3.5/5
From the moment sixteen-year-old Lilly Deluca arrives in the ancient Italian town of Castello, she knows it is deadly. The town is divided by an invisible line, keeping the warring families of Marconi and Paradiso from destroying each other.
Lilly quickly falls in with the seductive, rebellious Liza, brooding Nico and sensitive Christian - who are all keeping their own secrets - and sparks begin to fly.
Then Lilly accidentally breaks Castello's most important rule: when the General's men come to test your blood, you'd better not be anything more than human . . .
"Startlingly original . . . Readers will be lured in to this tumultuous world of warring families, forbidden power, and heart-searing romance." - Lyndall Clipstone, author of Lakesedge and Forestfall