Nightshade
by Andrea Cremer
Goodreads Summary: Calla is the alpha female of a
shape-shifting wolf pack. She is destined to marry Ren Laroche, the pack's
alpha male. Together, they would rule their pack together, guarding sacred
sites for the Keepers. But then, Calla saves a beautiful human boy, who captures
her heart. Calla begins to question everything - her fate, her existence, and
her world and the orders the Keepers have asked her to follow. She will have to
make a choice. But will she follow her heart if it means losing everything,
including her own life?
This story is about a girl named Calla who is an alpha
wolf who goes against everything she use to believe for a human boy (Shay) who
she hardly knows and changes her whole world.
Calla has always believer she would mate with the alpha of another pack
(Ren) and follows the Keepers orders.
Shay makes her question everything she has ever known. But Shay isn’t everything he appears to
be. Now she is torn between two boys. Shay needs her help to find out the truth about
his past.
Calla as an alpha is a bit of a joke; she is unsure
of herself and has no power. I know she
is only a teenager, but as someone that has know from birth she would be an alpha
and have her own pack she doesn’t seem prepared. She is a bit of an unlikable character.
This world could be great, but it is not explained
well. You are just to take it at face
value without knowing who the Keepers or Seekers are, where they come
from. Why if they know they would be
combining the young wolves into a new pack would they not have encouraged them
to interact and bond as they grew-up.
The only reason I can think of is to cause tension that is unneeded for
the story, drama for dramas sake.
I like Ren as a character; he is strong and uses
his head instead of jumping in without thinking. I find it unnecessary to make him a womanizer
other than to shove it in the readers face, “See, he isn’t the right one for
Calla. You should like Shay better.” Ren
seems to actually care for Calla, unlike Shay whose actions (insults, pushing
beyond Calla’s breaking point, and inability to respect her enough to not touch
her when asked) go against the author pushing that he is sensitive and the
right choice for Calla. Shay insists that
they do things that Calla tells him could get her killed. If you care for someone else you don’t push
them to do things that could results in their deaths. I feel Shay is a bit of a toolbag.
Please tell me why Calla is so concerned with
breaking all these “rules” that the Keepers have ser for her, yet NOTHING
ACTUAL HAPPENS WHEN SHE DOES!!!!! Not
that I want to see something bad happen to her, but over and over she tells
Shay that they will kill her for breaking the rules, yet nothing happens not
even a slap on the wrist.
Overall I found this book painful to finish and if
not for my obsession with to finish a book once I have started, I probably
would have stopped listening to it (I had an audiobook) after Chapter 5 and it
was a struggle for me to get that far. I
am inclined not to keep reading the series, but for my pet peeve I have of not
finishing a series. I will probable read
the rst but the will be making their way down my TBR list. Unless of course I can find a good summary of
the other books online somewhere.
So don’t expect a review of the other books.
I give this book 2 STARS!
