Cels Reviews: Andrea Cremer—"Nightshade"

Nightshade introduces us to Calla Tor, a fierce warrior, and alpha wolf of her generation of the Nightshade pack. Calla is committed to following the path set out by her masters, The Keepers, and uniting with Ren—alpha of the young Bane pack (whether she wants him as her husband or not).

Duty comes first. Her life is sent spinning when she breaks the rules and saves the life of young human, Shay. Together, they start to uncover secrets and lies The Keepers have hidden. Calla is faced with the toughest choice of her young life: should she obey The Keepers, and unite with Ren, or follow her heart?

Right from the first page, we are thrown into the thick of the action which, while attention-grabbing, did make me feel as though I was scrambling to catch up with who was who and what exactly was going on. But by the third chapter, the characters were defined and I felt embedded as a member of the pack.

Nightshade’s plot is well developed and moves along at a great pace with no real lagging sections. I found myself flying through the pages, racing along with my favourites, sympathising, laughing, holding my breath, and cheering them on. There is such a range of personality types among the characters that it’s easy to find at least one (if not more) that you can relate to. I especially enjoyed the mix of suspense, humour, magic, mystery, action and young love. I was pleasantly surprised by the way the story unfolded, and I look forward for more in this series.

Nightshade is Andrea Cremer’s debut novel and the first in the Witches War series. Book two, Wolfsbane, is due for release in July of 2011.

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For more information check out Andrea’s website www.andreacremer.com

Nightshade — Andrea Cremer

October 19, 2010, Philomel

Paperback 454 Pages

ISBN: 9781907410277
ISBN-10: 1907410279