Review: Focus

 Title: Focus

Author: Alyssa Rose Ivy

The Blurb:
Freshman year of college is hard even when you're not tied to the future king of a supernatural society.

Allie dives into college head first with Hailey as her roommate and the city of New Orleans as her backyard. As things within The Society heat up, Allie realizes that whether she’s with Levi or not, she's in far too deep to turn back.

Rating: 4.5 stars

The Backstory:
This is the second book in Alyssa Rose Ivy's The Crescent Chronicles. The first book in the series is called Flight and it's about a recent high school graduate who is working for her father in New Orleans for the summer before she goes off to Princeton. While in New Orleans Allie meets a handsome mysterious guy, Levi (short for Leviathan), shows Allie around New Orleans and introduces her to his just as mysterious friends; Hailey, Owen, and Jared. Eventually Levi tells Allie his secret, that he is part of a secret supernatural society. It turns out that Levi and his friends are Pterons, shape shifters who grow wings. Not only that but it turns out Levi's father is the leader of the supernatural society. Allie is amazed by this and she craves to learn more about them. The more she learns the closer she and Levi get. Then one night not too long before Allie has to leave New Orleans Levi gives her a beautiful ring and they consummate their relationship. Hailey reluctantly informs Allie that this means that Allie is now engaged to Levi and that she can't leave New Orleans. Allie Angrily flees New Orleans and on her way to Princeton she is taken by Shifters who are against Levi and his father. After Allie is rescued she realizes that she is going to have to stay in New Orleans if she wants to stay alive despite her anger toward Levi.

The Review:
This book picks up a couple of weeks after the events of the first book. Allie is attending college in New Orleans and she and Hailey get to be roommates. I really like the friendship that forms between these two it feels like a very realistic friendship. The state of Allie and Levis relationship is still up in the air. Allie still hasn't forgiven him for tricking her into becoming his mate. I was really glad that Allie didn't give in so easily to him because it really is a horrible thing to do to someone no matter how handsome they are. 

This book was well written and it really pulled me in. It has a nice aspect of college life with a supernatural twist. It has growing friendships and relationships. I particularly loved the growing friendship between Allie and Jared. In the first book those two didn't get off to a great start, but in Focus there is a mutual respect that increases between them. 

This book is also filled with romance and adventure. Of course Levi is going to do everything in his power to win Allie back but Allie is able to hold out even if she does secretly want to go running into his arms. There is also a lot more supernatural politics in this book which I found to be really interesting. My only complaint about this book is when Allie, Hailey, and their friends go out to a bar and Allie gets drunk. Levi shows up and tries to take advantage of that when she claimed to want to go off with him and have sex. Before they went out that night Allie tells her friends to make sure she doesn't go with him no matter what she says in her drunken state. Luckily one of Allies friends stopped her from going with him. I didn't like how Levi tried to take advantage in that situation. He knew she wasn't ready to forgive him but he still didn't respect her enough to wait until she was sober. Other than that one complaint I really loved this book, it was a lot of fun to read and there is a great plot and character growth.

There is a huge shocking cliffhanger at the end of this book that genuinely surprised me. I can't wait to read the next book in this series.


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