A review by shinychick
Eternal, by Cynthia Leitich Smith

3.0

This one was a chance taken from the online library. I'm not sure what made me want to read it, but it was actually not too bad. I'm surprised, because I picked up the... I don't know if it's actually a prequel or not... preceding novel, [b:Tantalize|353016|Tantalize (Tantalize, #1)|Cynthia Leitich Smith|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41UrflyR8QL._SL75_.jpg|343231] at Borders, and had to promptly set it down before I threw it, because the blurb reads thusly: "Quincie Morris has never felt more alone. Her hybrid-werewolf first love threatens to embark on a rite of passage that will separate them forever. And just as she and her uncle are about to unveil Austin's red-hot vampire-themed restaurant, a brutal murder leaves them scrambling for a chef.

There's more, of course, but I stopped around "hybrid werewolf first love" and ran away.

Happily, though, Eternal isn't quite as bad. It could use a little more background as to why things are as they are, both in Miranda's world and Zachary's, but all in all, is a decent, if predictable, story.