Nightshade

Title: Nightshade
Author: Andrea Cremer
Series: Nightshade (Book 1)
Genre: Young Adult



Calla is a Guardian. Her soul has two parts, human and wolf. She can choose to be either at any time and unlike most wolf lore, doesn't rip out of her clothes or have to worry about whatever she is holding. Her clothes and items shift with her, even though she's just a wolf with no clothing or items, they still exist somewhere.

Calla has been destined to mate with alpha Ren and the two are going to start a new pack. This is all put together by the Keepers. The Keepers are the group that run the Guardians. The Keepers provide (clothes, shelter, food, cars, ect.) for the Guardians and in return the Guardians patrol and keep things safe. The Keepers word is law.

Calla and Ren have known about their match since birth and relatively accept it.

Calla is doing her patrol one day and comes across a human boy (teen) who is about to be killed by a bear. Calla saves him and gives him her blood which has healing properties so that he doesn't die. If the Keepers found out about either of these actions Calla would be in series trouble. Go figure the next day when the boy, Shay, shows up at school, he is the new kid.

Calla is attracted to him and has to fight her heart to stay with Ren.

In addition to the love story, there is a whole complex world that you learn about in the perfect pace. I quickly devoured this book and couldn't get enough of the world they were in.

I found it interesting, usually when I read a book where the heroine is torn between two main male characters, there is a strong opinion on my side of who the winner should be. I never feel torn as the character does, but cannot figure what takes them so long to figure it out. In Nightshade, this was not the case. I knew who Calla would end up with, but I must admit I wasn't so sure that was who I wanted her to be with in the end.

There was no definite ending to this book, it has set us up for the next installment, Wolfsbane, but definitely had no ending.