Book Review: Dangerous Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl

Ridley Duchannes will be the first to tell you that she's a bad girl. She's Dark. She's a Siren. You can never trust her, or even yourself when she's around. Lucky for her, Wesley "Link" Lincoln can never seem to remember that; quarter Incubus or not, his heart is Mortal when it comes to Ridley. When Link heads to New York City to start a music career, Ridley goes along for the ride-and she has her own reasons. As if leaving small-town Gatlin for the big city, trying to form a band, and surviving life with a partially reformed Siren isn't hard enough already, Link soon learns he has a price on his head that no Caster or Mortal can ever pay.

I went into this book not expecting much and to be completely honest with you, it really wasn’t much. I’d only read the first two books in the Beautiful Creatures series and I was really hoping that this spin-off would be better. Kami Garcia & Margret Stohl have gotten together again to write a book in the world they’ve created. Only this time, it’s from the perspective of a broken girl and a lost boy.

The beginning of this book was really slow for me and so it took me a couple dozen pages to get into it. But after that, I could not put this book down. I was walking around doing chores and just reading because it was that addictive. The writing also captured the characters well. Then came the ending and even though I wasn’t sure beforehand, I just knew that I had to continue with the series.

However, even though it seems like I loved this book, for some reason, I just felt really distant. I felt like I was being told a story but I wasn’t brought into the world. I also loved Ridley because of her badass vibe but that also meant I couldn’t connect with her. I loved Link but his voice didn’t speak to me. Even so, I absolutely adore them together. Because of all this, I have no idea if I love this book or if I hate. I guess I’m just meh about it.

Ultimately, I’m going to continue with this series and hope that it gets better rather than worse. If you’re a fan of the Beautiful Creatures series then this is a must read for you. But, if you didn’t like them too much, this series probably isn’t worth it.

Have you read anything in this world? Badass characters vs. naive and nice characters? Which do you like more?

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