Review & Give@way: Initiation by Imogen Rose
Title: Initiation
Author: Imogen Rose
Source: paperback copy from author for
review
Due to some content
this book is suitable for mature YA readers.
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Welcome to Bonfire Academy. Set in the foothills of the alpine
mountains in St.Moritz, this exclusive private school caters to a special kind
of student. Enter at your own risk... but if you are human, you may not want to
enter at all.
This is part one of the prequel series (Bonfire Academy) in the
Bonfire Chronicles. Book two, INTEGRATION, will be released summer
2012.
My take...
Initiation is book one to the Bonfire Academy series...which in
turn is a prequel series to the Bonfire Chronicles. Please keep in mind;
although the book is considered YA… there is mention of sex and some pretty
graphic fighting scenes.
Initiation follows Cordelia, a demon, as she starts back to
school after classes had been closed down due to a fire. Now that school is back
in session Cordelia plans on focusing her attention on tennis this year and her
boyfriend Quinn. But not long after being there her plans get changed as she is
asked to be a mentor to Faustine, a half human, half demon. When a horrific run
in with some shifters happens on the first day, a series of strange events are
set into motion. One being Faustine starts disappearing, literally. Now Cordelia
must help find out what is going on with Faustine and figure out why she is
having some extreme feelings for Jagger who by the way is not her boyfriend.
Ok I really liked this book. I wasn’t blown away by it but it was it was
a good read none the less. I found the storyline interesting and had to keep
reading to find out why Faustine kept disappearing. I also had to know who this
Ryker character was. Mr. Mysterious had me wondering. But what the flip was up
with no repercussions for people’s actions? If you try to kill someone they ship
you off to another school. And apparently with that epilogue no actions are
final. (Like that I added that in there? Yep that will keep you guessing.)
There were a few things I wasn’t wild about though. Like Cordelia’s lack
of interest in Quinn’s feelings while she was getting busy with Jagger. Sure she
didn’t mind getting it on with him, but when Jagger tells her to dump Quinn…she
acted all appalled. Really? I guess if you are a demon your ideas of morals and
values are different than that of a regular human. And I really couldn’t figure
out why she was keeping Quinn around. They hardly ever saw each other and when
they did it was like a brother and sister relationship. Their whole relationship
was just kind of odd to me. *shrugs*
I enjoyed the characters pretty much, but felt some weren’t developed
enough to get a good connection with them. Like Quinn, I actually forgot what
paranormal he was half way in. There just wasn’t enough detail about him to care
what happened to him or not. To me, he felt like an errand boy most of the time.
I did like being in Cordelia’s head throughout the book though. She really is a
strong lead character, despite her lack of judgment when it came to Jagger. But
can you blame a girl? Jagger is one hot faery!
I hope to be able to read Integration so I can see what comes
next for these quirky kids. I also need to know who Cordelia likes as the ending
was very vauge as to who she wants to be with. I am hoping Jagger. She really
needs to make an honest man out of him *snickers*
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