BOOK REVIEW - THE DARK DIVINE by BREE DESPAIN - THE DARK DIVINE # 1

By : Bree Despain
Published By : Egmont
Release Date ; Available now
Details : Hardback 372 pages

RATING : 5 STARS HIGHLY RECOMMEND!!!

Book Blurb ( from Goodreads) :

A Prodigal Son
A Dangerous Love
A Deadly Secret


Grace Divine—daughter of the local pastor—always knew something terrible happened the night Daniel Kalbi disappeared and her brother Jude came home covered in his own blood.

Now that Daniel's returned, Grace must choose between her growing attraction to him and her loyalty to her brother.

As Grace gets closer to Daniel, she learns the truth about that mysterious night and how to save the ones she loves, but it might cost her the one thing she cherishes most: her soul.


BOOK REVIEW:

I loved this book and am looking forward eagerly to , 'The Lost Saint' the sequel.

The more you read this book the more your heart goes out to Daniel. I cried for the abusive up bringing he had. Daniel's continual loss and rejection. His art is the one thing he does well. Grace , the one person he needs more than anything, can she love him?

Can Daniel ask Grace to make the choice he so desperately needs. I could 'see' this book easily.

Bree Despain writes her characters well.  Don , is her , 'Lenny ' from ''Of  Mice and Men'' ,character.

I hope Mishka makes it into the sequel she was an interesting character that I kinda wanted to read more about.

There are POWS!!! and Nummy Num Nums , I personally 'sooki la la..ed'. There are also drug references which are not explicit but define Daniel's rejected character in this book.

I wanted to climb the Walnut tree with Daniel....  The story never gets boring..it builds .

 I liked the Garden of Angels scene. I thought it would visually look nice in a movie.


Sigh...FAVE QUOTES...


"Draw", he said. "I'll hold you until you're done."



" I tried to forget, " I admitted. "I tried to forget everything about you."
"You hated me that much?"
"No." I grabbed a branch and pulled myself up, my back still to him. "I missed you that much."



Daniel stopped and his mouth edged into a grin. "You have no idea what you do to me."



" I know," Barlow said. "That's what makes it so right. Your eyes - your soul is there, but the rest of you is still so undefined. That's the beauty of childhood".


The Dark Divine is a YA book.

THE DARK DIVINE by Bree Despain

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