"She who wields the mark is the barrier between man and monster. She is the daughter of gods, the mother of man, protector of all. Vigilati Usque Ad Mortem."
All Isla Macallen wanted was a simple existence on her little Scottish island, free from her mother's insanity and the prying eyes of neighbors. What she got was embroiled in a war for the souls of mankind. A war of good versus evil, of witches versus demons, and Isla learns that she alone can end it.
Dr. Jeremiah Rousseau was a self-proclaimed nomad, traveling the world researching paranormal phenomena. He doesn't expect his research to lead him to Scotland, and to the woman who will turn his world upside down.
Together with a facetious shape-shifting animal spirit guide, Jeremiah and Isla discover that she is part of an ancient bloodline bred to protect the gateways between the human world and the spirit world, to keep evil demons from destroying them. They must find the key to defeating Alastore, the demon king, and closing the gate before Samhain, when the veil between the worlds is lifted.
Alastore does everything in his power to eliminate them but, unbeknownst to all of them, Isla is the only one with the ability to stop him for good.
My Review:
This book was pretty fun to read! I liked the world a lot, and how the bits of it were built, that was really entertaining and great! Plus the characters were just entertaining to read about in this world that I enjoyed!
So the characters had their strengths and their weaknesses. Like Isla is the one that the prophecy is about, but she doesn't know much about this world. On the other hand, pretty much the opposite, is Jeremiah who is not in the prophecy, but does know about this world. That contrast was nice to read about!
So there were two parts that made this book pretty atmospheric. The setting of Scotland-and a pretty remote island, at that-and then witches, well, that sets a pretty great tone to the book! I enjoyed that a whole lot!
This is a series, and it's the beginning of the series, at that, so it kicked things off. And it did that so well! I really enjoyed it! And I hope to see these characters again in future books, they were a lot of fun to read about!
This was a really great book, I enjoyed it quite a good deal!
Author: J. K. Hogan
Series: The Vigiletti #1
Read: August 5th, 2012
Source: Reading Addiction Book Tour Review Copy
Publisher: Sapphire Publishing
Published: August 2nd 2012
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Bio:
J.K. Hogan has been telling stories for as long as she can remember, beginning with writing cast lists and storylines for her toys growing up. When she finally decided to put pen to paper, magic happened. She is greatly inspired by all kinds of music and often creates a “soundtrack” for her stories as she writes them.
J.K. resides in North Carolina, where she was born and raised. A true southern girl at heart, she lives on a farm with her husband and their three horses, one miniature donkey, one cat, and two champion agility dogs.
In addition to writing, she enjoys training and competing in dog sports, spending time with her large southern family, camping, boating and, of course, reading! Please feel free to visit J.K.’s contact page—she’d love to hear from you!
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