The Lost Saint by
Bree Despain
(
The Dark Divine #2)
Publisher: Egmont USA
Release Date: December 28, 2010
Hardcover: 416 pages
Age Group: Young Adult
Buy: Amazon
Source: library
Challenge: Support Your Local Library,
350 Page
Overall: 
A family destroyed. A love threatened. An enemy returns.
Grace Divine made the ultimate sacrifice to cure Daniel Kalbi. She was infected with the werewolf curse while trying to save him, and lost her beloved brother in the process.
Desperate to find Jude, Grace befriends Talbot, a newcomer to town. But as the two grow closer, Grace's relationship with Daniel is put in danger - in more ways than one.
Unaware of the dark path she is walking, Grace begins to give into the wolf inside of her - not realizing that an enemy has returned and a deadly trap is about to be sprung.
Oh my! When I first started this, I didn't think I would like it as good as the first one. I mean, books are rarely as good as their prequel. But wow! By the middle of the book I was hooked back into the story and couldn't put it down, it was nearly as enthralling as the first.
Some things are a lot different in this book, that is because a lot has changed, of course, and the characters have grown. I think the main person who has grown and changed is Grace. I mean wow, she's grown a lot. She really knows how to take care of herself, mostly.
I really liked the new character Talbot in the beginning, though I knew all along that he was a bit suspicious. But that is all I'm going to say, because I don't want to spoil anything.
Overall, it was awesome. Bree is a great writer and I can't wait to read the next book in the series!
The cover is very pretty, just like the first one. I love the black backgrounds and the pretty colorful fabric on the front covering the girls. It's simple, yet beautiful.
The third book in the series is called The Savage Grace. It's expected release date is March 13th, 2012. My review of The Dark Divine.
The Dark Divine by Bree Despain
Series: The Dark Divine, book #1
Next Book in Series: The Lost Saint
Publisher: EgmontUSA
Release Date: December 22, 2009
Hardcover: 328 Pages
Age Group: Young Adult
Buy: Amazon
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Source: Library
Challenge: none
Rating: 5/5
Grace Divine, daughter of the local pastor, always knew something terrible happened the night Daniel Kalbi disappeared—the night she found her brother Jude collapsed on the porch, covered in blood. But she has no idea what a truly monstrous secret that night really held. And when Daniel returns three years later, Grace can no longer deny her attraction to him, despite promising Jude she’ll stay away. As Grace gets closer to Daniel, her actions stir the ancient evil Daniel unleashed that horrific night. Grace must discover the truth behind Jude and Daniel's dark secret . . . and the cure that can save the ones she loves. But she may have to lay down the ultimate sacrifice to do it—her soul.
First Paragraph: "Grace! You have got to see the new guy." April bounded up to be in the junior hallway. Sometimes she reminded me of the cocker spaniel I used to own—she trembled in excitement over just about anything.
I've seen this book around the blog-o-sphere a bit and have heard great things about it, so when I went to the library on Monday I saw it and had to get it. All the people who have said this book is great and a refreshing new take on werewolves were absolutely right. Despain had a brilliant way of throwing in mythology of the Loup Garou (and other forms of the werewolf) into our every day world without making it seem like it was mythology and fantasy. It had just the right amount of each in it to make it a wonderful and intriguing story.
She also has the type of writing that you fly through the pages thinking you are not as far in as you think. Which I absolutely love in a novel! I don't get this feeling very often with a new series. Usually it only starts happening once I've read a series for a little while.
I loved Grace, the main character. She annoyed me at times, but she was a great character. I love how they made her family seem like the perfect family of a pastor, but then as you read on you see that they have the same troubles as any other family has. Grace was very selfless and tried to be what everyone would expect from a preacher's daughter, and more. But she still struggled with trying to be the person she wanted to be, and not what everyone expected from her.
This debut novel was fantastic and I can't wait to read the sequel. With the ending the way it was, I'd completely forgot there was a sequel just released last December. It didn't leave any cliff hangers and made you think it was the end of the story. Can't wait to read the Lost Saint!
I recommend this to all wolf and shifter lovers.
Cover: I really love the cover. The purple is so pretty on the black cover! Cover and interior book design by JDRIFT DESIGN, cover photograph by Jose Torralba.
