Title: Cold Kiss by Amy Garvey
Series: Cold Kiss #1
Finished on: October 9,
2012
Released: September 20th 2011
by HarperTeen
Source: Won from Epicreads.com
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Summary from Goodreads:
It was a beautiful, warm summer day, the day Danny died.
Suddenly
Wren was alone and shattered. In a heartbroken fury, armed with dark
incantations and a secret power, Wren decides that what she wants--what
she "must" do--is to bring Danny back.
But the Danny who returns
is just a shell of the boy Wren fell in love with. His touch is icy; his
skin, smooth and stiff as marble; his chest, cruelly silent when Wren
rests her head against it.
Wren must keep Danny a secret, hiding
him away, visiting him at night, while her life slowly unravels around
her. Then Gabriel DeMarnes transfers to her school, and Wren realizes
that somehow, inexplicably, he can sense the powers that lie within
her--and that he knows what she has done. And now Gabriel wants to help
make things right.
But Wren alone has to undo what she has wrought--even if it means breaking her heart all over again.
I won this book, along with its sequel,
Glass Heart, from Epicreads.com and I am
so glad I did; otherwise I may have missed out on a really enjoyable read.
I think this is definitely one that needs to get in the hands of more people! It's not very long and I was able to get through it in one evening. I was hooked from the first page.
The main character, Wren, has been capable of doing "strange" things for awhile now. The same things she's seen her mother do since childhood. However, there's an unspoken rule to never talk of these things- not to each other and not to others.
Wren is completely distraught after losing her boyfriend and first love, Danny, in a car accident. Not thinking about any consequences she uses her special "abilities" to bring him back. The only problem is, he's not really the Danny from before anymore. Wren now has to hide him away while he obsesses over her and only her... but then he starts to remember things...
In the meantime, a new boy, Gabriel, transfers in. Somehow he can sense Wrens powers and eventually figures out how she used them. All he wants to do is help her any way he can. All this does is confuse Wren more.
If you're looking for a happy book, I suggest running away. The emotions displayed here are so raw and heart-wrenching. Garvey does an excellent job of portraying falling in love for the first time, the loss of that first love, and the confusion of letting go and moving on. I was in tears the entire final few chapters.
I really enjoyed Garvey's writing style and the overall feel of the book. I'm really looking forward reading
Glass Heart soon because there were some definite unanswered questions I have. (It'll have to wait until I'm finished with the last two Vampire Academys though!)
Rating: 4/5
