Date published: February 2009
ISBN: 978-0-451-22617-4
Paranormal Romance
Mass Market Paperback
Reviewed by Dawn
Holly Carver is a witch with a normal boyfriend and is going to college by paying for it by doing ghost busting. When she gets a job to bust a haunted house, she never expects to be battling a demon and it is one her family of witches had banished long ago. A supernatural war is brewing, ready to blow the lid off the world as she knew it and it is up to Holly and a few of her friends to fight it before it takes over everything she holds dear. Add in a sexy vampire partner, a prophecy and unreliable magic, poor Holly is about to find herself knee-deep in trouble.
RAVENOUS is the first book of Ms. Ashwood’s The Dark Forgotten series and frankly, I was blown away by it. An impulse buy for me, the blurb on the back wetted my appetite to know more and frankly, Ms. Ashwood didn’t disappoint either. Fast writing, intriguing characters, a mystery that keeps you glued to the seat of your pants, Ms. Ashwood delivers one spine tingling good time in RAVENOUS.
Meet Holly Carver, a small time witch who pays for college courses by busting ghosts. She comes from a long line of witches and after a childhood accident; her magic has been a little unreliable in regards to what she calls the “Big M”. When a routine house haunting job goes south and a demon starts wreaking havoc on her small town, Holly finds herself knee deep in a war that has been brewing for ages. Now the one demon her ancestor stopped once before is back and determined to take everything Holly holds dear, including Holly herself. Can Holly stop her in time before she takes any more victims? Holly is a spunky heroine who finds her world crashing down on her when secrets and desires come out in the open and she finds herself on every supernatural and otherwise hit list and not in a good way either. I loved the way she evolved throughout the pages. Ms. Ashwood delivers a complex heroine who finds her world changing right before her eyes. Add in her sexy vampire partner, Alessandro who is drawn to Holly yet is fighting himself not to give into his desires for her, Holly’s grand mom who keeps insisting vampires are like chocolate and others who keep the story flowing fast and furious. The secondary characters also pick up steam and keep the twists coming.
RAVENOUS delivers a wonderful ride on a roller coaster of emotions, desires and the supernatural world. Ms. Ashwood delivers a wonderful start in a series that will surely keep you enthralled. If you enjoy a different take on the paranormal world and magic, then grab RAVENOUS and get ready to explore a world where sometimes things just are not what they seem. I am hoping I won’t have to wait too long for the next installment in The Dark Forgotten Series.
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