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Review: Darkness Becomes Her (Gods and Monsters #1)

Title: Darkness Becomes Her by Kelly Keaton
Published: February 22, 2011 by Simon Pulse
Source: Bought for Kindle

Ari can’t help feeling lost and alone. With teal eyes and freakish silver hair that can’t be changed or destroyed, Ari has always stood out. And after growing up in foster care, she longs for some understanding of where she came from and who she is.
Her search for answers uncovers just one message from her long dead mother: Run. Ari can sense that someone, or something, is getting closer than they should. But it’s impossible to protect herself when she doesn’t know what she’s running from or why she is being pursued.
She knows only one thing: she must return to her birthplace of New 2, the lush rebuilt city of New Orleans. Upon arriving, she discovers that New 2 is very...different. Here, Ari is seemingly normal. But every creature she encounters, no matter how deadly or horrifying, is afraid of her.
Ari won’t stop until she knows why. But some truths are too haunting, too terrifying, to ever be revealed.

Review
A great start to a new series!  This novel is a mix of paranormal, action, mythology and romance.  It follows Ari, our kick-ass heroine to the abandoned city of New Orleans were paranormal beings run the city.  Ari is a great, strong female character that can cry one minute and kill a monster the next. 
I loved the other characters that become Ari's new 'family' and the affinity they have for each other in such a short time.  This is an action packed book, but very easy to read (I finished it in a few hours.)  Did you know I love mythology?  Specially Greek mythology (one of the reasons I loved the Percy Jackson series.)  If you, like me, love mythology and paranormal books, look no more, this is the one for you.
One of the things I didnt' like about the story was the romance between Sebastian and Ari.  It happened in less than 24 hours of knowing each other!  For two characters that seem to be otherwise very skeptical and careful, the romance doesn't came off as believable.  One of the things that I like the most is that Ari (and everyone else) learns and knows what she really is and we don't have to wait until the next installment.  Overall a great, quick, and interesting read.
About the cover:  Didn't like this cover at all!  The design and the font were both off for me, I only bought the book because I heard great things about it.

Top Ten Tuesday: Books That you Lied About

Top 10 Tuesday is a weekly meme created by The Broke and the Bookish.

Sorry I couldn't come up with all ten, but here is my list:

1. Reading Jane Eyre - although I have probably seen (and loved!) every single movie ever made based on this novel, I read the Cliff Notes version back in high school.

2. Reading MG books - don't tell anyone, but with all the books that "B" (he's 11 now) accumulates around the house, I end up reading some of them

3. I only read YA - Alas, I also read romance novels, mostly historical and paranormal.

4. Reading Gone with the Wind - if you as ask anyone who knows me they will tell you that this is my favorite movie of all time (and they wouldn't be lying), I just never read the book.  Please don't tell my hubby!

5. I love poetry - even though I consider myself to be fully bilingual, the truth is that English is not my first language.  I love poetry in Spanish, sorry but it doesn't make as much sense to me in English

6. Loving Shakespeare - Again, I had to read some Shakespeare in high school, but honestly, half of it doesn't make sense to me.

In My Mailbox (2)

IMM is a weekly meme inspired by Alea at the Pop Culture Junkie and hosted by the wonderful Kristi at The Story Siren.  All links are to Amazon.

From the Library

Angelfire by Courtney Allison Moulton - I want to read this only pretty badly!

Spells by Aprilynne Pike - Since I spend between 45 to 60 minutes a day comuting to work, I decided get an audio book from the library and give it a try.  I am on disc four and so far, so good.