Title: Become
Series: Desolation, #1
Author: Ali Cross
Format: eARC
Source: Author
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Description: Sixteen-year old Desolation Black wants
nothing more than to stay in Hell where it’s cold and lonely and totally
predictable. Instead, she’s sent back to Earth where she Becomes the evil she
despises and the good she always feared.
When Desi is
forced to embrace her inner demon, she assumes her choice has been made—that
she has no hope of being anything other than what her father, Lucifer, has
created her to be. What she doesn’t count on, is a reason to want to
change—something she’s never had before—a friend.
What she
Becomes is neither Light nor Dark.
Something
neither Heaven nor Hell expected.
Review: Ali Cross’s Become expands upon mythologies and explores an age-old quest of
good vs. evil in a new and fantastic way.
Desolation
Black, the Devil’s daughter, believes her destiny remains in her father’s
realm. When she’s sent back to Earth, she experiences a Remembering unlike any
other time. Then, she Becomes something unlike anything anyone expected. Now
it’s up to her to choose where her destiny will take her, if she can keep
balance between the Shadows and the Light.
This novel is
a refreshing new take on good vs. evil and how choices play out against
destiny. The characters are wonderful, deliciously complex, and more than
typical stereotypes of good or evil. I love the characterization of Lucifer’s
daughter, Desolation. At times she is such a teenager. Other times, she has the
strength of her mixed parentage. From the first chapter, I cared about Desolation.
The plot moved quickly in waves of seduction, regret, sin, and love. I love the
use of Norse mythology to explain the worlds and characters within, as Lucifer
= Loki, Asgard = Heaven, Midgard = Earth, etc. I laughed, cried, cared, and
loved, and did not want to put this book down.
Become by Ali Cross has become one of my favorite books I’ve read
this year. It’s definitely an awesome must-read.
