Flight By
Alyssa Rose Ivy
Description:
Sometimes you just have to take
flight.
A summer in New Orleans is
exactly what Allie needs before starting college. Accepting her dad’s
invitation to work at his hotel offers an escape from her ex-boyfriend and the
chance to spend the summer with her best friend. Meeting a guy is the last
thing on her mind—until she sees Levi.
Unable to resist the infuriating
yet alluring Levi, Allie finds herself at the center of a supernatural society
and forced to decide between following the path she has always trusted or
saving a city that might just save her.
Author Bio:
Alyssa Rose Ivy lives in North
Carolina with her husband and two young children. Although raised in the New
York area, she fell in love with the South after moving to New Orleans for
college. After years as a perpetual student, she turned back to her creative
side and decided to write.
You can check her out, and follower her by just clicking on the links below:
My Review:
This enjoyable Mature YA (I’m still trying to figure
that out… It left more out than a generic penny bodice ripper, so I’m not sure
what actually made it “Mature”.), is a great introduction to Alyssa Rose
Ivy. Allie has gone to New Orleans for
the summer, and in the process meets the man of her dreams. Or so she thinks.
Allie is an overly cautious, overly controlling,
potentially OCD high school graduate, and ready to start her first year of
college. She over analyzes things, under
analyzes other things, and is a big rule follower. It is this that seems to make her an
oxymoron, as she does some things that I have yet to see a rule follower
do. Like where she has no problem breaking
the law with underage drinking? Makes no
sense! Plus, it bothers me how easily
Allie would accept drinks from total strangers, especially with her being in a
new city. She could have easily been
drugged, and her stupidity in this book just reiterates how we are not teaching
our young women how to go out and party safely.
Okay, so enough about Allie and my disappointment of
her as a character.
I loved being introduced to the Pterons. These crow/human shifters that can grow wings
and fly (and do a lot of other cool things) were a pleasant change from the
werewolves, vampires, witches, and other creatures that seem to rule the
supernatural/paranormal novels running around.
I really enjoyed the bits of descriptions and why they are what they
are. I would have really liked to have
more of a background story to the Pterons and how they came to be.
I think that my favorite part was the changes in
Levi. He went from a full-of-himself,
cocky asshole to a cocky idiot who love Allie and doesn’t want to lose
her. He seems like a great guy, who just
doesn’t know what to do with a girl who is strong willed and confident. It also shows that even when thinking with
their heart, they still make stupid mistakes J.
I liked how Ms. Ivy showed consequences in this
book. There are even consequences for
things that seemed right. Everything has
consequences, and we have to remember that.
I hated how the book ended, or rather how it didn’t
end. It wasn’t like it was a regular
cliff hanger. No, this was the freaking
planetary jump hanger! And now I have to
wait for the next book. Not kosher….
*sigh*, I will wait, but I won’t like it.
Happy Reading!
Cana
Thanks so much for reading and reviewing Flight! I am so glad you enjoyed it!
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