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Cracked
by Eliza Crewe
This was so unlike anything I've ever read before.
Our main character is half-demon and likes to eat the souls of murderers. She always thought she was unique but turns out there's more halflings as well as full-blood demons and there's a hierarchy. She runs into three demons and when demonhunters appear to destroy the demons, she thinks it's best to conceal her true identity. The demonhunters Chi, Jo and Uri bring her to their demonhunter school to protect her.
One would expect that demonhunters have a luxurious life. However, in this particular case they are the descendants of the Knights Templar and have sworn an oath of poverty. This means that they live in a trailer park which is disguised as a motorcycle club. The school looks like a run-down building and is pretty ordinary on the inside. This was one of the aspects that sets this book apart from others. It did not seem desirable at all to be one of the Templars and that made it so interesting to read about.
The fact that Meda is half-demon made it so interesting to read from her perspective. She has a hard time relating to human emotions and controlling her thirst for souls. At the beginning of the story she was unapologetically selfish which was refreshing to see in a character. She has lost her only family and has been alone in the world for the last two years. Additionally, because of her demon blood she has a hard time caring for mere humans. At the end though, Meda has learned that she can rely on others and she realizes that Chi and Jo have become her best friends.
The romance was only a subplot and that works really well for the book because Meda is only just realizing that she can care for humans in a platonic way. Not giving her a romantic interest was a good choice as it would not have been realistic that Meda would have any romantic feeling towards another character, not now and maybe not ever. Instead, the romance of two side characters was shown. It's interesting to have the main romance arc of the book without the main character. Meda was as much a spectator as the readers and that made for some funny comments and observation during her narration.
Our main character is half-demon and likes to eat the souls of murderers. She always thought she was unique but turns out there's more halflings as well as full-blood demons and there's a hierarchy. She runs into three demons and when demonhunters appear to destroy the demons, she thinks it's best to conceal her true identity. The demonhunters Chi, Jo and Uri bring her to their demonhunter school to protect her.
One would expect that demonhunters have a luxurious life. However, in this particular case they are the descendants of the Knights Templar and have sworn an oath of poverty. This means that they live in a trailer park which is disguised as a motorcycle club. The school looks like a run-down building and is pretty ordinary on the inside. This was one of the aspects that sets this book apart from others. It did not seem desirable at all to be one of the Templars and that made it so interesting to read about.
The fact that Meda is half-demon made it so interesting to read from her perspective. She has a hard time relating to human emotions and controlling her thirst for souls. At the beginning of the story she was unapologetically selfish which was refreshing to see in a character. She has lost her only family and has been alone in the world for the last two years. Additionally, because of her demon blood she has a hard time caring for mere humans. At the end though, Meda has learned that she can rely on others and she realizes that Chi and Jo have become her best friends.
The romance was only a subplot and that works really well for the book because Meda is only just realizing that she can care for humans in a platonic way. Not giving her a romantic interest was a good choice as it would not have been realistic that Meda would have any romantic feeling towards another character, not now and maybe not ever. Instead, the romance of two side characters was shown. It's interesting to have the main romance arc of the book without the main character. Meda was as much a spectator as the readers and that made for some funny comments and observation during her narration.