May 14, 2012

Review: Intangible by J. Meyers


Author: J. Meyers
Title: Intangible
Series: Intangible (#1)
ISBN: 9781470010157 
Publisher: J. Meyers (January 31st 2012) 
Disclaimer: Copy received for review purposes

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My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Twins Sera and Luke Raine have a well-kept secret—she heals with a touch of her hand, he sees the future. All their lives they’ve helped those in need on the sly. They’ve always thought of their abilities as being a gift.

Then Luke has a vision that Sera is killed. That gift they’ve always cherished begins to feel an awful lot like a curse. Because the thing about Luke’s ability? He’s always right. And he can’t do anything about it."
GoodReads’ blurb

The premise for this novel was incredibly interesting when I had the chance to review it, and it didn’t disappoint. Intangible kept me interested through every single page, and I found the lore and worldbuilding to be very interesting. Honestly? I can’t wait for the next book to be out, because I want more details about how things work.

There’s something you’d not guess from the blurb that you might want to know, though: this book contains vampires and fairies. The vamps don’t sparkle, and, actually, they are really close to some original myths about origin, but they have plenty of new lore added-and quite some depth. We don’t really know much about the fairies, except that the traditional duality (light and dark) is maintained, and that they are more kickass than you’d normally expect.

So, the author manages to weave a tale with her original take on folk, paranormal, and Gifted-or what others would call plain old weird, according to Sera’s fears. And it works.

Luke and Sera play off each other perfectly. They have a great chemistry, something that is difficult to find and even more difficult when we’re talking family and not love interests. They both were the kind of people you’d want to be friends with, and while sometimes Sera got irresponsible (or so I thought) for the most part I could understand her and she was likeable.

Talking about romance, this is something very well handled here. I think. To be honest, I’m still trying to come to terms with how the situation blew over... In short: it’s not your typical romance. The characters will surprise you, because even if you think you know how it could turn out, you’ll write that possibility off as “genre impossible”. but when all’s said and done, the fact remains that it’s much more “realistic”, insofar as we’re talking Gifted’s and vamps and elves. And I enjoyed that, the chance the author took, how the story was focused on a hundred other things and romance was just there because hey, it’s part of life and it happens, but it wasn’t the pumping gear behind the story.

Perhaps there’s the one thing that bothered me. The secrets. Luke and Sera know nothing about their origins, about who they are and why they can do what they can. There is a character who could have told them. Who should have told them, really, but didn’t. This bothered me in an instinctual, personal pet-peeve way, but to be completely honest it didn’t take from the story. It just took from the general like-ability of said character.

All in all, I’m really looking forward to the next instalment, because the end throws everything in a spin and I want to know where things go, both character and plot wise. I think this is a very promising start for a new series, and it can stand on par with most other paranormal YA I’ve ever read and loved so... why not give it a try?

13 comments:

  1. I loved this book! I also can't wait for the next book!

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    1. Wasn't it cool? Hehehe, the solution to the love story was amazing! Do you know when the next will be out, by the way? Awww. I hope it won't be a full year!

      Thanks for the comment! :)

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  2. OK! That's it! I'm reading his book this week! Thanks for convincing me :)

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    1. Hahahaha! I hope you'll enjoy it! I really think it's worth it, though. It will appeal to genre followers... and it doesn't fall in genre clichés!

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    2. Yez! This is my next read after Lunatic Cafe (Anita Blake)

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  3. I've been seeing this book a lot around the blogosphere and I'm really happy to know that you liked it. It's a pretty sure bet, as far as I'm concerned. I'm glad that she took a step back with the vampire lore, and I'm especially glad that she didn't pay much attention to the faeries, as I'm scared of them and don't enjoy reading about them, except on rare occasions.

    It's super good to know that the romance was handled well. That's often not the case, I'm afraid.

    I've been very absent lately, Ron, so no worries. My students in Uni have their spring exams and it's pretty exhausting. :) I hope we'll both go back to our usual schedules soon. :=)

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    1. Mmmh.. Perhaps instead of Fairies you can think about Tolkien's elves. There's a mention of other kinds, but the ones "on screen" are elves so... Might help with the creepy factor ;)

      The romance was good because it was so original. I mean, I sure didn't expect it to end like that, and I can't think of any other example that took the same chances!

      Going back to our normal schedule... sounds like paradise right about now lol

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  4. This is one I'm looking forward to reading as soon as I get the chance. And the romance has me interested now :)

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    1. It's a very interesting story! The relationship between the twins was great, too, so I hope you'll enjoy it :)

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  5. You got me with what you said about the romance! This sounds so awesome. I totally want to read this now. Thanks so much for the great review Ron!!!

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    1. It was a great book. Now I'm a bit worried that I set everyone's expectations too hight about it, though! I mean, the ending (romance wise) got me completely off ward, but... Well. I can't wait to see what you think about it!!

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  6. oooh Ive heard things about this book and so glad you enjoyed this one Ron. im totally adding this one up, im pretty curious about it esp after reading your amazing review <3

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    1. I hope you'll enjoy it, Lalaine! I think you will, it was pretty cool :)

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