Hello
happy readers! As I post this there are
only a few hours left in my giveaway and I will announce the winner tomorrow at
the top of my top ten post. Good
luck! Now last week I reviewed the first
book in the Hemlock trilogy here and today I want to continue on and get my
thoughts and feels down for book two, Thornhill by Kathleen Peacock. Now as this is the second book in the series
this review will contain spoilers for the first book so read on at your own
risk.
Rating: 4 Stars
So
when we left off in Hemlock I was a bit peeved at Kyle. After everything that happened and with how
freaked out his girl is and knowing she has some abandonment issues due to her
dad he decides to just high tale it in the middle of the night without a
word. Not pleased. Mac has chosen to not be angry about this but
determined to find him and get him back with the help of her dead best friends
former boyfriend who she found out has feelings for her and was almost
initiated as a full Tracker before he realized just how far they would go, oh
and his best friend turned out to be a werewolf so that makes it hard to hate
them all. With only some vague ideas
they set off to find him and end up in a werewolf den. As luck would have it as soon as they find
Kyle things take a turn for the worse as huge raiding parties hit all over
targeting wolves. Not about to abandon
her friends, despite being human, Mac goes into the newest rehabilitation camps
hoping to figure out a way to get those she cares about out and maybe discover
some secrets that will help shut down the camps as a whole.
I
really enjoyed the first book and the sequel didn't let me down. It was just as fast paced and action packed
as the first one. We follow our core three
of Mac, Kyle, and Jason but in this one we get so much more Serena which I
adore. Oh and lets not forget Amy still
hanging around in dreams. I went in
thinking there was going to be a long search for Kyle but that was wrong we
found him rather quickly which I think helped the book and the pacing, more for
me as I was not a fan of his having left like he did. Thornhill was more centered on the larger
agenda. Where we focused on what was
happening in one small town last time and figuring out who murdered her friend,
Thornhill focuses on the larger issue of the werewolves and how they are
treated and what the world has turned into as a whole by taking us into the new
rehab camp aptly titled Thornhill.
Mac
is still a loveable character to follow.
She is upset at Kyle but she is trying to see things from his perspective
and as she thinks she can be mad after she finds him. She isn't trying to save all the wolves she
just wants to keep her little group safe.
She has accepted her boyfriend and friend are werewolves and doesn't
agree with how wolves in general are treated but she still struggles with
seeing wolves and being afraid of them.
She has had a mixed variety of wolves around her from friendly, dangerous,
to downright crazy making her feelings all the more real. She has a real range of emotions and things
to work through but she keeps moving.
Kyle as well has to come to terms with his own issues, he wanted to save
those he loved by leaving because he has not yet come to terms with
himself. He has a monster complex. Jason
is still a work in progress and at times seems more like a car crash. Still his charm squeezes through and I still
see him a bit as Logan. While I never
saw his connection with Mac as anything but friendship I could feel the tension
between them, him caring more for her and her not wanting to hurt him.
We
also get tons of new characters in this one from the staff at the camp to the
huge population of wolves we grow to know.
My favorite is Eve, and not just because we share a name. She is a no nonsense kind of gal! She has her own opinions and views on things
but she can also smell some BS and she is able to take in new information and
admit when she is wrong and readjust.
Also Sinclair….she is so beyond twisted.
There are so many people in this series so far who are just straight up
manic. They are so sure they are right
and nothing can stop them and anything is worth their end. This also relates to the real world in many
ways, the prejudices of people to others based on 'X' instead of being a
werewolf. Maybe the majority are not
this extreme but it does make you think.
Anywho
the action was really rolling from secret missions to keep cover inside while
trying to stay alive to chases and gun fights, to the obvious wolf fights there
was never a dull moment. Between action
and thinking and plotting it's an easy book to fly through. This series also happily surprised me with
the sequel book being a solid story and not just a book that got you to book
three but a solid story that not only stands on its own but also contributes to
the series as a whole moving into book three.
That's all for now, I'd love to hear your thoughts below in the
comments. Plan to post my review of the
last book next week.
Until
next time…
