The Savage Grace (The Dark Divine, #3) in End of the Series Reading Challenge

Jan 31, 2011 Nicole rated it it was amazing

Shelves: arc, wolves

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WARNING: This review is slightly spoilery, as it's the 3rd book in a series. If you haven't at least read the first book, just skip right down to the giveaway.

For me, this has always been one of those series that I definitely enjoyed but hasn't been my complete favorite. I've been wary of werewolves ever since Twilight (I'm not exactly Team Edward, just more like Anti-Team Jacob), but this really has a very different spin on it. When this Find more of my reviews on my blog, The Reader's Antidote

WARNING: This review is slightly spoilery, as it's the 3rd book in a series. If you haven't at least read the first book, just skip right down to the giveaway.

For me, this has always been one of those series that I definitely enjoyed but hasn't been my complete favorite. I've been wary of werewolves ever since Twilight (I'm not exactly Team Edward, just more like Anti-Team Jacob), but this really has a very different spin on it. When this series began, Grave Divine hadn't seen Daniel in years, when they would play together with her brother Jude. A brother who's been missing for some time now. Grace begins falling for Daniel, but she begins to realize that he is not what he seems, and her safety is in more peril than she could have ever imagined.

There is a lot of religion in this series. It's not completely overbearing, but Grace's father is a pastor and the neighborhood ancient werewolf is a man of god as well, so it's kind of hard to ignore. In The Savage Grace though, with Daniel MIA, she is forced to question her religion. But she finds her way back with the help of Gabriel (neighborhood werewolf) and her father and even Daniel. But there's a bigger storm coming: the night Daniel and Grace spent locked up in the warehouse full of traitorous werewolves has severe consequences, and the most powerful werewolf in the world is about to die. And his son? He's the bad guy, and he will do ANYTHING to take his father's place. But there is another...

The romance in this book is different, in a very good way. Daniel and Grace had been living next to each other for all their lives before Daniel had to move away. So already I'm loving this. But it's not an easy road for these two. When we come into the 3rd book, Daniel is unable to turn back into a human. Because Grace cured him of the disease in book 1, he no longer has the curse of the werewolf, but is now a Hound of Heaven, what the Urbats were originally supposed to be before they corrupted themselves (think Lucifer Morningstar in werewolf terms). So, on top of Daniel being unable to change back into a human, and because of what happened at the end of book one, Grace has to fight her inner demons without Daniel, in a town that likes to hunt wolves. And Daniel has been making a lot of noise. So much heartache in the first part of this book! Then we're forced to focus on the bad werewolves.

This was a perfect ending to a wonderful, heart-wrenching series. I'm also in love with Bree Despain's writing. I'll pretty much read anything she writes! I'm sad to say farewell to the Dark Divine series, but it was a good way to go out. ...more

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Jun 04, 2011 Louisa rated it it was amazing

Oh. awesome, awesome book, dealt with the issues and anger, and the problems, and it was really great! A bit sad with the deaths, but not much they could do about it. And that one of the bad guys wasn't caught, well, that was said, but hopefully we might get another book!! ...more

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