Summary
(from Goodreads)
Title: Wind And Shadow
Author: Tori L. Ridgewood
Publication
Date: June 2013
Publisher: Melange Books
Summary:
Rayvin Woods, photographer and natural witch. She just wanted to start her life over again after a series of misadventures. She didn't count on rekindling a lost love when she came home to Talbot...or battling a malevolent vampire and his coven for her life.
Grant Michaels, police officer. He thought Rayvin was a murderer. He will do whatever it takes to protect the community he loves from danger...but will he learn to trust his heart, and the word of a witch, before it's too late?
Malcolm de Sade, cunning vampire, imprisoned underground for a year by Charlotte Fanning and Pike Mahonen ("Mist and Midnight", Midnight Thirsts). His accidental release unleashes his hunger and ambition on a small, sleepy town…
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Facing the past can be a nightmare. It's worse when a vampire is stalking you.
My
Thoughts:
The review first can also be seen on CoffeeTalkWriters' Blog.
Good old paranormal. I have actually missed this kind of books and was
really delighted while reading this one. it gives us some interesting
characters and a plot to think about. And the cliffhanger, which I seriously
hated, because the next book is coming out I don’t know when. So I am left
sulking. This book has everything a person needs in a book: action, a good mystery
and some amazing chemistry between two main characters. Oh I forgot, an amazing
villain.
The book follows Rayvin Woods back to her home town and through her
adjusting time there. Rayvin has a secret – she is a witch. She left Talbot,
because she was different and because she was accused of murder, but now she
has nowhere else to go, except to return home. But will she be able to live in
Talbot, or will the past be still in a way of her future? While driving to
Talbot she meets her high school crush – Grant Michaels. The sparks fly and
attraction is even more intense between them than it was back in high school.
But Grant is still on the side of community and is still under prejudices, will
he be able to choose between his “best friend” and a woman he has been lusting
after for more than 15 years? But nothing is simple in town like Talbot. As
soon as Rayvin crosses the welcome like of Talbot, the vampire is released from
its tomb and he’s not one of those who will lay low. He has his own agenda, and
he wants only one thing – revenge and a woman he wants to be mother of his
children. First animals are murdered, and then people disappear. And everybody
blames Rayvin for it. Now she has to seek Grant’s help to stop the vampire to
wreak more chaos, but first will be believe her?
I liked Rayvin the most, I think she was one of the best characters in
the book. I can agree with all choices she has made. I liked how the author
described the prejudiced community. How everybody was judging Rayvin for what
was an accident and not even her fault. In the beginning I really wasn’t a fan
of Grant. He was living in the past and wasn’t seeing farther than his nose. He
just was accustomed living with Ray being guilty and he didn’t want to change
his mind at first. I liked how Tori described his changes, how from a
narrow-minded person he became more open-minded and saw the truth and accepted
ray for what she really was – an amazing person. Another great and intriguing
character was de Sade – the vampire, we don’t get to read about him much, but
he definitely gives a book a good twist and an amazing mystery to solve.
The only characters I was confused about where Charlotte and Pike,
somehow there’s not much told about them and that leaves a good chunk of
mystery to unravel in the next books. This book is a interesting view on 3
species: humans, witches and vampires. And it is a really good read. You get
sucked into the whole suspense and mystery from the first page and it holds you
to it throughout the whole book. I am waiting for next books and finding time
to read a short prequel about Charlotte and Pike. I hope you will consider
reading it, and will have great time while you are at it. I wish you happy
reading, and don’t forget to share your thoughts.
Xoxo
Katie
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