"In some countries, red hair was considered a sign of witchcraft. They actually burned people at the stake for it. Can you imagine? Just goes to show that a little ignorance can go a long way - if you let it go unchallenged, that is." This is probably one of the best generic mythological paranormals I've read. It is a bit cliche concerning the romance, but basically every book like this is. Mostly, Ellie's voice was good, but I thought could be a bit more serious. Let me warn you, it starts out a bit rough and I was worried. There are a bunch of teenagers drinking and the MC complaining about how she's always lived in the shadow of her perfect older brother and avoiding/being attracted to obnoxious bad boy Tucker, who - cliche as it is - is her brother's friend and wants her to get to the scotch in the cabinet he's not supposed to be drinking. I might have dnfed it there, fearing it would become like Revolution, which begins with a similar scene, and despite a similar trip to Europe, it did not get better. The main issue with this book was that Tucker just magically changed from obnoxious bad boy to gentle love interest who sometimes has to save Ellie's butt. In fact, a lot of the characters were like that. 
 And they have this kissing sceneWhen Tuck kissed me, it was a question-a question I had known the answer to for so long. And I had my response ready." I don't even want to continue that description."I could have sat like that all night, with my head resting against his chest. It was enough to make me forget everything." 
 "I wasn't cold for long - Tuck had more than a few very effective ways of keeping us both warm."Nevertheless, I was not bored and the story attracted me enough to read it in less than a week. Thankfully, she had times to save her own butt and sometimes his too. It was not quoteable to the degree of Valentina, but Ellie had her preach-it-girl moments."I'd known plenty of guys like Loki over the years. Arrogant, conceited boys who always got their way. While Loki was more dangerous than your average lacrosse player, a boy is a boy, and I knew better than anyone how to manage their raging egos." And Tucker definitely has an ego (frowns). The ending was a bit drawn-out, but it was an overall enjoyable book.