GUEST REVIEW: Jealousy by Lili St. Crow

Guest Review by Clover of Fluttering Butterflies.

Jealousy is the third novel in the Strange Angels series by Lili St. Crow. It follows directly on from where things ended with Betrayals and Dru, Graves and Ash are finally at the Prima Schola for werwulfen and dhjampir. Dru should be able to rest a little easy knowing that they're finally where they should be and that she isn't being hidden away, but there is still someone out to get her...

The only person she can really trust is Graves. Graves has always been there for her, but when Dru and Graves seem to be drawing closer together, Graves pulls away. And it leaves Dru even more confused. Because she can trust Christophe too, can't she? Only she's not telling Graves that and doesn't really understand why she isn't.  Dru is really taking on a lot in this book, with her confusing feelings for both Graves and Christophe, she's trying to look after Ash, keep her own back safe from the traitor in the mist, and dealing with her past, which is shown to the reader in a series of flashbacks. 

Before reading the book, I just assumed the 'jealousy' of the title meant that the plot might revolve around this Graves-Dru-Christophe triangle, but it goes deeper than that. Christophe, in fact, doesn't make his appearance until much later in the book, but that doesn't take away from the book at all, as we're introduced to new characters, the council, and more of Anna. Anna, the only other svetocha who takes a pretty firm dislike for Dru.  (Though Christophe's reappearance certainly spices things up!)

While I do love the ways in which St. Crow builds her characters and their relationships with each other and the way in which she never shies away from the gritty details of what it means to live in the Real World,  it's her action scenes that make my heart beat faster and take my breath away.  The action in Jealousy is pretty intense!

That last 1/3 of the novel, I was on the edge of my seat, in a state of shock by the end, and now I'm gasping for the next book in the series...

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Comments

[ayesha]

I loved this series from start to end....really and I can not wait for the 4th instalment....great review