Arjun's Nightshade Review

Atomic: Arjun
Age: 12

This book blew me away. I was hooked from the moment I started to read it, so much that I devoured within days. It had a dangerous and seductive pull on me, putting me in the world of Nightshade. The novel in itself is something new, but I loved it nevertheless. It’s a new take on the Dark Romance Genre, branching out from the vampires to werewolves and wraiths.

The chapters were just the right size, and the chapter page with moon; loving it. I think the first chapter was the perfect way to start off with Shay and the Grisly, which leads me on to Shay.

Shay… an interesting character. Unknown past, the Scion, the dream boy. An instant liking was taken to all characters but the two I felt closest to were Shay and Bryn. Bryn has a really friendly, but shy personality, and is cute but beautiful, which is the perfect character. Shay, is the dream boy of Nightshade but guess what, he’s not the bad guy! *gasp*

The book has a nice twist on the werewolves, and the world in which they live in; Nightshade is a hidden world, of passion, murder, lies, and werewolves. Cremer is Genius. It plays on the darker side of paranormal teen romance, which we haven’t quite seen yet. It explores some new creatures, which were very exciting.

I love the way, it’s divided between Guardians, Keepers, and Searchers, and how you’re always on the edge not knowing who too trust or who the goody is. I mean, this plays a big part at the end with the Incident, with Calla, Shay, Bosque and the Searchers.

Calla is the main character, and the point of view that the book is set in. Basically, she is an Alpha, who is supposed to marry Reiner another Alpha, but she develops feeling for Shay. She has a fierce character, and she very much hates the lower position of women in her world.

The idea is definitely unique, and Andrea Cremer has created a masterpiece. The writing is a pleasure to read, the world is enticing, I can NOT wait for Wolfsbane and I will love this novel forever

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Rose Tremlett says:

January 18, 2011 at 17:37

I like this review – you mention a lot of the things I picked up on when reading Nightshade. I think the thing I most love about it is the world – and the interesting reveal of it. It's quite a dark set-up with a brutal pack heirarchy and very little control for Calla – but as we're introduced to it through her, we don't really realise how wrong it is until later in the book. And the creepy feeling that it's wrong but not knowing exactly how is very gripping. I can't wait for the second book to get the other side of the story and learn more about what's going on – I think it'll be a very different but just as amazing book.