Covet(The Clann 2)Publisher: Harlequin Teen, 2012Genre: YA Paranormal
Dangerous to be together. Painful to be apart.
Savannah Colbert knows she broke up with Tristan Coleman for the right reasons. Most of all, to keep from killing him with her new vampire abilities. But try telling her heart. Now, lost in a sea of hostile Clann faces, Sav tries to come to terms with what she's becoming and what that means for her future. And that someone is doing their best to bully her into making a terrible mistake.
Tristan can't believe Sav won't even talk to him. If being apart is her decision, fine. Just don't expect him to honor it. But even as he prepares to fight for the girl he loves, forces beyond their control take them both in directions neither could have foreseen or prepared for.
A reckoning is coming...and not everyone will survive.
One thing is very clear, The Clann witches and the vampires were never meant to mix. After a very scary meeting with the Vampire Council, Savannah has agreed to break up with Tristan. Not only because she was commanded to, but because she loves Tristan enough to let him go before she accidentally kills him with her surfacing vampire powers. Heartbreak is not the only thing Sav will have to deal with. She’ll have to come to terms with what she is and what she can do as a half-vampire half-witch hybrid. In the mean time, Tristan is not about to give up on them, but the more he searches for a solution the more it seems that there isn’t one. When Clann members start getting murdered, Savannah’s life will be put in danger. Tristan is ready to fight for her, but when his world crashes around his ears, will he still be strong enough?
Melissa Darnell’s most awaited sequel to Crave is here! Covet returns with more forbidden romance, more heartache, and more action!
Savannah is not the type of heroine I usually fall in love with from the get go. Mostly because she’s a passive kind of heroine, like sometimes I wanted her to be pissed and she wasn’t though the situation demanded it. But that’s just how she is. It’s her resolve that ultimately wins her over to me, how she steels herself during hard times. And boy do I admire her for that. Covet is more about Savannah coming to terms with what she is, and it is something she needs to do alone. She has to deal with these two sides of her heritage and find out exactly who she is in all of this. But worry not! We still get Tristan POV, though there’s less of him in this sequel. Tristan also needed this time alone to learn that rash decisions aren’t always best, and that sometimes we have to sacrifice what we want for the good of the many. Darnell does a great job of illustrating the growth of both characters, while still keeping the action and tensions running high. The biggest lesson these two learn is accepting the card’s life deals you, but also fighting for what you want.
The Clann and the Vampire Council still make my blood boil every time they’re mentioned. Their blind hatred for each other is just horrible. I was hoping for a patch up between the two in this sequel, but things got a whole lot of crazy and complicated there at the end. Seriously, the ending was a ball of surprises that kept on rolling and twisting everywhere, and I absolutely loved it. It’s that type of ending that makes your eyes pop out and makes you curse out loud because the next book is not yet available! Also, The Keepers were a new element was added in this sequel, but not fully explained or presented that much. I hope they play a bigger part on the next book!
*Arc copy provided by the publisher via Netgalley*
Favorite Quotes:
~Tristan~
I had a real love/hate thing going on with English lit this year. Sometimes I was grateful just for the chance to sit beside Savannah and sneak glances at her when she was busy reading or writing something.
But she wasn’t exactly making it easy for me to forget about her when she showed up wearing skirts and heels that showed off her awesome long legs.
Was she trying to torture me now? I’d never thought of her as the sadistic type. Maybe it was a sign of her vampire side taking over.
~Savannah~
Keeping an eye on the dog as its beady black eyes watched my every move, I sat down across from Mom.
The demon dog switched from barking to snarling. “She’s really lovely.”
“Isn’t she the best?” Mom beamed down at the dog, raising it up to her face. My heart stopped as visions of the thing gnawing off her nose raced through my mind. But it only licked her cheek, then returned to growling at me. “She’s such a good protector. And a great little friend to have around, too. I’ve gotta admit, I’m going to miss her company. But at least I can always come for a visit with both my girls, right?”
“Right.” I tried to imagine that furry thing in my house. It would probably either claim the underside of the couch as its own, biting the ankles of all who passed by, or else it would wait under my bed like an assassin, waiting for me to enter my bedroom unsuspecting.
Of course, there was always that face-eating option when I was asleep and at my most vulnerable too.
~Tristan and Savannah~
“I did the right thing,” she snapped back at me. “I made a promise, to the council and the Clann, and I’ve kept it. I did what I had to in order to keep you safe. And someday you’ll thank me for it.”
“You really expect me to thank you for ripping out my heart and stomping all over it?”
“Yes, I do! Someday, when you’re not being stupid and hardheaded about it.”
