Swoon by Nina Malkin
Release Date: May 19, 2009
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Age Group: Young Adult/16+
Pages: 425
Sin is Coming...Prepare to Swoon!
Torn from her native New York City and dumped in the land of cookie-cutter preps, Candice is resigned to accept her posh, dull fate. Nothing ever happens in Swoon, Connecticut...until Dice's perfect, privileged cousin Penelope nearly dies in a fall from an old tree, and her spirit intertwines with that of a ghost. His name? Sinclair Youngblood Powers. His mission? Revenge. And while Pen is oblivious to the possession, Dice is all too aware of Sin. She's intensely drawn to him—but not at all crazy about the havoc he's wreaking. Determined to exorcise the demon, Dice accidentally sets Sin loose, gives him flesh, makes him formidable. Now she must destroy an even more potent—and irresistible—adversary, before the whole town succumbs to Sin's will. Only trouble is, she's in love with him.
Swoon was totally not what I was expecting. And not in a bad way, just much more dark, edgy and sensual than I had anticipated.
In the vast sea of ya paranormals this one definitely left it’s mark on me. Malkin has a way with words, originally I was intimidated by the size, well actually, I was just afraid it would take me awhile to read it, but essentially it took me no time at all, it was surprisingly addictive. The pages were turning non-stop. It’s one of those novels where you just have to know what’s going to happen next, what does the ending hold! It was an obsession, and I had to know.
As twisted as Dice’s feelings for Sin were, I could help but understand her reasoning. And even though Sin was wicked, wickedly handsome I mean! I couldn’t help but like him too. Call me crazy. I didn’t really feel like I connected with these characters, instead of feeling like I was part of the story, I felt that I was a spectator watching from the sidelines, but for some reason I didn’t mind. It was just different, I can’t really describe it. It’s like eating sour candy! It so sour but so good!
There are sexual references, nothing descriptive, anatomy is mentioned, certain acts are mentioned, but nothing that a teen hasn’t heard walking down the halls of their high school, maybe that’s presumptuous of me. It’s been a few years since I’ve been in high school and I was classified as a “good kid” and it wasn’t anything I hadn’t heard before. Just thought I’d mention that if it isn’t your sort of thing.
Swoon is something to behold. Awesome story line, original plot. Prepare to swoon indeed.