After giving Uninvited a rather harsh review, I was truly hoping that I would be able to read Revealers by Amanda Marrone and sing its praises. But alas, it was not to be. I hate it when I don’t like books because typically, loving books is what I do best. However, I find that most of the time it’s better to be honest than to barf sunshine all the time. So here it goes.
The gist of the story is that Jules, along with her other gal pals in a strange coven, spends her nights dusting other mythical creatures–vampires, werewolves, faeries, etc. Of course, they have been trained from birth to believe these other beings are innately evil and were created to torment all of mankind. However, the girls later learn that they are basically pawns in a larger witchy mafia in which their leaders (their mothers, of all people) are being paid to take out hits on other creatures. Oh yeah, and the best part is that their mothers all sold their daughters’ souls to demons as a part of a strange witch covenant that I still don’t quite understand now that I’ve read (and reread some parts) the book. So of course, the girls have to figure out how to win their souls back to crush the vicious cycle of demonic enslavement. Sounds like a halfway decent plot line, right? Too bad it was poorly executed. …» more
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