Filled with magic, skilled hunters and a love story that every girl dreams of, Jennifer L. Armentrout’s recently published Wicked hits the sweet spot for every reader. Meant for a more mature audience, this book does a great job of leaving the question of “who done it?” open until the very intense end, leaving readers wanting the second book as soon as possible.
Summary
The book revolves around a 23-year-old named Ivy Morgan. Trying to be just another “normal” girl, Ivy attends a university where she hopes to get a degree in psychology.
However that isn’t what makes Ivy special. Along with her bright red hair, Ivy stands out against the world because of the group she serves, entitled The Order. Being born into it, Ivy received a tattoo showing her commitment to this group, and she hunts the streets of New Orleans after being at classes during the day. In search of Fae, fairy creatures that have travelled into the human world, Ivy was trained to kill any that she comes across to send them back into their realm. See the Fae feed off of human blood, and Ivy along with other members of The Order search them out. Striking them in the chest with a silver blade is all it takes to send them back. However, some Fae have fed off of specific humans for so long, that said humans have gone insane. Killings those get a little messier, as the body just doesn’t disappear after being killed.
Along with her don’t-mess-with-me-attitude, Ivy travels with a dark past. She tells readers how her parents died when she was young, which isn’t too weird in the line of work she’s in. Soon after their deaths, she was adopted into another family that served The Order. However, an accident that leaves readers on the edge of the seat, killed her adoptive parents along with the only boy she’s ever been with and loved.
Haunted by her past, meeting Ren Owens isn’t something Ivy looked forward to doing. After a messy fight with an Ancient Fae that shouldn’t exist in the human world, Ivy is shot and ends up bleeding at the feet of Ren, a new transfer Order member. With her closed off past, Ren tries his best to get to know her, but that isn’t so easy with secrets of his own. They team up to tackle Ancients, stronger Fae than they have been used to fighting and try to protect the gates, that seal the Fae realm from the human world, from opening and dooming the humans forever. This love interest develops, and new plots are revealed as the story progresses.
Review
Overall, Armentrout does a great job with her character. She writes in a way that really connects readers to the characters, and has you laughing at all the subtle jokes and references she throws in there. The story line was good and reading a book with Fae instead of the typical vampire or demon was awesome, because I have yet to stumble upon a good book involving fairies. Getting into it was a little rough at the beginning, but as the you grow to learn about Ivy, you beginning to see why she is they was she is.
Obviously the love interest is great, and it always left me wondering how she gets her guys to act both dangerously and sweet, a mixture every girl wishes for. Ren and Ivy’s relationship is very simple in this novel, unlike some of her other novels, and leaves readers with a new standard of men that will be difficult to be met.
Other Books
If you read this book and want more like it or fell in love with this novel and want ones just as good, check out these books:
After the End by Amy Plum:
Rather than having any supernatural creatures, this book focuses on a real world doomsday scenario.
Elemental Series by Brigid Kemmerer
Hot boys, cute boys, and dangerous boys. This series focuses on a family that has all the power of the Earth: water, wind, fire and earth. With relationships and twists and turns that leave readers buying every book at once (because they cant wait for the next one) this series is a must read.
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