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The Crimson Hunt (2012)

by Victoria H. Smith(Favorite Author)

3.46 of 5 Votes: 3

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English

genre

Romance

publisher

Victoria H. Smith

series

Eldaen Light Chronicles

review 1: The Crimson Hunt starts off in a shroud of mystery with the prologue. We know that there might be something otherworldly involved, but what. We experience Ariel’s somewhat normal life in the first part of the book. She is a college student trying to make it into the big Art show but thwarted by her mean girl arch nemesis. Then enters Luca the mystery boy crush who is a jerk one minute and then charming the next. The next thing you know the book takes a turn for the dark and sinister as people start showing up dead, including ones close to Ariel. As far as the book tempo it did start off slightly slow, but it was appropriate for setting the scene and keeping you in suspense. I found myself anxious to find out what was going to happen so it kept my attention. Once it picke... mored up, it hit the ground running and there was action around every corner. What a great concept for the book, I loved the sci-fi mix with a dash of paranormal. I also loved the idea of why there are these beings here and that as humans we are almost just unfortunate causalities in the bigger picture.Ariel was a strong self-reliant character. I liked the way she interacts with her friends and other characters. I also like that she has a history of relationship failure, I’m not even sure why but it made it seem more real. She is a little more reserved when she meets Luca, even though she is attracted to him she tries to keep her head on straight and not fall to hard. Even though she ends up doing just that of course who wouldn’t.I’m not all together sure how I felt about Luca; I didn’t feel like Ariel needed him which was kind of nice change. He liked to run hot and cold but once he warmed up it was hard not to be at least fond of him. He had trained himself to not feel so when he really starts opening up to Ariel we see a different side of him. He is sweet, kind and of course gorgeous. He might be the next great love my life but I thought he was a good character and also a good match for Ariel.At first I did not like Piper, Ariel’s best friend; I was like why is she friends with this girl. I don’t understand this relationship. As we get to know Piper we find out how she truly is loyal to Ariel and actually a really good friend. There were other side characters involved all that I found some kind of fondness for. Even the villains were interesting and very evil at times. I really enjoyed this book and I loved the fact that it’s New Adult. The College Campus setting is perfect for this type of story and it really gave the characters more leeway with things. I really don’t want to give away too much of the mystery because that’s the best part about it. It mixes in a little mystery as we learn about the characters roles, which makes it intriguing to the last page. I will definitely pick up book two because I’m curious about how everything will end up resolved.
review 2: I can honestly tell you, when I started reading this book, for the longest time I didn't know what was going to happen. I seriously did not have a clue on what was going on plot wise in the book and which direction it was heading.The book starts easy enough it introduces Ariel and her best friend Piper, on the surface the book portrays the girls' life as normal. The girls go to their classes, they have boy-drama, typical college life with college problems. *cue for Luca to enter* The moment Luca enters Ariels life, everything spirals out of control. The world as Ariel knows gets clouded in absolute darkness, death and chaos everywhere, dark secrets that she has to unlock with Luca's help, not to mention the danger that lurks at every corner. I loved this book, the only reason I didn't give it a five stra is because I wanted to fell more in depth with Luca's and Ariel's feelings, not to misunderstand, we get to know them as characters well enough., it's just because I'm bit of control freak, and I need like detailed explaination for everything the characters do and their background.Other than though, this is one of the best sci-fi I've read, when I was reading this book, I never thought about the similarities it shared with another book, or thougths like "that sounds familiar".The books concepts and plot is a complete original which is hard to find these days, when practically every plot and story ever imagined has been either used so many time or altere just a bit around the details. Not this book though, The Crimson Hunt, is like one in a million, I have encountered a book that even reminds me of this book. The book is very well written, I loved how Victoria created such strong characters, honestly though I expected to be a bit twilight-ish in concerning how the characters were portrayed, but I'll take my words back. I love how strong Ariel is, and even though she loves Luca's she would not let him off easy, whenever he made a mistake, no siree she called him upon every dang thing he did. I loved that she was stubborn, yet could also compromise, that even though it took a her long time she could forgive everything that happened.As for Luca, he is dark and mysterious, and the secret that he keeps, in dangers everyone around Ariel. I swear, when I was first introduced to Luca in the book, I thought that boy was bipolar or something. The ups and downs, and the confusion and emotional conflict he inflicts on Ariel. I wanted to smack absolutely silly and twenty-way-to-sunday. I was frustrated with him so many times, but in the end you could understand the reasons behind his actions and why he is the ways he is, when he shares his secret with Ariel, you can actually sympathize wiht Luca with what he had to go through.All in all I absolutely love this book, I can't wait to read the sequel, I'm looking forward to finding more about Luca and Ariel. less

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