Sunday, May 24, 2015

Racheal Awakened by Robin A. Dilks

To start I won this book free through a Goodreads giveaway*. This is the first book in the Daughters of Lilith series. There is a second book set to be published sometime soon.

(I like the way this book is summarized so I am going to use what is on the back.)
What if the stories of Lilith are wrong? What if she wasn't the demon legend portrays, but instead, she and her daughters were here to fight evil. Perhaps she was allowed to walk away. To fight for mankind. Racheal- much come to terms with who and what she is before she is ready. Taken prisoner and tortured, she is left broken, a shell of herself. Here to stop the Fallen, who want to put an end to humankind. Trapped by a life she didn't choose. Rafael- a dark-haired, golden-eyed Lycan, is ensnared by Racheal's spell from the moment they meet. He tumbles into her world. Sometimes patience can be a real pain in the behind, but despite it all, he can't walk away from the red-haired beauty who holds his heart. Lilith- a bargain can be a double-edged sword and the price of freedom steep, yet this dark beauty is the key to it all. From her first steps outside of Eden, she knows this life is going to be a bitch. Kamuel- is an angel, sent to keep Lilith in line-teach her, train her, show her how to fight- but if she crosses the line, he must not hesitate to kill her.

I genuinely enjoyed reading Racheal Awakened and I am not saying that because I won it, I mean it. I was worried about the size of this book but Dilks did a great job of keeping me interested between Rachael's, and Lilith's point of view. I'm not a huge religious person but I loved the twist with everything "religious" about this book, it really kept my attention and I wanted to see what else had a twist to it. As always, I did laugh a number of times especially at the end when Gunny the dog was introduced. I thought that was a really nice touch. Another thing that I liked was that Racheal overcame her attack (see the trigger warning just below my dislikes). She allowed herself time to grieve but she didn't allow it to take over her life completely. Yes, I know it is hard to cope with something super serious that happened but I believe that you are allowed to grieve, just try not to allow that grief to take over completely for a very long time.

I only have a couple of dislikes surprisingly and they really aren't dislikes. One being that it was so short, if someone really wanted to they could finish it in one day. Along with this whereas things where fast paced, I would have liked a little more. I won't knock it too much though because there are times when we all want a nice quick and interesting read and I definitely classify Racheal Awakened as a quick and interesting read.

I do have to put a trigger warning with Racheal Awakened. I did see it coming when I read Racheal's little blurb on the back of the book, but I don't know if others will catch it. The trigger warning is rape, it's about a page in length. It's not nearly as bad as some other books, it could be a great deal worse and it could have been a lot more detailed then it was. With that being said I do think that people who are more squeamish when it comes to rape can handle this book no problem.

I didn't know what to expect with Dilks book but I am really glad that I did get this. I'm very interested to see how the next book plays out especially between Lucifer and Lilith. I do think the book is a little on the short side but I don't have very many books that are small that are in my collection. Like I said though I do enjoy the shorter-ness of this book. I wouldn't exactly recommend this for a younger reader but a more mature audience. Even with my small amount of "dislikes" I still really enjoyed Racheal Awakened.

Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

Page Count: 215 (paperback)

Price: ???

Next: Cryer's Cross by Lisa McMann

Thank you for reading!
~Jade




*Note: I am in no way being coerced into making a review. Leaving a review is happily welcome but not required thus if I don't like a book I will say so. This review is based upon my true feelings and thoughts about the book. I promise you I wouldn't let anything sway my opinion about a book.

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