I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads giveaway and would like to thank the author Tracy Clark for this opportunity. (This is an honest review) 
 I enjoyed this book very much and I give it a 3.5 stars. Pretty well executed book that had a good plot and was interesting enough to keep me reading more to see what would happen next albeit the romance in this novel was way too cheesy. First off, instalove? Check. Proclaiming their "love" for each other after a few meetings? Check. (view spoiler)[I let that one slide since it really was due to the fact that Finn is an Arrazi and Cora is Scintillate so he was sort of 'feeding' off her energy (hide spoiler)] Love triangle? Check. Love rival who instantly took a liking to her, supposedly just by her looks? Check. (view spoiler)[okay, I admit it was because of the both of them having silver auras and things get charged whenever they touch or are near each other (hide spoiler)] 
 But it doesn't stop there, I found it a little annoying the amount of times Cora wanted to kiss Finn throughout the book or how near the end of the book she couldn't forgive him because he was the one thing that was supposed to be her enemy yet she still claimed to love him. I hope things get cleared up between them in the next book, I really want them to end up together! (view spoiler)[Hopefully Finn doesn't die!! (hide spoiler)] 
 It was a nice change of pace to read about a main character that wasn't just plain Caucasian, like most of the books these days, but every time I read a book about the main character being half Asian/African/Hispanic or other nationality, I noticed that it's a defining factor, yes, but the authors ALWAYS mention the main character's nationality. I swear I cannot go a few pages without the main character making a reference about their roots or whatever and that just about annoys me. I can't help but think that in Scintillate, the author wanted to be different than everybody else and so they made their MC someone non-Caucasian and decided to remind us of that fact every. single. freaking. second. Like, yeah, I get it; you don't have to keep reminding me that she's different; it's bad enough that she has powers and stuff. But near the end of the book, it made sense why Cora was half Chilean. The fact that they had unique "powers", well Cora could read auras, and how it was incorporated with the Irish culture was interesting and unique. 
 I enjoyed how the story was told but at times I wanted it to get moving, enough of the kissing and stuff, and I was glad near the end of the book with all that action that happened, plus a lot of secrets being revealed but then it left with lots of questions as it ended, which is a good thing it's a trilogy. 
 I will definitely be looking forward to the next book in the series and seeing the characters come back and grow into their powers and destiny that they were chosen for. Especially looking forward to the interesting twists and turns and new concepts of the world Tracy Clark created. Possibly a Finn and Cora reunion, too!