Sunday, March 6, 2011

Simon's Fate by Rebecca Royce

Simon's Fate is the second book in the Strange Hollow series I have read and I loved it. I love the idea that this series is based on.
Moira has lived in Strange Hollow for almost a year, unable to touch anyone, lest she should see their future. Moira is a former Fate who chose to leave her job, not liking the competitive, outlandish destinies the Fates were bestowing on humanity. Always nervous, she is accepted but lonely. That is, until she stumbles upon Simon who is hiding in the basement of the Strange Hollow Visitor’s Center. A vampire, Simon is on the run from his brothers, but hampered by his blood phobia, which makes him pass out at either the sight or smell of it--a difficult situation for a vampire to find himself in.
Together, the two will discover that with just a little help from the person you love, anything is possible--especially in Strange Hollow.
Moira Angelopoulos came to Strange Hollow when she gave up her life as a Fate. Her sisters considered her to be boring and no one wanted to work with her anymore. Since Fates work in three's she quit. Now living among the humans she can't touch them, or things they have recently used or she will know their destiny.

Simon is on the run because he refused to do what his Kiss (a group of vampires) wanted him to do. He wouldn't kill humans. He ended up at Strange Hollow by accident, but it turned out to be the best thing that happened to him. As a vampire Simon has always had it hard since he faints at the sight of blood. Can he overcome that?

I loved Simon's Fate. It was the perfect addition to the Strange Hollow series. There are some great secondary characters in Simon's Fate that I hope we hear more about in future books and maybe they will get their own story line. I also loved hearing more about Jacinda Fergus, the founder of Strange Hollow. I would really love to see Jacinda have her own story.