(and right now you can get it for free on kindle!)Normally, the school creates the hunters – not the monsters.
Abby Sorrensten likes to play rough. Ripping the horns off the foreheads of demons, manipulating lightning and setting things on fire with the flick of your wrist can give you a serious rush. So she probably wasn’t the best choice for the Order’s experimental training program. Thirteen years of isolation, lack of affection and a bruised and broken body from horrendous training sessions creates more than just an exceptional fighter, it creates an evil within – an evil responsible for several deaths the night she left.
Two hundred years later Abby resurfaces as the very thing the Order trained her to kill: a vampire. A mythical demon has set his sights on the school and only the ordained hunter has the powers to face it. Unbeknownst to the Order, Abby’s their precious ordained one and their only chance for survival. As much as she would love to leave them hanging, she’s not willing to risk the life of Emily, a fellow friend and hunter also fed up with the organization.
But for Abby, locking herself away in a fortress with angry descendents of those she killed causes suspicions and tensions to run high. Abby must learn the demon’s weaknesses for battle before the Order learns hers.
The interesting, or maybe strange, thing about this book was that there was no stand-out character for me. I really liked them all. I found Abby’s inner conflict between her two “sides” to be fascinating, and all the other characters were interesting enough. But this wasn’t a character driven book for me. It was much more storyline focused. And I loved that about Ordained.
Ordained took a TON of paranormal and supernatural elements and incorporated them all in a very unique way. I loved Devon Ashley’s take on good vs. evil witches and magic. I think that was my favorite “layer” of the story. I can’t wait to see how that is going to play out in the next book.
Overall, this is a good book and really great if you are looking for a unique take on the average vampire/demon book. I thoroughly enjoyed Ordained.
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| 3.5/5 Gavels |
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I’m very much a character driven reader but this sounds like it would be amazing. Love the idea of melding a whole bunch of paranormal stuff into one bok. Abby sounds completely Badass!