In the first book
in a new series, Shannon Mayer shows what happens when the Veil Falls:
When the Veil fell, humans soon realized that they were no longer at the top of the food chain. The Veil that used to protect them from Werewolves, Vampires, Angels, Demons and the Fae, they are now able to cross over whenever they want. When the humans lost the war, they had to agree to send humans to be sold as slaves a few times a year. Sienna has been running and she knows how not to be caught by the slave runner, until she needs to be. She needs to be sold to the werewolves so that she can find her little adopted brother Jordan and bring him home. But Sienna get bought by a Vampire night for the Harvest Games, one that becomes deadly to survive unless she can find a Vampire to help her, lust after her to survive. But there are political moves going on in the background and death may be immanent.
This is the first book that I have read by Mayer, and with the cliffhanger that this book has, I know that I will be reading the next book in the series. I found that this book had me hooked from the beginning and i was not expecting that. I really like Sienna as a character from the very beginning she was strong and kind, even to those that she just met and she didn’t take and shit from anyone. I basically got sucked into her story, I would say that the general idea of the Harvest games is very much The Selection but with more deadly consequences and the women are not vying for one guy, but any vampire they can.
While this book is about the
human women finding a vampire to eventually take care of them in the Harvest
games, I found that this was more of a side story overall, yes it affected some
of the scenes and plot of the book but there was so much more going on that I
did not mind this aspect (one I think I would normally not enjoy) especially
when things get deadly. I was really surprised the amount of the story that was
political and almost had a spy aspect to it, from both Sienna and the General's
avenues. I was also happy that Mayer decided to have dual POV for this book, as
it really rounded out the story.
The world building here is simple
and not overly explained or complicated. I do have a few questions about why
the veil fell, seems like the vampires do not know either and why when the
Werewolves, Vampires, demons, Angles and Fae got together to defeat the humans,
it now seems that they are enemies? None of this is really explained, but I
found that this does not take away from the overall story and I think will be
explained further on.
There is some romance/lusting in
the book, but it is a slower burn, which was okay with.
I really enjoyed this book; it
was an easy read that I was able to lose myself in. It had both dark and light
moments that i think that Mayer blended well. I really like Sienna as a
character, she is for sure a highlight of the book for me. I look forward to
reading the next book in the series, especially with that cliff hanger.
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