The story later addresses this with more back content, but that addition just made me feel a little creeped out. I had a little problem with the romance in this book, and how fast and instant it seemed to be. If my unnatural existence means nothing else, it means this. “I endured two centuries of horrors, and maybe it was all so I could be here with you. Also, I feel like the story itself was just super unique. This book feels and reads very much like a mystery thriller, even though it is for sure a paranormal romance. The writing is beautiful and for sure helps create this haunted aesthetic vibe, which I loved.

This book has a dark and spooky vibe throughout its entirety. I saw him change faces like pages of a book.”

But I saw bees crawl out of a man’s mouth. Just considering its existence in this world is insane. “If you had asked me a few weeks ago, I’d have said magic is impossible. Together they are trying to uncover the fate of their small town, while also learning to trust one other and overcoming their own personal fears. Reece is not your regular human boy, but is also harboring a secret that will change Angie’s world forever. That is, until a new boy moves in next door and makes her realize there may be more to her small sleepy town than anyone realizes. She is living with her father, making music with her two best friends, and trying to ignore that past that still haunts her. “The energy flows over me, fills me, and none of it feels tainted, contaminated by the darkness of my mother’s mistakes.”Īngie Dovage lives in a small town in southwest Pennsylvania and is counting down the days of her senior year of high school, so she can finally graduate and escape the small town that won’t let her forget her childhood. (And I mean that mashup in the best way possible!)

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