Nocturnal
By: Chelsea M. Cameron
What It's About!
Seventeen-year-old Ava-Claire Sullivan's mother is dying. Perhaps it's no surprise, then, that her greatest solace comes from someone who's already dead.
Peter Hart saves her one night in a graveyard from an attacker just as strange as he is, and now Ava can't stop thinking about him. She wants to see him again – even after he warns her he's dangerous, and she begins to realize what he is. Her best friends don't know anything about death, but Peter does, intimately. He's waiting for her the next night she comes to the cemetery, and the next...
But their growing bond comes up against a promise Peter made a long time ago, a promise that could destroy them both. Now Ava has to decide just what she's willing to give up to hold onto the one thing that could last forever.
Peter Hart saves her one night in a graveyard from an attacker just as strange as he is, and now Ava can't stop thinking about him. She wants to see him again – even after he warns her he's dangerous, and she begins to realize what he is. Her best friends don't know anything about death, but Peter does, intimately. He's waiting for her the next night she comes to the cemetery, and the next...
But their growing bond comes up against a promise Peter made a long time ago, a promise that could destroy them both. Now Ava has to decide just what she's willing to give up to hold onto the one thing that could last forever.
My Thoughts!
Just thinking about writing the review for this book had me hesitant on what to say without being one of those confusing people who can't make up their mind/opinion. A positive take from it:
I liked the flow of the book. It kept my interest. It wasn't boring and it was easy to stay focused. I'm not close-minded in reading a different book from the author in the future to give another chance. This affected my rating from being a two to a three.
Now saying that, let's dive into the rest of the book. At first I got the Vampire Diary vibe. I was wrong, which I'm thankful for. I don't want to read something that has already been done. This book was major-idly dark though. The focus wasn't on Ava's forbidden romance with Peter. It was about her going through the grieving process of losing her mother in a battle of cancer. She struggled balancing her personal life and making her parents happy during her mother's final time. You see a mother try to prepare her daughter for the times she won't be there to help her. How to hem her pants. How to make the family banana bread recipe. How to french braid her hair. That's deep stuff. Ava isn't really in denial as she understands that her mother is on limited time, but she isn't really emotionally prepared for it to happen. Who is? No forced family trips or baking is going to fill that piece of her that she will lose when she is gone. That was difficult to read.
I didn't understand her relationship with Peter. He along with his brother have hurt her on numerous occasions and she kept going back for more. It doesn't set a good example for a heroine in a book in my opinion. I don't think she was strong as a character. She came across desperate, meek, and needy. Also Peter barely spoke to her. I could understand the pull if the author gave him some sort of personality. Had them actually get to know each other or fall in love in description. That wasn't there. I was actually rooting for her friend James. We got to know him more than the love interest!
Okay the whole angel vampire thing was just too much. Pick one or the other. By gosh if he's going to be a vampire with wings give the boy some fangs. I'm open to a lot of paranormal in books, but that was just over the top.
Her friend Texas or Tex. (cringe) She was very spoiled, controlling, and annoying. Blowing up her phone calling and messaging when she doesn't get right back to her. There is a fine line between being a good friend and being a psychopath. No wonder the first guy she slept with ran for the hills. She finds out her best friend is with a vampire and asks if he has a brother. Then persists to bring up that she wants to meet him every chance she gets.
So this book had a lot of problems to me personally. You may like it. People have different tastes. It just wasn't for me. I'll never read it again, but like I said it did keep my attention and for that I am willing to read something else by the author.
I liked the flow of the book. It kept my interest. It wasn't boring and it was easy to stay focused. I'm not close-minded in reading a different book from the author in the future to give another chance. This affected my rating from being a two to a three.
Now saying that, let's dive into the rest of the book. At first I got the Vampire Diary vibe. I was wrong, which I'm thankful for. I don't want to read something that has already been done. This book was major-idly dark though. The focus wasn't on Ava's forbidden romance with Peter. It was about her going through the grieving process of losing her mother in a battle of cancer. She struggled balancing her personal life and making her parents happy during her mother's final time. You see a mother try to prepare her daughter for the times she won't be there to help her. How to hem her pants. How to make the family banana bread recipe. How to french braid her hair. That's deep stuff. Ava isn't really in denial as she understands that her mother is on limited time, but she isn't really emotionally prepared for it to happen. Who is? No forced family trips or baking is going to fill that piece of her that she will lose when she is gone. That was difficult to read.
I didn't understand her relationship with Peter. He along with his brother have hurt her on numerous occasions and she kept going back for more. It doesn't set a good example for a heroine in a book in my opinion. I don't think she was strong as a character. She came across desperate, meek, and needy. Also Peter barely spoke to her. I could understand the pull if the author gave him some sort of personality. Had them actually get to know each other or fall in love in description. That wasn't there. I was actually rooting for her friend James. We got to know him more than the love interest!
Okay the whole angel vampire thing was just too much. Pick one or the other. By gosh if he's going to be a vampire with wings give the boy some fangs. I'm open to a lot of paranormal in books, but that was just over the top.
Her friend Texas or Tex. (cringe) She was very spoiled, controlling, and annoying. Blowing up her phone calling and messaging when she doesn't get right back to her. There is a fine line between being a good friend and being a psychopath. No wonder the first guy she slept with ran for the hills. She finds out her best friend is with a vampire and asks if he has a brother. Then persists to bring up that she wants to meet him every chance she gets.
So this book had a lot of problems to me personally. You may like it. People have different tastes. It just wasn't for me. I'll never read it again, but like I said it did keep my attention and for that I am willing to read something else by the author.
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