Hi all, welcome to the blog. I’m on the Second Sky Book Tour for Hidden by Shalini Boland. Thanks to Second Sky and Netgalley for my copy of the book to give you my honest review.
Falling in love has never been so dangerous…
From USA Today bestselling author Shalini Boland comes the addictive Vampires of Marchwood series. Perfect for fans of K.F. Breene, Sarah J. Maas and Tracy Wolff.
My name is Madison Greene. On my seventeenth birthday, I inherited an old mansion and wealth beyond my wildest dreams. I thought it was a joke, but as I step through the creaking door of the sprawling building, I realise my life in foster care is in the past. I’ve been chosen and my world has changed forever.
But I wasn’t told that Marchwood House hides a secret.
As I explore every inch of the crumbling property, I stumble upon a set of large, dusty boxes in the basement. When I pull back the lid and look down, I find myself staring at the most handsome face I’ve ever seen. High cheekbones, porcelain skin…
And when he wakes up and locks eyes with me, I realise my heart already belongs to him, even though my head is screaming at me to get as far away from Marchwood as possible. Because I know what he really is.
I never planned to fall in love – but it’s too late now. Alexandre has a dark and dangerous past. He needs me and I have to help him. But can a human really save a vampire?
Shalini Boland is an author who makes me think of her psychological thrillers. Which are excellent, BTW. Hidden is the first book in a new series called Vampires of Marchwood. Any book which includes vampires has to be on my reading list.
Told over two timelines, we meet Alexandre from the past and Madison in the present day. Madison is seventeen and in foster care with her younger brother. She inherits Marchwood, an estate in the English countryside. Her life changes in so many ways. Alexandre is in the 19th century and on an archaeological dig with his parents, which turns his life on its head.
A young adult supernatural romance captivated me immediately. I always enjoy a dual timeline, and Shalini Boland has written this, so I didn’t want to put it down. I enjoyed both characters’ individual stories. Madison, the hard done by a foster kid, who ends up with a ‘country pile’. Alexandre’s, which took me on an archaeological dig. The discovery of a hidden city makes for such an intriguing story.
This was a story that was rich and vivid in the telling. I was easily transported to Alexandre’s world and couldn’t wait to discover how these two very different people crossed paths. I thoroughly loved the fact that it’s not too dark a story. It’s a nice mix of dark against light.
It’s a book that isn’t just for young adults. It’s one that will entertain readers of almost any age. I was certainly swept into this series so well that I didn’t want Hidden to end. I was so lucky I had the second book, Taken and Hunted, the third one too!
Buy Link(s):
Hidden: https://geni.us/B0BTJ9PJ3Jsocial
Taken: https://geni.us/B0BVNYQFDPsocial
Hunted: https://geni.us/B0BVNZ3DPCsocial
Author Bio
Shalini Boland is the USA-Today bestselling author of seventeen psychological thrillers. With over two million copies sold, her titles are published by Amazon Publishing, Audible, Bookouture, Second Sky and Grand Central Publishing.
Shalini lives by the sea in Dorset, England with her husband, two teens and their increasingly demanding dog, Queen Jess. Before kids, she was signed to Universal Music Publishing as a singer/songwriter, but now she spends her days writing (in between re-stocking the fridge and dealing with endless baskets of laundry).
She is also the author of two bestselling Sci Fi and Fantasy series as well as a WWII evacuee novel with a time-travel twist.
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