Not bad but not particularly good either.
Initially, I enjoyed it a lot.
I really liked the main character and how her daemons made her into who she was in the beginning.
She had the makings of a badass female lead I could learn to care for but it's all lost bit by bit throughout the book.
She keeps acting like a brave hero-type gurl but the discount moral dilemmas really degrade that and the romance was the cherry on top that does her in. It all just makes her look immature.
The author tried to force-feed the reader that the world consists of shades of grey and isn't shy in pointing this out to the reader constantly while still telling a run of the mill baddies vs goodies story. I just didn't buy it. Everything in this book strongly hints at a very standard plot. It completely misses the actual core points of the issues it raises and tries to portray the missing information necessary to resolve the conflicts as shades of grey. This is a rather common mix-up, sometimes intentional, sometimes not. I really couldn't say in this case.
And now together:
If a baddy is bad but we don't know how bad exactly yet that doesn't mean there is a grey area there. It just means we don't know he is bad yet. That has nothing to do with shades of grey.

The book always chose the default plotlines in general with all the usual tropes and clichées I've read countless times before.
I was interested in the world even tho I am generally not a big fan of super soft magic systems like this.
Ultimately what it comes down to is the absence of logic and common sense of all the people involved. It made it all feel very contrived.
So,
good: interesting and believable mc (initially), interesting world
bad: contrived plot, missing logic, discount shades of grey

I won't continue the series as I am confident the next one will just compound the flaws and issues I had with the first one.

bye ( )

Rating - 2.5 More sci-phy than fantacy. Heroine is just short of unlikable Almost interesting plot. Skimmed to end.Wont read 2nd ( )

Jo Davids has never been normal. Unfortunately, other people noticed causing her to be passed around from foster home to foster home while growing up. As a result, she closes herself off to others, having few friends, and keeping those at arm’s length.

While working at a casino in Las Vegas, she gets lost in the basement and witnesses a man transformed into a wolf. Her boss, Cormac Hawking, orders her shot. Thing is, she just would not die. It turns out, she was a Keeper, like them.

I loved this book! I just could not put it down. The Keepers is well-written and has good flow. The plot is intriguing and original. The characters are well developed, with issues that make them interesting.

Jo is a wonderful heroin that is broken and needs to work things out. You feel for her and understand her pain. Despite everything she has undergone, she is a fighter and good person.

This is the first book I have read by Donna Augustine. She is a worthy writer with a lot of talent. I cannot wait to read the rest of the series! If you enjoy paranormal and urban fantasy, you need to read this book.

ARC provided by author in exchange for an honest review. ( )

reading. second time an loving it even more. ( )

Long, leggy & blond, med-student by day and cocktail waitress by night, Josephine just found out she's a Keeper. That's Keeper with a capital K - the kind that's basically immortal, able to open gates and survive bullets to the brain, apparently. And her new employer is also the one that had her shot in the head.

Interesting premise, but a bit thin on world-building. Here's hoping future installments provide a few more details. ( )