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A review by saschadarlington
The Veil by Chloe Neill
5.0
full review @ https://saschadarlington.wordpress.com/2016/05/22/review-of-the-veil/
The way some people binge on tv shows, I binge on book series, which constantly has me muttering that famous line: so many books, so little time.
Chloe Neill's Chicagoland Vampires is a series that I happily binged on until I caught up (and then realized that's she's written more since I last caught up-ha!). Now she has the new Devil's Isle series, which if the first book, The Veil, is anything to go on, is going to be fantastic.
The Veil takes place in New Orleans and refers to a type of portal that's opened between worlds letting paranormals, those with powerful magic, slip in. A war was waged and the humans "won," but barely. Now magic is off-limits and anyone seen using it is taken to Devil's Isle, a prison for paranormals and sensitives.
Protagonist Claire Connolly is a Sensitive, a human capable of performing magic. This has dangerous implications not only because if she's caught she could be taken away, but humans using magic can become wraiths, which is like a pained, skeletal version of themselves. They absorb magic, become crazed, and will do anything to get more, even if it means killing. So, Claire has a secret that she keeps even from her best friends.
On War Night, a celebration on the anniversary of the end of the war, Claire sees a tall, dark, and handsome (TDH) man in the crowd. He captures her imagination. On her way home, Claire encounters two wraiths attacking a young woman. Since she can't leave the woman to fend for herself, Claire takes on the fight and uses magic. The TDH, Liam Quinn, sees Claire using magic.
Liam Quinn is a bounty hunter who captures wraiths, but he also has connections that could help Claire learn how to use her magic properly.
While Claire is learning to harness her magic, forces in New Orleans are trying to create upheaval. And because it's what they've been doing for years, albeit separately, Claire and Liam work to save New Orleans (and maybe the world?) again.
The way some people binge on tv shows, I binge on book series, which constantly has me muttering that famous line: so many books, so little time.
Chloe Neill's Chicagoland Vampires is a series that I happily binged on until I caught up (and then realized that's she's written more since I last caught up-ha!). Now she has the new Devil's Isle series, which if the first book, The Veil, is anything to go on, is going to be fantastic.
The Veil takes place in New Orleans and refers to a type of portal that's opened between worlds letting paranormals, those with powerful magic, slip in. A war was waged and the humans "won," but barely. Now magic is off-limits and anyone seen using it is taken to Devil's Isle, a prison for paranormals and sensitives.
Protagonist Claire Connolly is a Sensitive, a human capable of performing magic. This has dangerous implications not only because if she's caught she could be taken away, but humans using magic can become wraiths, which is like a pained, skeletal version of themselves. They absorb magic, become crazed, and will do anything to get more, even if it means killing. So, Claire has a secret that she keeps even from her best friends.
On War Night, a celebration on the anniversary of the end of the war, Claire sees a tall, dark, and handsome (TDH) man in the crowd. He captures her imagination. On her way home, Claire encounters two wraiths attacking a young woman. Since she can't leave the woman to fend for herself, Claire takes on the fight and uses magic. The TDH, Liam Quinn, sees Claire using magic.
Liam Quinn is a bounty hunter who captures wraiths, but he also has connections that could help Claire learn how to use her magic properly.
While Claire is learning to harness her magic, forces in New Orleans are trying to create upheaval. And because it's what they've been doing for years, albeit separately, Claire and Liam work to save New Orleans (and maybe the world?) again.