The Lost Saint by Bree Despain

Grace Divine made the ultimate sacrifice to cure Daniel Kalbi. She was infected with he werewolf curse while trying to save him, and lost her beloved brother in the process.

Desperate to find Jude, Grace befriends Talbot, a newcomer to town. But as the two grow closer, Grace's relationship with Daniel is put in danger -- in more ways than one.

Unaware of the dark path she is walking, Grace begins to give into the wolf inside of her -- not realizing that an enemy has returned and a deadly trap is about to be sprung.

- taken from goodreads.

I was worried I would have NO clue what was going since it's been well over a year since I read The Dark Divine, but Bree was able to keep you intact with previous actions without throwing it all out there at once.

Honestly, I was hoping this would be better.

I loved TDD, so I had high hopes for this.

No, it wasn't bad, it just wasn't as good as I had hoped.

First off, Grace is very, very naive. I can handle that characteristic to a degree, but it got kind of silly.

Fortunately, Grace's character grows magnificently well throughout the book, I think she gets over that innocent stage.

I love how determined she is. Most characters in YA are very strong and good will, but something about Gracie just stands out. She knows her beliefs, and they won't be moved.

Unlike The Dark Divine, this book actually did not have as much of a dark theme as I remembered TDD having, but it still kept of a mysterious plot of who did what.

Daniel is...not really present in this book, so hopefully he'll play more of a character in the third book. Grace and Daniel's relationship didn't spark, it was kind of like: Yup, we love each other. The end.

But it was sweet at times, and I can see it growing stronger after this book.

The lore and myths are very interesting, I enjoyed hearing them.

I really wished all the good stuff hadn't been saved for the last two chapters. We finally get answers, and then the book ended.

There's a bit of a cliffhanger, but with how the story was set up, it wasn't as climatic as it could've been.

Not horrible, just very average. I plan on buying the third book!