~ BOOK REVIEW ~ Wicked Grove ~ by Alexia Purdy

Wicked Grove (Wicked Grove, #1)

by Alexia Purdy 

~Blurb~

Most places, supernatural nuisances are easy to exterminate, but in Wicked Grove, magic runs wild.

As operatives of the elite Wicked Grove Supernatural Regulatory Agency, three fiercely independent and unstoppable siblings, Amy, Jay, and Craig, know the risks that come with the job. Get contaminated by one of the magicals, and you’re screwed. Scratched by a werewolf? You’re going to be howling come full moon. Bitten by a vampire? You might as well stamp “bloodsucker” on your face. You certainly won’t be welcomed at the agency anymore. It’s a no-brainer.

When Amy is captured by a malevolent faery tribe unlike any encountered before, the race is on to rescue her before she’s assimilated and lost forever. These creatures are not easily swayed, but there is one who can possibly help her escape. He also wants to return to the human realm, and he is tied to the faery tribe. It might backfire, but with Amy’s memories fading with each passing moment, she’s forced to make a desperate choice which could incite an unprecedented preternatural war and destroy all of Wicked Grove.

This is the first installation of a new, breakneck, supernatural thriller series from USA Today Bestselling Author Alexia Purdy.

~My Review~

5 out of 5 Stars!

When the blurb for this book describes this new series as “breakneck”, there is absolutely no exaggeration there!  From the very beginning of the book, we start with Amy, Jay and Craig preparing for a mission and hitting the ground running.  From that moment on, there is very little time to even take a breath as a reader.  This was an incredibly quick read, because I was so immediately drawn in and immersed in this book.  I didn’t want to put it down.

There is so much that is happening throughout this story on 2 fronts: the Agency, and the supernatural world they are there to regulate.  However, especially when it comes to the supernatural world, you never know what you can expect, who you can trust, are where the line is between right and wrong.  The one thing that was never a question was how close these siblings were, and whenever questions would arise, the three of them could always depend on each other and trust each other, even when those around them doubted them.  You could feel it as a reader, and I never doubted it.

I loved how much ‘gray area’ the author put into this book.  Even though you know what the Agency’s job is, and you know there are supernatural beings breaking agreements, you really feel along with these three siblings that maybe there are times where they should be questioning how they are required to handle things, and maybe look at some things from a different point of view.  Sometimes as they were following orders, you felt a little uncomfortable along with them, hoping they would do the right thing, and that others in the Agency would as well.

The absolute best part of this book was that the closer to end of the book you got, the harder it was to figure out how in the world this book could end, and didn’t have a clue as to whether or not it would be a happy ending or not.  I’m finished with the book, and I still can’t figure out if it was a happy ending, but it was definitely a GREAT ending.  I love being surprised, as it gets more and more difficult to be surprised, due to just how much paranormal/supernatural reading I do.  However, Alexia Purdy put her own original spin on this new supernatural series, and I have no doubt that with each book, she will most definitely keep my on my toes,  and I can not wait!

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