Hello
fellow book lovers! I have been totally
obsessed with reading a couple of series and haven’t been doing much
reviewing. So I’m taking today off from
reading, or at least until I can write a few reviews and catch up. Today I want to talk about The Morph by J.C. Andrijeski. If you are a regular reader then the name
probably sounds familiar, I first heard of her books at the start of 2014 and
have read the vast majority of her books and enjoyed them immensely. Now I will go ahead and warn these are not YA
books and deal with more adult themes and such.
The Morph was provided to be
through NetGalley for an honest review.
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Dakota Reyes, a twenty-something
private eye who specializes in what she calls ‘hard-to-prosecute’ cases, finds
herself in a dark alley one night, about to end up dead at the hands of a young
Ted Bundy in training…that is, until a lost, shape-shifting alien named Nihkil
rescues her, and inadvertently takes her home with him. The problem is, his home is in a different
dimension, and Dakota has no clue how to get back to Seattle, or Earth, or even
her own time period. She finds herself
bound to her rescuer, Nihkil, through his ‘lock,’ a quasi-biological structure
that controls whether he can shape-shift, among other things, which he needs to
be able to do in order to get her back home.
Only Dakota has no idea how to open Nik’s lock, and the longer she
spends in his world, the more forces begin to align against them, trying to
prevent her from getting home.
Our
main character, Dakota, is a strong and independent female. She has a less than safe or normal day, or
should I say night, job and she is a fighter.
She goes for what she wants and she is willing to fight with every ounce
of herself for it. Dakota is not the
type to go down without a fight, that’s for sure. She ends up in a new world where everything
is flipped on its head. She’s lost and
confused and unsure who to trust and most importantly she just wants to survive
and go home. She may be strong and
independent but she is also flawed; somewhat proud and not the best at
communicating feelings. One of my
favorite things about her though is her ability to roll with the punches. She knows things need to be explained and she
knows she isn’t getting it sometimes but she makes the most of what she has and
goes with it until she can find a moment to get more information. Oh and her connection with Nihkil.
Oh
Nihkil. I like him because he is VERY
flawed. I wasn’t 100% sure if I liked
him or not through part of the book. He
seems like a good guy but it wavers for a bit and I liked the uncertainty,
really you have to make up your mind for yourself if you trust him or you don’t. That is made harder because he’s not very
forthcoming. He’s pretty secretive and
much like his counterpart, Dakota, is not getting a gold star for his communication
skills. Though I admit I gave him a bit
more slack in this because well he’s not human so I cut a morph some
slack. Nihkil is a very complex
character and he has some serious issues, many of with leave him unsure of his
role in life and unsure of himself. And the tension between them is very
solidly there but it doesn’t overpower the rest of the story.
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I’m
currently enjoying the second book. If
you like high action, complex characters with issues, fantasy, and adult themes
then I highly recommend checking out this book.
I give it 5 Stars!
This sounds quite interesting. I'll add it to my TBR list. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Bo! My TBR list is pretty much all books lol I've resigned myself to not trying to lower it knowing as I read one book off the list I add 20 more just the way it is meant to be. Thanks for reading and commenting!
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