll confuse you and laugh about it later like movie villains and physics teachers." These tips were great and showed that Jones is evolving along with her characters. In Need Jones organizes her chapters by phobias (Zara is scared to deal with the mysterious man who follows her around and is trying to cope with the loss of her stepfathers); however, using pixie tips in this next novel shows that Zara isn't afriad and, instead, is ready to take on those dangerous pixies!
Jones picks up the story right where Need left off; there is never a dull moment. She gives her readers great fighting scenes and makes us quite aware that these fights are only the beginning. She also goes farther in creating the perfect paranormal romance couple in Zara and Nick.
This book wasn't as great as Need but does provide an addicting story of love's power. I'm predicting that the next book is epic. The war is on. Will Zara saves all that matters?
What Bothered Me?
Two Things ....
1. I totally have a new book crush, and it's not Nick (Zara's loveable werewolf boyfriend). Sorry Jacob ... you're out.
2. Jones totally left me hanging ..... :(
Check out Carrie Jones' website!
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