A review by samrushingbooks
Wake by Amanda Hocking

5.0

Like all of the other books I've read by Amanda Hocking, this one was a really quick read. I think I finished it in only a couple hours total reading time. I enjoyed her vampire series, her take on the seven deadly sins and seven virtues, and her troll/changeling trilogy. The Watersong series moves on to Sirens and I felt drawn into the book rather quickly. Sometimes the dialogue felt awkward, but that was because of the characters, not the writing, so in the end it was actually amusing. For example, Daniel tells Harper that the coffee is good and she replies, "It's Folgers." It totally sounded like something overly responsible Harper would say, not quite realizing that Daniel is there because he likes her. And many of the interactions between Harper and her younger sister Gemma really do feel like a typical sibling relationship. I'm looking forward to Lullaby, the second book in the quartet and I'm glad that I only have about another six weeks until it comes out.