Wren can do things that other people can only dream of. Make it snow on a clear, crisp day. Fly through an abandoned tunnel. Bring a paper bird to life.
Wren knows her abilities are tinged with danger–knows how easy it is to lose control–but she can’t resist the intoxicating rush. And now that she has Gabriel by her side, someone who knows what she can do–what she has done–she finally feels free to be herself.
But as Wren explores the possibilities of her simmering powers, Gabriel starts pushing her away. Telling her to be careful. Telling her to stop. The more he cautions her, the more determined Wren becomes to prove that she can handle things on her own. And by the time she realizes that Gabriel may be right, it could be too late to bring him back to her side.
Glass Heart is the second book in Amy Garvey’s Cold Kiss series. (Did you miss our review of Cold Kiss? Check it out, HERE.) It picks up where Cold Kiss leaves off, Wren is still discovering her powers and now officially dating Gabriel. She is reconnecting with her friends and long lost family members, and basically living life normally. You know, as if she didn’t raise her boyfriend from the dead (No Big Deal). The book was disappointing compared to the last book. It was basically is an epilogue from the first installment.
The main problem I had was the story had nothing driving it. There was nothing to solve or a climatic event or a plot twist or even a lover’s squabble. I think Garvey recognized that about midway through the book and threaded a small murder mystery into the chapters but did not make it a priority or even a main part of the story. It was a complete after thought and that is really disappointing. While it is nice to catch up on the characters that you grow to care about, it is still a story that needs to go somewhere. Amy Garvey was saved in that she had developed the characters in the first book so at least we were still able to connect with them. Overall, this book would have been better as a short story, or as the included epilogue after Cold Kiss, and not a full-length book.
2 Bards
This review submitted to A Midsummer Night’s Read by Missy.
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