A review by libraryladykati
Wildalone by Krassi Zourkova

4.0

I was pleasantly surprised by this. It's packaged as a little bit of Jane Eyre, Twilight, A Discovery of Witches, and The Secret History (which I haven't read), and it's true! Jane Eyre for the gothic elements and a bit of Rochester, Twilight for the "love triangle" plus the supernatural element, and the mysterious history of daemons and maenids add the bit of A Discovery of Witches. I was drawn in by the writing and by how deftly Zourkova weaved together so much, from Bulgarian myths of the Samodivi, the ivy lure of Princeton, the sexiness of the competing love rivals who just so happen to be brothers, the disappearance of a girl, all swept together into one gorgeous novel. There's going to be more and I can't wait!