Review: Awoken (The Ascension of Meghan May Series Book 1) by Jaya Moon

Awoken by Jaya Moon
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Imaginative Paranormal RH

I’d probably give this book 4.5 ⭐️ if I could.

I was really surprised to find out that this book was the debut by this author. This book was well constructed, imaginative and really well written, it had the assurance of a much more experienced author.

Meghan lives a lonely life in the city, after losing everything precious to her. She works in a bar, has one measly friend and tries to keep to herself to keep her heart safe. She lives in a world where angels are real and police the streets, keeping humans safe from harm. They even come into the bar where she works.

One night everything about her safe routines changes when she saves a shifter from harm. A shifter she didn’t know could exist. Everything she knew about the world was overturned and the only thing keeping her on her feet are three men, the shifter she saved, his human friend and their angel ally.

The world building for this book was very different. In this world angels and shifters are at war. Angels see shifters as tainted by the devil and have been trying to kill them for generations, along with any ally they might have. It’s a dangerous and secretive world, hidden from humans. I really liked the way this world was revealed to the reader, done slowly, with each new piece of information building on the previous one.

The characters are all three dimensional and intriguing. We only get to see the first layers of all of them in this first book in the series, but what we see makes me want to read the next book immediately, because I want to know more about them and what happens to them next.

The plot isn’t high action, but there is plenty of tension and dynamic emotional interaction. It kept me gripped by what was happening and the pages just disappeared quickly until I hit the end. There is a slight cliffhanger because the story is obviously not over, however the end of the book didn’t leave me wanting to throttle the author. Also, the next book is out already so I don’t have to wait to find out what happens to the characters next.

I recommend this book if you like your RH to have plenty of emotion and imagination.

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