Expected Publication: September 25th, 2012
Covet (The Clann # 2)
By: Melissa Darnell
Harlequin Teen
ISBN-13: 9780373210565
Dangerous to be together. Painful to be apart.
Savannah Colbert knows she broke up with Tristan Coleman for the right reasons. Most of all, to keep from killing him with her new vampire abilities. But try telling her heart. Now, lost in a sea of hostile Clann faces, Sav tries to come to terms with what she's becoming and what that means for her future. And that someone is doing their best to bully her into making a terrible mistake.
Tristan can't believe Sav won't even talk to him. If being apart is her decision, fine. Just don't expect him to honor it. But even as he prepares to fight for the girl he loves, forces beyond their control take them both in directions neither could have foreseen or prepared for.
A reckoning is coming… and not everyone will survive.
Tristan can't believe Sav won't even talk to him. If being apart is her decision, fine. Just don't expect him to honor it. But even as he prepares to fight for the girl he loves, forces beyond their control take them both in directions neither could have foreseen or prepared for.
A reckoning is coming… and not everyone will survive.
Review
Savannah thought that once they got Tristan back from the Council everything would go back to normal. But then she was forced to promise that she would stop seeing him and she found out that the Clann had kidnapped her Grandma because of Tristan's disappearance. But by the time she, her Dad and Tristan make it home it's too late for Sav's Grandma - she's died. Now the bloodlust-dampening spell that she used to cast on Savannah has also died with her, which means that she has to live with her Dad now and her Mom is going on the road in an RV purchased from selling their house. To add to Savannah's misery and guilt, it turns out that the spell her Grandma was casting for her bloodlust requires a sacrifice and damaged her heart severly - it's possibly what killed her. Now to prevent a war between vampires and the Clann, Savannah must keep away from Tristan and not let anyone know that she's secretly teaching herself magic (which is against the rules). But will it be enough when murders of Clann members seemingly caused by vampires come to light? And what does Anne's ex-boyfriend Ron have to do with the Clann? This began right where the first book left off and for that I was grateful. It helped me remember what had been going on when it ended. I loved that Savannah was strong enough to keep her promise and truly understood the danger of her and Tristan being together. It gave me a lot of respect for her as a character that she understood the consequences of her actions and took responsibility for them. Tristan on the other hand, acted like a spoiled brat for half of the book. While Savannah was trying to deal with her growing bloodlust, friendship problems with balancing both Anne and Ron's time, dealing with her Grandma's death and losing her Mom to the road, she also has to deal with Tristan making things even harder for her. He is constantly shoving thoughts into her head once he realizes she can read his mind (memories of them, mental images of him with other girls, etc.) constantly begging her and trying to tempt her into getting back together with him. Plus he's stringing along another girl through almost the entire book and supposedly doesn't realize he's doing it...YEAH RIGHT. What a douche! He can't take no for an answer and even asks Sav's Dad to make him into a vamp, knowing it might cause a war. I loved the development of Savannah's kick-ass BFF Anne and her unfairly dumped boyfriend Ron, who has a supernatural secret of his own (with all the hints that are dropped, it wasn't a shock AT ALL). They really became characters in their own right in this book more so than the first one, especially once Savannah tells Anne her secret. The ending of this book was kind of obvious to who the murderer was, plus the whole subplot with Tristan's sister was unnecessary and I couldn't believe how dense her family was to the reality of the situation. I enjoyed seeing Mr. Colbert's interactions with his maker and Sav dealing with her vampire development. But the way the book ended, and what happened to Tristan really made me mad. It's the reason I deducted an extra half star from my rating. I now quite hate him and wish he meets a horrible end.
VERDICT: 3.5/5 Stars
*I received an Advanced Reading E-book Copy from the publisher, via NetGalley. No money or favors were exchanged for this review. This book's expected publication date is September 25th, 2012.*
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