Lili St. Crow - Betrayals (2009)

This is the second book in the Strange Angels series. The first book was Strange Angels and there's a third book coming out this year. It's also St. Crow's first foray into Teen novels. She's written many books for adults, my favourite being the Dante Valentine series, under the name Lilith Saintcrow.

I really enjoyed Betrayals. It fleshed out the many questions left from Strange Angels. It was more of a fill-in-the-blanks novel than a forwarding plot. But, the first book left so many things unanswered that this was necessary. St. Crow tells us more about the orphaned Dru and her past - we learn about her mother and her legacy. It was good to finally understand what Dru is and what she'll become. Too many questions for too long makes things hard to follow. But, St. Crow kept the suspense just long enough. It's a light novel - no deep and heavy themes. The characters are interesting, but not overly brilliant. You don't feel sucked into their world, like you MUST know what happens next and you feel exhausted by the end of the novel. It's just a fun book without any pressure.

So if you like werewolves, vampires, half-vampires and other things that go bump in the night - this book is for you. It's a dark and dangerous world, but done well for a teen audience.