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A review by novelsbycaitlin
The Lost Saint by Bree Despain
3.0
Can't help but love this series in it's entirety. It's characters are realistic and easily relatable. In fact, I"m not much of a werewolf person but here I am, eating it all up. In the Lost Saint, Grace now possesses the wolf. Daniel and her are working together to keep it that way, to embrace her abilities while suppressing the inner demon (the wolf). But when Daniel suddenly starts to pull away after Jude contacts them, Grace isn't sure what to do and ends up finding a different person to help her control the wolf in her and find Jude.
As much as I loved The Dark Divine and Bree Despain, I can't deny that The Lost Saint suffers from second book syndrome. Introduction of rival love character? Check. Tons of road bumps in main's relationship? Check. Lack of male lead/first main love? Check. Cliff hanger? Check. More questions than answers? No check! (I can't think of any questions that went unanswered--well except one, but it's a "root of the problem" question.) But despite the second syndrome The Lost Saint has, Despain maneuvers all the "cliches" perfectly.
Like most books, the love interest isn't just a "love interest" but a plot figure, but unlike most books, Grace stands strong with her love for Daniel, despite how upset she was with him. Just because Daniel and her are on a rocky patch doesn't mean they both throw in the towl and break it off (in fact, both refuse to "break up" regardless of everything. My opinion, it never crossed their minds to break up, even when someone asked her if they had). THe lack of Daniel was a tad annoying--he's one of my favorite fictional guys ever--but by the end your swooning all over him again. The cliff hanger--well, let's just say it's a shocker.
Okay, so the book suffers from the cliche second book syndrome, but putting that aside, I can't deny my love for plot. Partially predictable, partially insane. As much as I predicted, I was still thrown off, shocked and surprised. Just because you know the ending, doesn't mean you know how it gets there. Hopefully Despain can keep up the great plot action in the next book too!
I found myself getting annoyed with Grace (like every female lead Hah) but as the book progressed I figured out why. It's not because she's mopey, whiny or just plain annoying. It's obvious she's being consumed by the wolf, but Despain does a terrific job at slowly adjusting Grace's thoughts and--personality? The Pastor's daughter she use to be almost seems gone. Of course she thinks she's the one fine while everyone "thinks she's weak and being consumed by the wolf." It's not until she hits rock bottom when we get the Grace we've always known back. And realistically, when it comes to addicts, it happens like that. Sometimes it takes rock bottom to get you back to the top.
More action, conflict and overall everything, The Lost Saint is a book not to be passed up.
As much as I loved The Dark Divine and Bree Despain, I can't deny that The Lost Saint suffers from second book syndrome. Introduction of rival love character? Check. Tons of road bumps in main's relationship? Check. Lack of male lead/first main love? Check. Cliff hanger? Check. More questions than answers? No check! (I can't think of any questions that went unanswered--well except one, but it's a "root of the problem" question.) But despite the second syndrome The Lost Saint has, Despain maneuvers all the "cliches" perfectly.
Like most books, the love interest isn't just a "love interest" but a plot figure, but unlike most books, Grace stands strong with her love for Daniel, despite how upset she was with him. Just because Daniel and her are on a rocky patch doesn't mean they both throw in the towl and break it off (in fact, both refuse to "break up" regardless of everything. My opinion, it never crossed their minds to break up, even when someone asked her if they had). THe lack of Daniel was a tad annoying--he's one of my favorite fictional guys ever--but by the end your swooning all over him again. The cliff hanger--well, let's just say it's a shocker.
Okay, so the book suffers from the cliche second book syndrome, but putting that aside, I can't deny my love for plot. Partially predictable, partially insane. As much as I predicted, I was still thrown off, shocked and surprised. Just because you know the ending, doesn't mean you know how it gets there. Hopefully Despain can keep up the great plot action in the next book too!
I found myself getting annoyed with Grace (like every female lead Hah) but as the book progressed I figured out why. It's not because she's mopey, whiny or just plain annoying. It's obvious she's being consumed by the wolf, but Despain does a terrific job at slowly adjusting Grace's thoughts and--personality? The Pastor's daughter she use to be almost seems gone. Of course she thinks she's the one fine while everyone "thinks she's weak and being consumed by the wolf." It's not until she hits rock bottom when we get the Grace we've always known back. And realistically, when it comes to addicts, it happens like that. Sometimes it takes rock bottom to get you back to the top.
More action, conflict and overall everything, The Lost Saint is a book not to be passed up.