We have a lot of eARC’s and we want to promote them a little bit more. So we decided to do some more Bookish Beginnings On Friday. Today I wanted to share the start of Unfortunate Creatures by Holly Race. I really like the title of this one and I’m curious to see how I’ll enjoy it.
How far would you go to bring back the one you love?
Eighteen-year-old Crissa Blackwood is mourning the death of her soulmate Emres after his brutal murder.
Desperate to bring him back, she carves his heart from his freshly buried corpse, knowing that with the right magical element and a new body, anything is possible.
But the magic is in the possession of Emres’s wealthy rival, and when Crissa challenges him and his friends to a competition up in his mansion, he has no choice but to accept, or face the humiliation of his peers.
Sequestered in the mountains, the mansion harbours secrets of its own; among them Loren, its enigmatic and handsome resident, who seems to know Crissa better than anyone – except Emres. But when the group is gruesomely attacked, Crissa faces the ultimate choice: resurrect her lost love, or save her newfound friends, but risk losing him forever . . .
They were destined, from the cradle, the be revolutionaries. Destined to be soulmates. Crissalee: love beyond, beyond love. Emres: exploration, experiment, the edges of all that is know. Entwined, their names meant ‘Love that reaches further than the borders of the world.’
Okay, I’ll admit that if I didn’t read the synopsis this opening to the book would make me put it down right away. I would think this book was not for me at all and I wouldn’t continue. But knowing there will be a brutal murder soon makes me want to keep going for a little while longer.
It’s unfortunate when the opening to a book isn’t what you hoped it would be. It could really stop you from reading a book and I’ll say it doesn’t make me want to continue reading right away. At some point I will pick this one up and hopefully the rest of the book is more my cup of tea, but for now this one will have to wait!
