By C.C Hunter
Third book of the Shadow Falls series
It seems that as we go further into the book, the plot gets juicier! So lets jump right ahead! Warning: the following contains spoilers for those who still have not read the first book (Born at Midnight) or second book (Awake at Dawn).
Based on the second book we know that Derek, a handsome fairy striving to obtain Kylie’s love, has left on a mission for FRU, they police supernatural beings, but it is clearly seen it is just an excuse stay away from Kylie giving her space to figure out who she really loves. Kylie, trying to move on, has grown closer to Lucas, to the point they unofficially make it official. Lately, Kylie feels like she is being followed; when she tells Burnett and Holiday, they suspect it’s Mario, the rogue vampire who has attempted to attack numerous times in the past books. With that being said, Burnett orders that Kylie must have a shadow (someone who follows her EVERYWHERE every minute of the day). When Lucas volunteers to be her shadow, Derek, returning from his trip, surprises everyone by entering the room and volunteering as well, causing a lot of tension. Burnett, one of the head leaders of Shadow Falls Camp, feeling the tension, turns down both Lucas and Derek and says he’ll assign someone else.
What confuses Kylie the most is how cold Derek is with her, yet he persists in shadowing her, so she decides to confront him. As she leaves her cabin to speak with Derek, Della shows her some incriminating pictures of Derek and his ex-girlfriend Ellie. Kylie runs to Derek to demand answers when she realizes she has no right to ask him because they were really never together; he insists that he wants to explain. Derek says he was supposed to investigate a group of rogue vampires but when he saw his ex-girlfriend Ellie (a vampire), he wanted to pull her away from the bad influences. She was lonely and he was hurting, one can finish that sentence. He also tells Kylie that he brought Ellie to Shadow Falls Camp to put her back on a straight path, but has no other feeling for her than friendship. As much as Kylie is hurting, she decides it’s none of her business, Derek can do whatever he pleases, she is with Lucas.
One can see why Kylie sees Lucas as the only one who can comfort her, especially after the whole Derek thing, but it seems like fate doesn't want Kylie happy. When arguing with a jealous Fredericka, she is told that since Lucas has been desperately trying to gain a position on the werewolf council his entire life, they can't be together due to a rule that the council members are only allowed to be with werewolves. Although Lucas repeatedly tells Kylie not to worry, who wouldn't? Besides the boy troubles, Kylie has another mission impossible with a new ghost who can’t seem to remember anything nor tell Kylie what she can do to help.
Kylie has been consistently told “Someone lives and someone dies.” Just as Kylie was, I was personally freaked out by this. On one of Kylie’s regular visits to the falls, with Holiday, the death angels give both Kylie and Holiday a vision that tells them a vampire from Shadow Falls Camp will die. While Kylie wants to figure out who will be killed and how to stop it, Holiday tells her there is nothing they can do. Kylie’s heart aches to know a vampire will die. Who can it be? Will it be Della, her dearest best friend? Or Burnett, someone who has done nothing but protect her? Tune in in two weeks to find out what happens next.
My Rating:
~A.BW
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