REVIEW: On a Dark Wing by Jordan Dane

On a Dark Wing
by Jordan Dane

Genre: Young Adult, YA Fantasy, YA Paranormal Romance

Pages: 384 (Paperback)

Publication: December 2011

(Harlequin Teen)

via NetGalley

Goodreads Summary: The choices I had made led to the moment when fate took over. I would learn a lesson I wasn't prepared for. And Death would be my willing teacher.

Five years ago, Abbey Chandler cheated Death. She survived a horrific car accident, but her "lucky" break came at the expense of her mother's life and changed everything. After she crossed paths with Death—by taking the hand of an ethereal boy made of clouds and sky—she would never be normal again.

Now she's the target of Death's ravens and an innocent boy's life is on the line. When Nate Holden—Abbey's secret crush—starts to climb Alaska's Denali, the Angel of Death stalks him because of her.

And Abbey finds out the hard way that Death never forgets.

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The blurb of On a Dark Wing by Jordan Dane posted on NetGalley caught my attention and really made me want to read this book. It sounded unique and mysterious. I requested it with hopes that it would become one of my favorites. Unfortunately, I am really on the fence with this book, even after a few days to digest. I still feel that it was just a mediocre book.

Abbey cheated death 5 years ago in a horrible car accident that claimed her mother’s life. She holds herself responsible for the accident and her moms death, and it consumers her life. It doesn’t help that she is constantly surrounded by the dead: she and her father live in the funeral home that he owns and runs. Abbey learns the hard way that death never forgets a person that escapes him and finds herself being stalked by the reaper of souls.

I have to say, I found myself utterly confused, and frankly a little bored, by the first three-quarters of this book. I couldn’t figure out what was really going on. It jumped from point of views and then from locations in a very confusing manner. The paranormal aspect that I had expected just never showed. We got an excessive amount of background info, some random plot points to extend the story, and a lot of mountain climbing information that I could have lived without.

However, I really enjoyed the last quarter of the book. I felt like this was when the story actually started, like it was finally the book that I read the description for. There was a plot that was going somewhere and the characters were amounting to something. If this part of the book could have been extended it would have made it an entirely different book.

Overall, this book just wasn’t for me. I had to push myself to finish. What I had thought from the book blurb would be a really good book turned out to be just middle of the road for me. The thing to keep in mind about reviews is that they are just one person’s opinion. I am sure that this book will appeal to many people, but for me it just fell flat. To find out what others think of this book, I suggest checking out these reviews from Marla at Starting the Next Chapter, Krista at CubicleBlindness Reviews, and Jennifer at Fictitious Musings.

Rating: 3 stars

Disclaimer: This eGalley was provided to me free of charge by the publisher via NetGalley. No monetary compensation was received in exchange for this fair and honest review.