My Rating: Kiss
Genre: New Adult Romance/Thriller
Steam Level: Warm – Hot
Grave Bound is very hard book for me to rate/review. My
feelings ranged from 1 star – 5 stars at different times throughout this story
and I finally ended up somewhere in the middle. It is very slow paced,
especially in the beginning. When I picked up this book I was looking for
something different and unique and it certainly delivered in that aspect. Its
premise is something that hasn’t been done before. Emily lives in a patriarchal
commune that is ruled by her father. She has never known a life outside of the
commune, but when a day of hooky turns into a chance meeting with two outsiders
Emily’s life as she knows it begins to unravel and feelings she never thought
possible begin to blossom.
The Commune or The Community as they call it grabbed my
attention from the beginning, however I felt like there were a lot questions left
unanswered. Some of the situations and lifestyles were a bit unbelievable and
it was never exactly explained what the community was or why it was formed. And
when some of the community secrets were revealed in the end I was left a little…underwhelmed?
After all the buildup I was expecting something
a little more, but there is a second book coming out so maybe more information
will be revealed at that time.
Emily was a very interesting heroine. While I loved Emily’s
personality, I didn’t really understand how she turned out to be so outgoing,
strong willed, and a little spit fire with the circumstances of her upbringing.
Her dialogue also bothered me, it felt very redneck and uneducated (and that’s
saying a lot coming from me who was raised in Alabama) and it was also
inconsistent. She spoke with this very country accent but it didn’t transfer
over to her thoughts or inner monologues. She was prone to overreacting and had
NO patience.
Levi was definitely a swoon-worthy alpha male, almost too
perfect! I’m not usually a fan on insta-love and this book was no different. The
connection between Levi and Emliy came on too sudden and too perfectly for me
to feel the chemistry between them, at least at first. But by the end I had warmed
up to the connection between them, however they had only known each other all
of about 2 or 3 weeks.
My favorite part of this book? The ending! The pace and
writing really picked up in the last third or so of this story as the plot
started to come together. And the last chapter or so? Holy crap, I never saw
that ending coming! Obviously I can’t say more than that because I don’t want
to spoil anything, but I will say it was heart-stopping, gut-wrenching, and
will leave you hanging! But don’t worry, the second book Under-Ground will be
released sometime the summer.
This book is full of friction, sexual tension, and danger. If
you’re looking for a unique and jaw dropping premise that has a little romance
mixed in then you should add this on to you TBR.
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About the Author
The author of The Warrior and the Secret series—currently available—and the Moral Dilemma and the Underwater series—to be released in 2013/2014.
She lives in Texas with her husband, their nineteen-year-old daughter, and nine-year-old son. Besides being blessed with a supportive family, she counts her career as an administrator and registered nurse in not-for-profit hospitals among her most fulfilling accomplishments.
~ERIN
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