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The Unmaking
Rayne Whitmore, 19, has a clear image of who she is and the type of life she wants. She's wealthy with an attractive girlfriend; designer heels should be the extent of her worries. Yet, after Rayne's father opens her eyes to what it takes to keep their family and his company safe, she begins to question the cost of the dangerous game he plays.
Unable to process the darker side of her father's business, Rayne hides out at her girlfriend, Selene's house, unknowingly sparing herself from a gruesome fate.
In order to protect Rayne, Selene must reveal her own true nature as well as help Rayne deal with the fact that this world is full of powerful supernaturals. Rayne must now make a decision: hide forever from the truth or seek power so that she will never feel weak again.
Unable to process the darker side of her father's business, Rayne hides out at her girlfriend, Selene's house, unknowingly sparing herself from a gruesome fate.
In order to protect Rayne, Selene must reveal her own true nature as well as help Rayne deal with the fact that this world is full of powerful supernaturals. Rayne must now make a decision: hide forever from the truth or seek power so that she will never feel weak again.
- GenresLesbian
362 pages, Paperback
First published April 11, 2014
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About the author
Alanna J. Faison
2 books8 followersAlanna was introduced to creative writing early in life. Through music, poetry, and short stories, she realized that her love of painting a picture with words ran deep. After years of keeping writing strictly a hobby, she decided to take a chance and share her talent with the world. Now a self published author, she is spreading the word of her novels The Unmaking (The Rayne Whitmore Series Book I) and Killer Rayne (The Rayne Whitmore Series Book II).
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December 5, 2017
I feel like I am searching Kindle Unlimited, trying to find a lesfic paranormal book with the quality of The One Who Eats Monsters. My search has not been going as well as I hoped. This book was okay, and I will probably read book 2, but I was not wowed.
To be honest the book starts off awful. I hated the beginning. The main character Rayne is a 19 year-old spoiled, materialistic little thing. We have to hear all about living in a mansion and the cars, all the money and wait staff. How beautiful she is in her designer clothes and sunglasses. How powerful her family is and she can do anything. Yuck, give me a break. Luckily a big event happens that changes everything. We even fast forward a little time for Rayne to grow up some, and the story finally gets better. Still some issues, but nothing like before.
We get some paranormal action, and some interesting secondary characters. This is a world of witches, vamps, werewolves, demons, fae and more. I would not call this a romance, but Rayne has a girlfriend since the start of the book. We get to see the ups and downs of their relationship and it’s put to the test.
My biggest complaint is Rayne is supposed to be powerful, but just about every fight she gets her butt kicked. I hope book 2 she will be growing into her powers quickly or this could get very old, very fast.
If you have KU to get this for free, and are a paranormal fan, this might be worth the read. As long as you can get past the beginning, it does get better. I noticed another reviewer complaining about the grammar and punctuation. I’m guessing maybe this book was revised since I didn’t find it to be all that bad considering what else you can find out in Amazon.
To be honest the book starts off awful. I hated the beginning. The main character Rayne is a 19 year-old spoiled, materialistic little thing. We have to hear all about living in a mansion and the cars, all the money and wait staff. How beautiful she is in her designer clothes and sunglasses. How powerful her family is and she can do anything. Yuck, give me a break. Luckily a big event happens that changes everything. We even fast forward a little time for Rayne to grow up some, and the story finally gets better. Still some issues, but nothing like before.
We get some paranormal action, and some interesting secondary characters. This is a world of witches, vamps, werewolves, demons, fae and more. I would not call this a romance, but Rayne has a girlfriend since the start of the book. We get to see the ups and downs of their relationship and it’s put to the test.
My biggest complaint is Rayne is supposed to be powerful, but just about every fight she gets her butt kicked. I hope book 2 she will be growing into her powers quickly or this could get very old, very fast.
