Darkest Fear by Cate Tiernan

Sypnosis (from Goodreads):

Vivi’s animal instincts are her legacy—and maybe her downfall—in this start to a romantic fantasy series that will appeal to fans of The Nine Lives of Chloe King.

Vivi has known the truth about her family—and herself—since she was thirteen. But that doesn’t mean she’s accepted it. Being Haguari isn’t something she feels she’ll ever accept. How can she feel like anything but a freak knowing that it’s in her genes to turn into a jaguar?

Now eighteen, Vivi’s ready to break away from the traditions of her heritage. But all of that changes with the shocking, devastating deaths of her parents and the mysteries left behind. Vivi discovers family she never even knew she had, and a life open with possibility. New friends, new loyalties, and even romance all lay ahead—but so do dangers unlike anything Vivi ever could have imagined.

My Review -- 1/5 stars

I don't even know how to start this review. I think I bought this book from a library sale -- I'm not sure. I did not like this book at all. The world building was just fine, but the characters were too weird to read. I will still not post any spoilers over here.

At times I completely understood Vivi's character but most of the time, I was saying to myself that why I was still continuing this book since it is going horrible. I was having a hard time actually picturing the situation of her's, which is one of the reasons why I did not like this book. I feel like 'hate' is a too strong word to use just in general, so I'm not going to say that I hated it, just strongly disliked it.

The second reason was the romance in this book. The romance was pathetic. I know some books have 'love at first sight' or something equivalent to that but that also goes in style. These characters had no sense of humour. It was like 'Omg, I saw that person in the store, I think I'm in love with him/her'. Vivi and the guy (can't seem to recall his name) seemed to have no connection at all. 

The third reason was the ending of this book. I feel like the others reasons present, if the ending would have been better, it would be a 3 star rating book, but sadly it wasn't. The ending indeed was shocking to me, but on the other side I was 10 times more disappointed by this book.

Just to make it clear, I am not in anyway indicating that Cate's writing is bad. I've heard great reviews about her other works and I can't wait to get into it, it was just this one that had me.