Title: ANEW
Author: Chelsea Fine
Source: ebook from author for review
goodreads...
Two years ago, Scarlet awoke in the forest
alone, afraid, and unable to remember anything. Lost and confused, her life was
a mystery...until she met a boy with a familiar voice.
Gabriel Archer has a voice from her past,
and Scarlet's determined to remember why. She immerses herself in his life only
to discover he has a brother he's kept hidden from her: Tristan Archer.
Upon meeting Tristan, Scarlet's world
becomes even more muddled. While she's instinctively drawn to Gabriel, she's
impossibly drawn to Tristan--and confused out of her mind. As she tries to
piece together her history Scarlet realizes her past...might just be the death
of her.
My take...
Scarlet wakes up in the middle of the woods
with no memory of her past...just her name. But things start clicking for her
when a mysterious guy shows up in her town 2 years later. He seems familiar to
her and she cannot explain why. As time goes by she notices he is keeping
secrets from her and hiding things. Determined to find out who the real Gabriel
is she confronts him; demanding answers. The answers Gabriel and his brother
Tristan reveal about her past is anything but believable and sends her mind
reeling. Can she trust Gabriel? And why does she want to reach out and touch Tristan?
I so enjoyed this book, especially the end
where it seemed to really pick up. But don’t think that just because the end
got good the rest wasn’t. Oh no, the whole book was well paced and developed
nicely. It’s just that I am truly flabbergasted after that ending. What the
flip is going to happen to Tristan? And even to Scarlet? *Hold me I am scared!* Ok, ok I will quit
with the ending. But gosh, what an ending it was.
As for the book itself…Anew is kind of like
The Vampire Diaries and maybe the Fallen series by Lauren Kate all rolled into
one. At least in my opinion. We get some hot-brooding brothers who happen to be
in love with the same girl (TVD). And
then we get the girl who has lived previous lives and keeps coming back to the same
guy (Fallen series). But Fine makes it much more appealing with tension flaring
between the 3 characters and secrets galore.
I loved how some of the secrets were not
revealed all at once in book one. It gives you that craving to read book 2…so
you will want to come back and seek them out. Did Anew end in a cliffhanger?
Heck yeah it did. But Fine knew what she was doing. She wrote an ending that leaves
readers eager to know more.
Anew was excellently written and the
dialogue between the characters was spot on. The whole story flowed easily and
I was happy with the book as a whole. Pretty much everything I want in a book:
great (and fun) characters, forbidden romance, and a story line that held its own.
I look forward to more of Fine’s work in the future.
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