Book Break Up: Swear by Nina Malkin

Book: Swear by Nina Malkin

Pages: 468

Genre: Young Adult, Paranormal

Source: Library.

Summary From Amazon:

It’s been six months since ghost-turned golem Sinclair Youngblood Powers confessed his love, stole Dice's heart, and disappeared from Swoon, perhaps from existence. Despite the hurt, Dice has been moving steadily toward ordinary. Dreams of Sin still plague and pleasure her sleep, and the mark of Sin's love remains on her skin, still sore. But Dice has been throwing herself into music, finding solace in song and sometimes even in the arms of her band mate, Tosh. Life seems almost…normal. The last thing Dice wants is to mess with anything remotely supernatural. But when her best friend’s boyfriend goes missing, Dice has no choice but to become very much involved. She knows that his disappearance was no accident, and it somehow has everything to do with Sin. Because Dice can feel it: Sin is back. And the promises and deceptions he left in his wake have returned to haunt him.

What do you do when an oath of devotion threatens to destroy the one you love?

My Thoughts:

I remember reading the first book, Swoon and loving it, and so when this book came out, I was excited to start a new series. But the problem is, the span from the first book and the second was SO long, I've completely forgotten the story. That explanation aside, I still tried to carry on.

About 140 pages into the novel, I just had to call it quits. Malkin just seemed to be trying too hard to captivate her readers by pouring paranormal aspect after aspect with each chapter. I mean, I love the paranormal world, but haven't you ever heard of the saying, "Too much of a good thing can be a bad thing?"

I also felt the characters were a little bit too whiny for my taste, especially Dice. Here she was, pinning over Sin, who left her without much of an explanation. And then when Dice gets kissed by a different guy, Sin suddenly comes back all jealous? About 140 pages into the novel, I still had no clue what it was really about. Just too many different stories going on, with no real back drop of an explanation.

Rating: I give this book a DNF.