The first in a new series, Megan Crane shows that the future is held in the cards:
This is the first book that I have read by Crane so I was not sure of her writing style or anything like that going in. Alright to be totally honest, I thought that this book was going to have tarot card magic and I was wrong on that front. Crane was very nice when i had posted about reading this book on Instagram that the card were Oracle card and not Tarot Cards. I don't know much about Oracle cards but I think both have the ability to see the future but i think the oracle ones are more accurate.
On the cards in general, I think this aspect took way to long to get there, it is in the latter half of the book and Tarot cards or not, this was the aspect that drew me into the book. I think the overall plot of the book took it's time to be known and there were times when i was bored while reading the book and then when it does happen I found it predictable.
I don't mind spice in book, but I want there to be a purpose for it and while in this book the purpose and attraction are explained (once again in the latter part of the book) at the time of reading it, it felt like Crane was just putting spice in as that was what readers want these days. I don't always want a slow burn book, but I think I am not one for just instant lust and hop into bed kind of reader.
Ariel is a tenacious character, who knows how to adapt to survive and I like that she has an acceptance of the Others but at the same sense knows that she is at the bottom of the food chain and needs to have a weapon on hand. Also her loyalty to her brother is commendable but you cant help but also feel hurt when she does with the life choices that he has made. Also the power of the cards aspect in this book was not fully developed for me, and really had me a bit confused especially in the battle at the end.
I don't think that I will continue on in the series, I just didn't feel a connection to the characters at all and felt that the plot of the story was secondary to the spice.
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