THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE DAMNED is about a girl named Cyn who
mysteriously blacks out and after waking finds herself in
some weird predicaments. She does not know where she has
been or what she has done. Cyn is on the run from her old
life in Sleepy Hollow where she did something so
unforgivable that she walks around in her new life in
constant fear of being caught and disguises herself to help
smother her fear.
When an officer starts showing special
interest in Cyn she gets frightened and turns to a church
for help, but instead finds Avian, someone much worse to
fear. He is the definition of evil. Avian immediately knows
what Cyn is—an echo—and wants nothing to do with her because
of his past experiences. When tragedies and circumstances
push them together they realize that they must work together
to fix what is wrong with her.
To be honest, THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE DAMNED was a very hard
read for me. I was not able to connect with the characters
at all. There was just nothing intriguing about them. There
were a few moments where I had a little interest spark but
it was very short lived. Cyn wasn't anything special, in my
opinion. I felt her tone stayed the same throughout every
situation which made it really hard for me to be sucked into
the book. Avian was intriguing to me at first, but all too
fast along came the instant love scenario and I was quickly
withdrawing again. It took me three times picking up this
book
to finally get through it.
It might possibly be that it is just me. Verday's writing
was beautiful and I could see the setting in my mind
perfectly. I felt like I was there, I just didn't care to
be there. I had no need to know what was going to happen
with anyone or anything. The last 10 percent of THE
BEAUTIFUL AND THE DAMNED also completely would have ruined
the book for me if I had enjoyed the other parts of it. I
felt it made the rest of the entire book pointless when
everything was revealed to Cyn about her past. I felt like
all the turmoil that she did experience was for no purpose
what so ever.
THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE DAMNED just was not the book for me. I
would recommend it for any of her fans that like her series,
THE HOLLOW and people who are new to the fantasy genre.
Cyn’s blackouts have deadly consequences in this sexy,
suspenseful spinoff to the New York Times bestselling
Hollow series.
Cyn and Avian are far from a perfect
match. She’s a witch who casts spells on men so she can
steal their cars. He spends his time being judge, jury, and
executioner to the truly evil in the supernatural
realm.
When the blackouts Cyn’s been having ever
since her time in Sleepy Hollow start escalating, she finds
herself unable to remember where she’s been or what she’s
been doing. Frightened, she seeks guidance at a local
church, and it’s there she meets Avian.
The
unlikely pair soon discovers that her blackouts are a side
effect of what she truly is—an Echo—a conduit for souls of
the dead. The only way to prevent Cyn from losing complete
control is to return to Sleepy Hollow and vanquish the
source of her power—but she may not survive the process. And
if she does? She won’t ever be the same…
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