Judge a book by its cover
Title definitely intrigued me, and the cover is quite beautiful. So, judging by it's cover - it's gonna be a love story. Obviously. Since the tag line is "Would you risk your life for love?"
Synopsis
Kate and her sister Georgia move from Brooklyn to Paris to live with their grandparents after their parents died in a car accident. Kate felt like her heart would never be whole again, until Vincent came along.Vincent is a mysterious and sexy stranger who swept Kate off her feet, making her feel whole again. But, of course, love is never easy. In this case, Vincent isn't a normal human - he's an immortal. Vincent and his "family" of other immortals live in Paris saving people's lives by dying in their place... and coming back to life three days later.
But, where there is good, there is bad. There is another sect of immortals who relish in the death and self destruction of humans, and are determined to destroy Vincent and his kind.
Not only does Kate need to deal with the death of her parents, but now she has to decide if she can handle having a boyfriend who "dies" on a regular basis while other immortals hope to kill him for good.
Humble Opinion
Called it! Love story! (But aren't they all?) ;)
I actually really enjoyed it. I felt like the author, Amy Plum, created believable characters, even though it's a supernatural story. I really appreciated how Plum didn't have Kate automatically accept Vincent and be like, "Oh you're immortal/supernatural which I didn't know really existed until now? Okay. I'm fine with it!" Instead, Kate actual DOES have an issue with it and thinks that she would rather not be a part of that world! (Because, come on, let's be serious - no matter how swoon-y we females get over vampire/angel/werewolf/demon hunter characters we read about - if one were to ACTUALLY come into our lives, I think 99% of us would need to take a moment to really think about it and what being with a supernatural being means. It's not like you can tell people because 1) they probably would think you're crazy and 2) there is always gonna be someone who will want it for the wrong reasons. Always.) So, I liked that Plum made Kate actually consider what being in a "supernatural world" would mean. It made Kate feel more real.
While I like Kate and Vincent, I actually found the supporting characters, Charlotte and Jules, more interesting. Maybe it's because we didn't get the full story on them, but I found myself wanting to know more about them. So I hope future books dig in deeper to their background.
Final say
I liked it. It wasn't the best love story I ever read, but it wasn't the worst either. I liked the characters that Amy Plum created, and I am interested to see where this series goes. It's not a series that I will feel the need to rush to the bookstore to grab the next book so I can find out what happens! But it's one that I will follow up in the future.
