Wicked Hunger Book Review

Author: DelSheree Gladden
Date of Publication: July 8, 2013 (Kindle)
Publisher: Mythos Press
Pages: 259
Genre: Urban Fantasy, Paranormal
Paperback or Kindle: Both


Fiery Fantasy Thoughts

Vanessa and Zander Roth are good at lying. They have to be when they are hiding a deadly secret. Day after day, they struggle to rein in their uncontrollable hunger for pain and suffering in order to live normal lives. Things only get worse when Ivy Guerra appears with her pink-striped hair and secrets. The vicious hunger Ivy inspires is frightening, not to mention suspicious.

Vanessa’s instincts are rarely wrong, so when they tell her that Ivy’s appearance is a sign of bad things to come, she listens. She becomes determined to expose Ivy’s secrets. Vanessa tries to warn her brother, but Zander is too enamored with Ivy to pay attention to her conspiracy theories.

One of them is right about Ivy … but if they lose control of their hunger, it won’t matter who is right and who is wrong. One little slip, and they’ll all be dead.

I received this book for review as part of a blog tour and I must admit I immediately thought of 'The Hunger Games' as I looked at the book cover but I couldn't have been more wrong!

Vanessa (or Van as she prefers) and her brother Zander are strong characters and I loved that although they both have an uncontrollable struggle to maintain their thirst for pain and suffering, Gladden allowed the characters a release from their gloomy instincts as their urges seem to decrease when they are able to work out their aggressive tendencies by doing physical activities (Van is a dance teacher in the evening, whilst Zander is the school's athletic star).

I liked the fact that this book is written in the first person's point of view (every few chapters alternated from Vanessa to Zander) as it added to the intensity of the storyline and aided the urgency of the plot. 

The contrast between the characters personality and inner turmoil made this story easier to read as it gave the reader two perspectives to see the main problem from.

Vanessa is a typical 15 year old. Due to her secret, she tries to keep herself to herself. She has a small group of friends but concentrates on curbing her urges with her evening dance class.

Zander is the darker, more concerned with taking out his urges on other players on the field than trying to control his inner thirst. 

I enjoyed Vanessa character more as she seemed the more stable out of the pair and reading Zander's inner turmoil did get tiring at some points.

The sub characters are written in well as they help us to understand just how hard it is for Vanessa and Zander to control their hunger (even when feelings are involved), which helps unveil more clues to this dangerous pair.

I found the pace of this novel ideal for the storyline as I was always left wanting more, however, I did feel that even this is a YA novel, some parts of the story are a little scary and I would definitely say that it is not for the under 13s (in my opinion).

I really enjoyed this novel and would recommend it to anyone who loves a little mystery with their Urban Fantasy!

I give it 4 wings out of 5 as I did enjoy it but maybe not for the younger YA fan!

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Eva