Nightshade

Nightshade has been called The New York Bestselling Series and it has become an International Bestseller, so it definitely has the approval of the literary community. So knowing all of that I wanted to take a look into the world that Andrea Cremer has so graciously constructed for us....
Witches, werewolves, prophecies, forced unions, mystery, and drama surround this young adult paranormal romance novel that I am currently reading. I have been tip toeing around this novel for a month or so now because of two different reasons: one it is 'paranormal romance' and two it is about werewolves, which makes me think of twilight...ugh. But against my gut I decided to pick up this book and I have been pleasantly surprised by it.

The story follows Calla, an alpha wolf in her pack, who is betrothed to Ren, another alpha. They are to be united, not only in marriage, but their packs as well. Except this isn't a normal werewolf book, it has what they call Keepers, except we would call them witches, and they control the packs. There is an ancient legend that the Keepers are before everything, almost like fallen angels, but not. The Keepers went to war within themselves and split creating an "evil" group called the Searchers and for centuries now the werewolves have been fighting off the Searchers for the Keepers, protecting their sacred grounds.

But someone is about to upset everything in their world and it is a boy named Shay. Shay has taken much interest in Calla and it is starting to cause ripple effects that I don't want to share or you will hate me for ruining it! Just know that Andrea Cremer keeps things interesting and you aren't going to want to put the book down until the very end!

If you have read the book already and have an opinion about it let me know in the comment box. Or when you finish reading it let me know how you liked/hated it!