Captivate - Carrie Jones

Captivate
by Carrie Jones
Pub: Bloomsbury
Cover Design: Nicole Gastonguay
Genre: YA para.
2nd in a series

With thanks to Bloomsbury for this copy.
I am really enjoying this series, i'm a little sad to pass them on to the Young & Un:Bound reviewers, I shall probably have to buy them in due course.

Captivate picks up a little while after Need finishes and there are more pixies moving to the area to try and take the territory and Zara with it. Zara and her friends are dealing with it pretty effectively while it is still just the odd pixie but it clearly isn't going to stay that way for long.

As with Need, this is well written, entertaining and enjoyable to read. Zara continues to develop as a character, Devyn, Issie and Nick don't get much more development but they are still fun and likeable which is enough here. Captivate is more emotional than Need and Zara starts to understand the impact of her strict morality. There is some Norse mythology threaded through which is always a winner for me, it's an area I know little about but love, so am really looking forward to the next book and seeing that develop. It seems to me that Jones has neatly sidestepped a lot of the cliche's of paranormal YA stories which is a definite strength. Seeing Zara finally stepping up for herself was a real highlight and i'm looking forward to seeing what happens next.

You could read this without Need but i'd not recommend it.