Series: The Taker Trilogy, #1
By: Alma Katsu
Publisher: Simon &Schuster
Publication Date: September
6, 2011
Format: Paperback
Source: Personal
With her blend of history and
fantasy, Alma Katsu comes blazing out of the gates with her first novel. The
best aspect of this novel is the fact that the fantasy part of the story is
very obtuse. You don’t really know what the main character, Lanny McIlvrae is
except that she is immortal. With Lanny’s beginnings told in flashbacks to Dr.
Luke Findley, the reader is drawn into this story of doomed love and dark
desires.
Dr. Luke Findley has hit rock
bottom. His wife has left him and he feels trapped in the small Main town of
St. Andrews. When he clocks into his night shift he never dreamed he would find
himself on the run with a mysterious woman named Lanny who was brought in by
the police as a murder suspect. As Lanny explains her life, from her humbled
beginnings to why she murdered the only man she has ever loved, Luke finds
himself falling for this petite damaged woman.
Even though this story says
it is a love story, I didn’t feel there was much romance between these pages.
This love story is what I stated above, doomed love. From Lanny’s childhood
crush on Jonathan that turns into an obsession to her dark tormented
relationship with Adair, the man that gave her immortality. Lanny’s life is
full of darkness and sadness.
I would definitely recommend
this story to anyone that liked Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles. The world
building is exceptional and has the potential to be an amazing trilogy. It will
consume the reader until the very final pages and leave you desiring the next
installment. I am so glad that I took the advice of my local bookstore employee
and picked this one up. I think I found a new author to add to my favorites
list!
PURCHASE
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