Tuesday Reviews: Ravenous

 

Beyond the mortal world lies the Skein, a realm of mythic beauty and savage desire ruled by creatures of legend. Here, vampires, witches, demons, and wolves wage war—and hunt their pleasures just as fiercely.

Now, the Accession has begun, an ancient cycle of chaos and destiny that reignites old hostilities and forges fated bonds too hot to resist.

A witch queen on the rise defies the brutal wolf king who stands in her way. But when fate twists their battlefield into a bed of temptation, sworn enemies become something far more perilous. Lovers.

A vampire princess trades her crown for freedom, only to be bound to a scarred Berserker, a man whose possessive touch both terrifies and tempts her.

An incubus spy and a cunning vampiress strike a dangerous bargain for survival, and profit, but lust becomes the one gamble neither expected.

And when a wolf and an enchantress from opposing clans dare to make peace, their forbidden attraction could doom the Skein…or spark a love that defies the gods.

I really wanted to love Ravenous because I love Kresley Cole, but I spent way too much of this book trying to remember who everyone was, where they were, and what exactly they were doing. There are SO many POVs, characters, relationships, and different storylines happening at the same time that every time I finally got invested in one, we were off somewhere else with someone I barely remembered.

That being said, there were definitely characters and individual storylines that I loved. I found myself wanting to get back to certain POVs because I needed to know what was happening with them, and I actually really enjoyed all the politics and different factions at play. The world itself is interesting, but there is just so much introduced in this first book that I never felt like I completely had my footing in it.

By the last few chapters, everything was happening at once. I’m still not entirely sure who I’m supposed to be rooting for, some choices left me with A LOT of questions, and I genuinely have no idea where book two even begins after that ending.

Overall, there were parts of Ravenous that I really enjoyed, but I think the number of POVs and competing storylines kept me from getting as attached to the characters and relationships as I wanted to. I’m intrigued by what Kresley is building here, but I’m still undecided if I’m invested enough to continue with book two.