If you have KU to get this for free, and are a paranormal fan, this might be worth the read. As long as you can get past the beginning, it does get better. I noticed another reviewer complaining about the grammar and punctuation. I’m guessing maybe this book was revised since I didn’t find it to be all that bad considering what else you can find out in Amazon.
September 14, 2014
Rayne Whitmore had an extremely privileged life – not without issues, but with a loving family, immense wealth and a girlfriend, Selene, who loves her. But this comfortable life is shaken badly when she sees what terrible things her father has to do to preserve it.
But it’s only the beginning – the retaliation brings demons to her family’s door and leaves Rayne devastated, grieving and lost with the knowledge that monsters and magic still exist. Only Selene is there to offer comfort – and knowledge of the magical world that had been hidden from her. It’s a world Rayne will have to become more deeply involved in if she ever wants to justice for her family and to ensure she will never be the victim again.
We have a huge world here – with a lot of layers but also a lot of depth. We don’t just have a world that has trawled every supernatural mythology out there, declared “these exist” and then moved on and relied on tropes to characterise them. We don’t just have demons and gods and vampires and werewolves, they have histories and cultures and development – or at least hints of them (more would be an unconscionable info-dump) to set out what is actually meant by these terms in this setting, to show that the author has developed and created these rather than just slapped some fangs on a sexy person and said “behold, vampire – you know how this goes.” There’s a lot built into things like the werewolf packs, the history of the vampires and their societies, the internal problems with the witchborn and how that affects Selene’s life and past.
This genre is very very full and it’s hard to take concepts that are long established and tweak them sufficiently to bring originals spins on them – this book does it, it makes something new out of the old tropes, brings a lot of originality while still keeping the familiar.
Rayne is also an excellent character. She’s a Black lesbian, which is excellent inclusion, both of these both inform her and are very present in her character. She’s in a long term relationship with Selene, a latina lesbian and being a lesbian touches on her relationship with her (sadly absent) mother and how she lives and interacts with immortals later. Similarly race and ethnicity are present in the characterisation, language choice, explanations, descriptions, and generally are integral part of their characters. It’s not just a tossed away description but nor is it a heavily hammered, all consuming stereotype. It was a nice balance and excellent character development and inclusion (and not limited – we have numerous main POC, several bisexual and another lesbian character. There is a problematic “everyone is bi” insistence from the immortals but Rayne herself is quick and firm to shoot that down, there’s also a bit of a shaky idea that gay male werewolves can’t possibly exist for random, unnecessary reasons).
In fact “nice balance” pretty much covers a lot of Rayne’s character. She’s confident and assertive, but rarely explodes all over people in the name of defiance (I say “rarely” because she’s also passionate and flawed and doesn’t always make good decisions when she is very angry). She has some character flaws – a tendency towards over-confidence at times that is both justified but also does get her into trouble. She is awesomely powerful – but then so are a lot of people around her (several of them more so). Including Selene who is at least her equal. She has some awesome strong relationships with the people around her – her family, Selene, and builds friendships based on mutual respect; and she and Selene aren’t the only “good” women either.
Every side character seems to have motives and drives that I can understand – there’s no caricature, no evil for the sake of evil, no-one whose motive or actions seem just a little contrived. The characterisation is excellent; I’m not just invested in Rayne’s story, I’m invested in everyone’s story
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But it’s only the beginning – the retaliation brings demons to her family’s door and leaves Rayne devastated, grieving and lost with the knowledge that monsters and magic still exist. Only Selene is there to offer comfort – and knowledge of the magical world that had been hidden from her. It’s a world Rayne will have to become more deeply involved in if she ever wants to justice for her family and to ensure she will never be the victim again.
We have a huge world here – with a lot of layers but also a lot of depth. We don’t just have a world that has trawled every supernatural mythology out there, declared “these exist” and then moved on and relied on tropes to characterise them. We don’t just have demons and gods and vampires and werewolves, they have histories and cultures and development – or at least hints of them (more would be an unconscionable info-dump) to set out what is actually meant by these terms in this setting, to show that the author has developed and created these rather than just slapped some fangs on a sexy person and said “behold, vampire – you know how this goes.” There’s a lot built into things like the werewolf packs, the history of the vampires and their societies, the internal problems with the witchborn and how that affects Selene’s life and past.
