Wake Me Up: A Paranormal Romance

I received an advance copy of Wake Me Up by Elizabeth Cole in exchange for an honest review. Note: this review contains spoilers! Lex and Lily have know each other most of their lives. Lex is a member of the Salon family but is the youngest and hasn’t shown the magical abilities that his brothers have. Lilly is a witch and a student and a daughter and is busy trying to keep everybody happy. It’s supposed to be a simple job. Get the ghost out of the house. But when Lex shows up at the house, it isn’t a ghost but a succubus that meets him. And the succubus is keeping him there for no other then Morningside the vampire we met in the last book of the series. Lily, worried about Lex, goes after him and saves him. Not your normal book starter, but we are talking about the Salem brothers here. Intent on keeping Lex safe, his brothers keep him in their warded house so the vampire and his minions can’t get to him. Lex however is going crazy wait just waiting so he and Lily takeoff for the family archives. They hope to find out more about Morningside and Lex’s new gift of being an affinitive. But things never go as easily as they should. Lex and Lily finally admit they might have feelings for each other besides being best friends. Then there’s the legend of the crown they find. In their attempts to find out more about it and what it can do for Morningside, they get involved with the Fey and time travel. Kind of. You are going to have to read the book to find out what happens to Lex and Lily and the Fey and the rest of the Salem brothers and their women. You won’t believe what happens at the end of the book! I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

Lily Xin is an awesome witch. Lex Salem is the youngest of three brothers whose family has hunted and fought vampires (and other creepy nasties) for generations. He is the only brother who seems not to have a special magical talent (as yet). Lex and Lily have always been best friends, just friends. Due to an unfortunate encounter with a succubus, things are about to change. Wake Me Up is a dangerous, unpredictable, weirdly exciting adventure and romance. A real page-turner, it starts fast and keeps moving. Morningside the vampire is back, and he has brought a friend. Lex, in particular, is in danger from the vampires. The Salem brothers, Vinny, Cara, and the cats are all here. There are a couple of new characters and a new cat. They are all working toward a familiar goal – save a brother; kill the vampires. Lex and Lily are great characters. As this story unfolds, they learn a lot about themselves and each other. There are some interesting surprises (wait until you see what Lily can do). Great story, great series. I received an ARC of this book from the author. My review is voluntary.