RATING GUIDE:
5 – A keeper!
4 – Very good
3 – Passable
2 – I’d rather read
a telephone book
1 – An absolute bomb.
Read at your own risk!
I had originally planned on
waiting a day or two before I dove into yet another vampire book … but I made
the mistake of putting Melissa Darnell’s Covet on a table near me. I’m the kind of book reader that can’t
resist a fresh, new, unread book. So, I
began reading it, even though my eyes were still sore and in need of rest … and
I kept going, and going and going … this book is like a bag of peanuts or butong
pakwan. Or a container of
Pringles. Once you start on it, you’d
find it very hard to stop …
Covet starts out with an
action-packed beginning. Our hero,
Savannah, has just decided to break-up with her Tristan, and comes home to find
her beloved grandmother, Nanna, kidnapped by Tristan’s family, The Clann. The kidnapping ends really, REALLY badly,
and that’s only the beginning of the big changes in Savannah’s life. In the middle of dealing with the pain of
losing Nanna and Tristan, Savannah is also forced to live with the vampire
father she barely knows, cope with her evolving super-human powers and the
growing threats of being a “threat” to The Clann. She also makes some new friends along the way, like Rob the jock
(who has a surprising alter ego), and Gowan, the vampire Greek God who appears
to be more dangerous than his looks or character suggest.
Just like the first book in
Darnell’s The Clann series called Crave, Covet reads just like an
old Sweet Dreams book --- young yet innocent.
And yet, its innocence is deceiving, for close to its heels is the
darkness that develops in the story. I
can’t help but compare Covet to the darker Harry Potter books written by
J.K. Rowling. Some scenes here are just
so sinister. The betrayal done to
Tristan’s supposedly level-headed sister Emily is just heart-breaking.
Not to say the book isn’t without
its light moments. It’s a
laugh-out-loud moment when Savannah’s controlling father decides to update her
wardrobe so she wouldn’t stand out in the crowd (I bet every daughter would
want a father who’s like him!), and her new friend Ron finally reveals who he
really is. Of course, the requisite kilig
moments are still there for every girl to enjoy. It’s fun to read about Savannah and Tristan’s love story, as told
from their respective points of view.
The revelation towards the end of
the story seemed a bit weak, but just the same, the story ends with a big,
action-packed ending with a big twist and development that will leave you
hanging and waiting for that final installment to come out. Very enjoyable reading fare.
RATING: 5
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