This genre is very very full and it’s hard to take concepts that are long established and tweak them sufficiently to bring originals spins on them – this book does it, it makes something new out of the old tropes, brings a lot of originality while still keeping the familiar.
Rayne is also an excellent character. She’s a Black lesbian, which is excellent inclusion, both of these both inform her and are very present in her character. She’s in a long term relationship with Selene, a latina lesbian and being a lesbian touches on her relationship with her (sadly absent) mother and how she lives and interacts with immortals later. Similarly race and ethnicity are present in the characterisation, language choice, explanations, descriptions, and generally are integral part of their characters. It’s not just a tossed away description but nor is it a heavily hammered, all consuming stereotype. It was a nice balance and excellent character development and inclusion (and not limited – we have numerous main POC, several bisexual and another lesbian character. There is a problematic “everyone is bi” insistence from the immortals but Rayne herself is quick and firm to shoot that down, there’s also a bit of a shaky idea that gay male werewolves can’t possibly exist for random, unnecessary reasons).
In fact “nice balance” pretty much covers a lot of Rayne’s character. She’s confident and assertive, but rarely explodes all over people in the name of defiance (I say “rarely” because she’s also passionate and flawed and doesn’t always make good decisions when she is very angry). She has some character flaws – a tendency towards over-confidence at times that is both justified but also does get her into trouble. She is awesomely powerful – but then so are a lot of people around her (several of them more so). Including Selene who is at least her equal. She has some awesome strong relationships with the people around her – her family, Selene, and builds friendships based on mutual respect; and she and Selene aren’t the only “good” women either.
Every side character seems to have motives and drives that I can understand – there’s no caricature, no evil for the sake of evil, no-one whose motive or actions seem just a little contrived. The characterisation is excellent; I’m not just invested in Rayne’s story, I’m invested in everyone’s story
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October 19, 2015
The book was a decent enough story. It is a well crafted world, but there are some broad stereotypes used. The werewolves are pretty much what you expect. The Immortals are basically petulant children.
Oh, and basically Rayne can't fight her way out of a paper bag. Every single opponent she faces one on one kicks her ass. The only fights she wins are the ones she has help. And she is supposed to be a mortal champion. Whoo hoo.
So full of hate and anguish and worthless I really don't care about her at all. So in love with her girlfriend, yet tempted by almost every other female in the book.
And the last bit of the book ended in a nice abrupt fashion. Basically tells her girlfriend off for hiding the truth from her. Um, wake up, everyone in the book hides the truth from her. She's just a stupid human with a high tolerance for pain and a neat sword.
I won't be bothered with the next book. Don't care.
Oh, and basically Rayne can't fight her way out of a paper bag. Every single opponent she faces one on one kicks her ass. The only fights she wins are the ones she has help. And she is supposed to be a mortal champion. Whoo hoo.
So full of hate and anguish and worthless I really don't care about her at all. So in love with her girlfriend, yet tempted by almost every other female in the book.
And the last bit of the book ended in a nice abrupt fashion. Basically tells her girlfriend off for hiding the truth from her. Um, wake up, everyone in the book hides the truth from her. She's just a stupid human with a high tolerance for pain and a neat sword.
I won't be bothered with the next book. Don't care.
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February 28, 2016
Biracial lesbian protagonist in a supernatural world. I should have loved this book, but the grammar & punctuation was so distracting that I just couldn't enjoy the story. The author shows promise & I hope she finds a good editor so I can try reading one of her future books.
December 5, 2014
Waiting on the 2nd
I love this but I want the Rayne and Selene together and I hope Zara gets Sage can be together.
I love this but I want the Rayne and Selene together and I hope Zara gets Sage can be together.
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