Series: Winterhaven (bk. 3)
Genera: Paranormal Romance
Subjects: vampires, vampire hunters, supernatural,
psychic ability, premonitions, boarding schools, New York, abilities
Age/Grade Level: Teen
Length: 408 pgs.
HC/PB: Hardcover
List Price: $16.99
Publisher: Simon & Schuster: Simon Pulse
Summary/ product description: “True love and destiny
collide in the conclusion to the Haven trilogy, which Booklist called “a blend
of the Gemma Doyle trilogy, the Twilight saga, and Lois Duncan’s thrillers.”
Forced to endure the violent punishment of the
Tribunal for murders he has no recollection of committing, Aidan is slowly
rotting away in a Paris dungeon. Violet is all but an unreachable dream to him
now.
But unlike Aidan, Violet has not given up hope as she
works tirelessly with Matthew, her guardian and protector, to prove Aidan’s
innocence and unravel the haunting vision that plagues her thoughts—the death
of someone closest to her.
Determined to set Aidan free, Violet discovers that a
dangerous vampire war is brewing—and that Aidan may be at the center of it all.
It’s only when the war reaches the doors of Winterhaven and tragedy strikes the
school that Violet has to finally accept her fate. But that could mean losing
Aidan—forever.
With no other option, Violet must choose between true
love and fulfilling her destiny…unless she can find a way to have them both.”
My Review: This book was epic and the ending
completely resolved the series. I loved every minute of it, even though the
beginning of it started out slow due to the lack of Aidan. Once Aidan returned,
everything was just full of awesome and of course, romance. I loved this series
from the very beginning. When I first saw Haven I wasn’t aware that I was
looking at a book with vampires. When I found out that there were vampires, I
was hesitant thinking it would be just another vampire book with a boarding
school. Not true. It was not just another vampire series, though if you love
Vampire Academy, I’d recommend it. This book is unique. It’s like if Vampire
Academy and X-men combined, kind of.
Violet is a Sabbat. She is a born vampire huntress.
Aidan is a vampire, so you can see the dilemma. Matthew is her Megved, which is
kind of like a Sabbat sidekick and guardian. Suppossedly a Sabbat and Megved
have a deep soul-mate connection and usually become lovers, but Violet feels
like Matthew is more of a big brother. He’s about 26 and she’s only almost 18.
He’s a professor at Winterhaven. Their psychic connection is kind of
inconvenient. I love how there isn’t a love triangle at all. Aidan does
occasionally feel jealous when another guy is with Violet, but Aidan is such a
gentleman. He believes that he can find a cure for his vampirism with science.
He’s not a carbon copy of Edward Cullen, but they do share a few personality
traits. Aidan is much better than Edward ever was. Aidan was the son of a king
of England, but was a Viscount, not a prince. Aidan sometimes slips into a
British accent. Aidan is pretty much one of my favorite vampire characters of
all time. It must be the Aidan Effect.
I also love all the side characters. They all have
cool powers and different personalities, but they’re Violet friends and truly
care about her and help and support her. Cece has astral projection and she
spies for Violet once in this book. Sophie can sense a person’s injury or
ailment by touching them. Other
characters have psychic powers like telekinesis and empathy. I kind of forgot
who had what, but remember after a while. I suggest you refresh your memory of
who’s who before reading. Violet of course has premonitions beside her Sabbat
abilities. Pretty much all of Violet visions from the previous book are
realized in this book, but some have changed outcomes.
I love this series and now that it’s over I’m going to
miss it. I always hope for spin-offs and novella after a series ends and
sometimes they happen, but usually not. This book had it’s twists and turn and
moments when you feel like you’re going to cry. This whole series gave me the
feels and sometime I actually felt like I was Violet and that Aidan was my
boyfriend that I cared about so much. I felt her pain. I must be a book empath
or something. This is such an emotional read and it’s probably because the
writing style is both simple and descriptive. It’s this lush, romantic story
with its sexy part too. I don’t think any adult PNR could ever get to my heart
the way that YA PNR like this has.
I recommend this series to fans of Vampire Academy,
House of Night, Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins, the Shadow Falls series by C.C.
Hunter, the Mythos Academy series by Jennifer Estep, Talents series by Inara
Scott, The Drake Chronicles by Alyxandra Harvey, and I guess if you liked Twilight,
this series could work for you. Anyone who enjoys paranormal romance and
psychic teens, read this book series.
Cover Art Review: I love the title, colors and the
simplicity. The butterfly and the hourglass seem so awesome and minimal. Angela
Goddard is the designer and she’s really into typographic and minimal. She also
designed the Possession book covers and the Immortals series covers.
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