Bound
Genre:
Young Adult Paranormal Romance
ISBN:
9781300196211
Number
of pages: 254
Word
Count: 89,600
Book Description:
Once
finally back in her hometown of Washington, North Carolina, seventeen year old
Emma Morgan learns the simple life she knew has changed from the moment she
meets the charmingly, bright-eyed Liam Alexander.
The
problem?
Her
brother and best friend, Sean, doesn't approve. Only the more Emma tries to
avoid Liam the more she finds him in her constant company. A risk that will
expose his supernatural calling and both of their hearts. But what happens when
Emma learns that Sean is the real one keeping secrets....
My Thoughts...
I really liked this book, there were quite a few similarities to Twilight but as it is my favourite book series I didn't mind and I really enjoyed it.
The mystery surrounding the Alexander's and what they are had me gripped right from the start, and I never guessed at what their secret would be.
Emma has come back to her hometown after being away for four years, finally reunited with her brother Sean whom stayed behind, on her first day at school she meets Liam, before even having a proper conversation with him Sean warns her away from him with no reason why.
Add in Liam's evasiveness and Sean's dislike for Liam and you have a story with a mystery of what is going on, throw in a couple of big twists and you have yourself an intriguing and very entertaining story.
The characters were extremely likeable and I would definitely read a sequel if there was one as I felt that the ending was left open for that reason.
I give this 4/5.
Excerpt...
This is the end of chapter
five, after a very intense scene.
Once I shut the door behind me, I felt as if the
imaginary director had yelled “cut”, letting me finally involuntarily collapse
to my knees. I closed my eyes, sitting on my heels with my hands resting on my
thighs, slowly filtering in a shaky breath. What the hell just happened? I
wanted to hear Sean’s voice to soothe me, but I didn’t have the strength to
grab my phone from inside my purse, which I had thrown to the bed a moment
before my collapse.
Suddenly I heard a knock at my door. Damn. I opened my
eyes before my hands helped lift me back to my feet. I knew my mom would definitely
question me if she found me on the floor like that. I breathed out two deep
sighs in order to calm my expression before I was ready. Action, I thought.
“Come in,” I
said.
The door opened, but it wasn’t my mother. It was Sean
that peeked his head through the frame gap, before stepping inside my room and
shutting the door behind him. I didn’t waste the time to rush him. I wrapped my
arms underneath his as I laid my head to his chest. The instant warmth of his
presence lifted me to a better place.
“I thought you had to work late,” I said.
“I just got back and felt like I should stop by and
see you.” I felt him gently pat the back of my hair comfortingly. “Is
everything all right?”
“I don’t know how you do it,” I said.
“Do what?”
“Make yourself appear right when I need you. But I’m
glad that you do.”
“It’s a gift. Now are you going to tell me what’s
wrong?”
I finally stepped back to look up at him. But now in
the moment of truth, I knew that I couldn’t say anything. I couldn’t be the
reason that Sean lost his friends. But I also knew that was what Ross and Nick
were hoping on, and I wasn’t keeping quiet for their sake. I have to tell him.
I opened my mouth, but still nothing came out. I curled my fingers into fists,
looking for the courage to speak.
“I got . . . ” This was my chance as my tongue
lingered with the words. Say it. “Freaked out earlier.”
Sean narrowed his gaze with a prepared anger. “Freaked
out by what?”
I gulped, not quite sure why this was so hard to say.
I hadn’t even begun to wrap my head around Liam Alexander. “I forgot my purse,
and when I went back for it the janitor was really creepy.” I rolled my eyes
for dramatics with a small shrug. “But you know how my imagination can be.”
I sighed with the guilt weighing me down like lead.
I’ll admit the janitor wasn’t going to be my friend but he didn’t deserve the
persona I was building of him. I expected a lecture of any kind for being
stupid enough to not bring a friend with me. I even welcomed it in order to
serve as punishment for lying.
Instead Sean merely pulled his neck back to gaze at me
with his brow lifted. “Are you sure that’s all?”
I nodded, maybe a little too much. It wasn’t as if he
knew I was lying but more that I wasn’t telling the truth. Luckily he was
choosing to ignore it, and I was grateful.
My eyes shifted
to the floor with guilt.
“I know it sounds a bit childish, but would you stay
until I fall asleep?”
“Sure,” he
said.
I wasn’t sure how long it would take me to fall
asleep, but I was glad Sean had stayed to do what he had always done best,
protect me. Lucky for him, I would have no problem staying away from Liam
Alexander now. I wasn’t even sure where to begin with Liam. My mind could
barely decipher the idea of what I had seen, let alone how to articulate it
into words.
There must be an explanation for it all, but for now I
laid under the covers, moving to curl into Sean, with my head rested on the
warmth of his chest. It was like sunshine that radiated around my body. The
warmth on my skin was like that sensation of hot water from the shower on a
cold day. Just being near him made me feel better.
“Sean,” I said.
“Yeah, Em?”
“I’ll stay away from Liam.”
There was a few seconds of silence where I felt like I
could almost see his eyes shift away with a smile of accomplishment.
“Why now? Did something happen with him tonight?”
I shook my head, while my mind knew the opposite. “No,
but that doesn’t matter. What matters is that I believe you. There is something
strange about him.” I paused to exhale at the memory of tonight. “So, you don’t
have to worry about him anymore.”
I thought of
how different things would be if Sean had seen what I did. He would surely be
even more protective of me. But if he had known, then it would be something he
would have already told me. Even if I knew how hypocritical I seemed by
withholding what I had seen tonight.
I felt Sean’s light, comforting kiss on my scalp
before he laid his head on top of my own. “Promise?”
I sighed into the warm silence crawling around the two
of us.
“I promise.”
About the Author:
Jennifer
lives in Dallas, Texas with her family. When not immersed in her writing, she
is either engaged in a book or one of her favorite television shows.
