Lala's Book Corner: Betrayals by Lili St. Crow

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On a different note, Twitter is ruining my life LOL. I mean, before, I used to read up to 1 or 2 books a day. Now, it takes me days to finish one single book. That is so freaking annoying hehe. With that said, I have to say, hanging out on Twitter with all of you is absolutely fantastic, so I guess I can’t really complain =)))

Let’s get into the Review shall we folks? I hope it didn’t come too long, but I guess I felt like sharing my thoughts with you. Hope you enjoy it.

Dru’s life has never been a smooth ride, that’s for sure. She lost her mother as an infant, her grandma as a young teen and just a couple weeks before, she just fund out she is a Dhjampir (part-Nosferatu) and her father was turned into a zombie and tried to kill her. Having to kill one’s father for good and running for your life, is definitely not what Dru wanted for her life.

In Betrayals Dru is finally somewhere safe, the Order Schola. Or so she is led to believe. However, someone is still trying to kill her and all signs point to a traitor within the place she was supposed to feel safe in.

I found “Strange Angels” a very good start for this series. One might have seen a teen girl and her dad hunting for the things that go bump in the night and immediately thought of “Supernatural”. I agree that it did ring a bell, but “Betrayals” put that right out of my mind.

Dru’s life gets much more complicated in this book and not knowing in whom to put her trust is a constant issue throughout the novel. Graves and Christophe are back and their relationship with Dru just gets more complicated and confusing.

"It hurt. Have you ever been so sick dying seems like an okay thing because it will make the feeling stop? Have you ever felt something inside you—something you never noticed before, something rooted deep in your chest—getting ripped up inch by inch?", [St. Crow, Lili, Betrayals]

This book is very dark for a YA series. However, one my favorite things about this novel, was Lilith’s unusual take on Vamps and Wulfens (Werewolves). Nothing is Romanticized and Dru’s obstacles and pain is incredibly felt throughout the book.

Even the humorous aspects of the novels have a dark feel to it, but they do fit nicely with the pace and world built by the author.

"God, how I wished for a gun. Any gun, even a .22. A nine-millimeter would be better. A .45 or an assault rifle would be the best. And someone to work it who had a bead on this thing would be awful nice too. And while I’m dreaming, I’d really like a pony.", [St. Crow, Lili, Betrayals]

Only Lili could have made me laugh out loud while the heroine was running for her life =)

Despite many positive factors, this book was far from perfect. I felt that the pace got a bit stale at times and whenever a novel makes it easy for me to take a break from it, it means that it is not captivating enough to capture my whole attention.

I don’t want to be insensitive and I can totally get behind Dru’s pain in losing her father, mother and grandma. However, I felt that her internal “whining” over it was detrimental to the stories pace and that bothered me a little.

All in all, Strange Angels is not my favorite YA series out there, but the characters are plenty lovable, interesting as is their world. I really want to know what happens next, so I will definitely keep reading the series =)

It might not be the best out there in YA world, but it is definitely worth your while.

I'll give it 3 and a half Loveys!

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