Published: March 29th 2012; HarperCollins
328 pages
From Goodreads:
The RMS Titanic is the most luxurious ship ever built, but for eighteen-year-old Tess Davies it’s a prison. Travelling as a maid for the family she has served for years, Tess is trapped in their employ amid painful memories and family secrets.
When she meets Alec, a handsome upper class passenger, Tess falls helplessly in love. But Alec has secrets of his own… and soon Tess is entangled in a dangerous game. A sinister brotherhood that will do anything to induct Alec into their mystical order has followed him onboard. And Tess is now their most powerful pawn.
Tess and Alec fight the dark forces threatening to tear them apart, never realising that they will have to face an even greater peril before the journey is over…
My Rating:
5 stars
My Thoughts:
I think this book was just the
perfect storm for me. First off, I have been fascinated by the story of the
titanic since I was little, and I read practically every book I could find on
the subject. Imagine my excitement when I found out Claudia Gray had written a
YA paranormal romance that took place on the Titanic!
I didn’t
really know what to expect when starting this book, and whether it would be
more historical fiction or paranormal romance. Luckily, it was a great balance
of both.
Tess’
employers (the Lisles) were truly evil, and her hopes of getting away from them
just kept getting muddled. That is, until she meets Alec - the rich, handsome
man of her dreams. Problem is, he’s a werewolf… sure, this story could have
become perfectly cheesy from that point on, but it didn’t (yet another one of its
many charms). It had an amazing balance
of action and romance, and an evil nemesis to match (other than the Lisles, of
course).
The main
thing I LOVE about Claudia Gray’s books (I read her Evernight series, which was
also amazing) is that they’re for young adults, but she makes them a bit more
sexy than any other YA books I have read. She crosses the boundary of cute
puppy love in a very, very good way. Thanks to this, her heroes are always
capital H-O-T hot, and Alec fit this description to a T.
Aside from
the hero’s sexiness, this book amazed me because I was practically crying by
the end of it. Gray did her research; everything about the titanic was believable,
and the last few chapters had me feeling like I was actually there, reliving
this tragic event. I even got chills at certain passages because they were so
amazingly written.
This book
was AMAZING, and gets 5 stars because I could barely put it down while I was
reading. It’s equal parts exciting, sexy, and moving, which is a hard
combination to find nowadays. I know I’ll be putting any new books by Claudia
Gray on the top of my reading list from now on. If you haven’t read Fateful by
Claudia Gray yet… Read it. Now.
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