Enthrallment

As always I enjoyed the book  This one was a nice surprise. I thought it was beautifully written. The attention to detail, was great. The twists and turns this story took were unexpected and kept me on the edge of my seat. I never expected the outcome!

My overall thoughts and impressions of Enthrallment are that this book is an intriguing and promising beginning start.  The author cleverly builds a world that is full of questions and romance.  After finishing this novel I was left in awe because of the many unexpected twists this story took. This is not a traditional tale because you are never quite sure of who to trust and many answers are not given easily or quickly.   

I loved the moments of genuine surprise and curiosity that this story permeated throughout my reading, I am curious as to where the characters will go in future installments.   
I was swept away with this story and loved the main character, Zara and her unique relationship with Dorian.  

The plot of this story consists of a college aged protagonist, Zara, who is inexplicably drawn to her new next door neighbor, Dorian, who she shares an instant connection to.  This connection builds and grows thought their many interactions and everything hits a breaking point towards the end of the novel where the reader is left speechless with anticipation for the next chapter of this story.  You are nervously anticipating where there relationship goes after the shocking cliffhanger.  

The author weaves a creative story that is well balanced with mystery and romance.  I would recommend this novel because of its interesting premise and multi dimensional characters that are not as they appear.  This novel is full of many twists and turns and has me eagerly awaiting the next installment.

Zara is a 3rd year Uni student working part time at Walgreens. Also, Zara is a fan of horror flicks. Living with her Aunt, Cynthia, and her cousin, Maddie, Zara lives quite the normal life - except for her nightmares.

A couple (Dorian and Rita) move in to the house adjoining that of Zara & family. They are in their late 20's / early 30's . 

One day, Zara is locked out of her house (forgot her keys) and Dorian is outside lounging on his porch. He invites her over for a chat. She becomes extremely, uncontrollably drawn to this man. Desire exudes from Zara for Dorian. Rita comes home and Zara finds out Dorian and Rita are cousins. Not husband and wife! They invite Zara inside their house and Dorian touches Zara's tattoo. Immediately, Zara is in extreme pain just from Dorian's light touch.

What????? And that's just the beginning...

Intrigue and suspense abound in this book!!!    I literally could not put it down! 

Many Thanks to BooksGoSocial and NetGalley for a great read.

This was my fist book by this author and I really enjoyed it!  This book was well written and kept me on the edge of my seat! The ending wowI did not see that coming and I am so glad I gave this book a chance!

I received this book from NetGalley for an honest review.

i really enjoyed this mystery book, the characters were great and I really enjoyed going on this journey. I liked that this had a romance as well as a mystery.

I wanted to like this book more than I did. I found it well written but wordy and couldn't connect to the characters, who acted immature at times. This book also ends on  
a cliffhanger, leaving so many unanswered questions.

Three and a half stars rounded up to four.
I'm a bit unsure of how I feel about this one. I'll start with the good. There's certainly plenty going on here. I will also say that this book, being the first in the Enthrallment series, is left of a cliffhanger. Not always my favourite way for a book to finish, but this one has left me wanting more. I don't know how it's going to play out and there are certainly plenty of questions left to answer. The attraction between our main characters Zara (short for Zahara) and Dorian is strong and intense. I don't know if they are going to end up together, but I think that they may. Overall, this was a good solid start to the series that made me want to know more.
But, there were a few things that didn't work so well. The book was a little slow to get into, mostly because there is a little too much telling rather than showing and it slows the pace down before things get going. My other issue was that I really couldn't get my head around the way that Zara's aunt dealt with her. Here's a woman in her early twenties and she's being treated as though she's a teenager and a young teenager at that. I just can't believe that anyone would put up with that. I get the while your under my roof idea, but it takes it to the extreme. I can only assume that she's in some way involved in what's going on? Maybe it will be explained in a future book and make sense, I don't know.
I did enjoy this book and I'd be keen to read the next one to get to the bottom of what's going on.
I received a complimentary copy of this book through NetGalley. Opinions expressed in this review are completely my own.