Lumturia's Reviews > Reborn

That was a first-class emotional ride. Monsters was all about Raphael's mystery, but we got first row view of Kaliya's struggle. Reborn gives us not only this struggle, but also so much more. Kaliya and Raphael's relationship was, let's say put on hold and now it's time to move again and it evolves beautifully. First person POV is always tricky because it's so easy to make the protagonist annoying mess. Well, Kaliya is a mess. But heartbreakingkly beautiful mess. She makes mistakes, is too stuborn for her own good, and so, so afraid, but at the same time incredibly self-aware. So many good and so many bad things happen in this book that force both characters to talk and I loved how some issues just couldn't be resolved with one conversation. Everyting takes time and as emotions and problems run very, very deep nothing is simple. The only thing I'd love even more is to have more of Raphael's POV, but all in all Kaliya's thoughts are so fascinating and being in her head is simply enough.

Monsters let us sneak a peek into Kaliya's past and Reborn opens that heavy secret door even wider. Mystery is still on-going but we get some big relevations in this book. Everything makes so much sense now and I can't wait to read the next book in the series that promises so many delicious things.

The pace in this book was very good and I really liked that there was time and place for everything: action, deep and emotional converations between the protagonists and also good humour. The reader also gets to know new characters a little bit and they seem very promising indeed.

In conclusion, Reborn delivers and I think that the next book will be even better.

ARC in exchange for the honest review.