Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Nocturnal, a novel by Poppy D. Chusfani

Adel knows she is special. She is Nocturnal, half cat human and have nine lives. Her life in Jakarta is cozy and secure, and then she was called to Adlerland, her father’s homecountry. Adel whom have been hidden by her father for seventeen years in Indonesia have to go back there in order to obey the order of her grandmother, the Baroness. Being trained and prepared to be successor of her grandmother and the chief of family clan.

Adel’s dream being a professional ballerina is over since her duty to her family don’t allow her to have freedom. Adel’s life changes upside down because the heavy burden she has: being a backbone protecting her big clan and preventing country from big threats they can’t control themselves.
I imagined live in ancient Europe, with castles and knights. Far far away kingdom between Germany and Romania, having dinner with King and Queen, fighting with vampires from Transylvania. Wow! My imagination are flying to King Arthur and Count Dracula’s castle but with modern lifestyle. Planes and airport. Fashion and blackberry. Cool!
No Adel’s love life in this book. She crushes on Roland but he breaks her heart before Adel can realize her feeling. There is Felix, the new King. But no explicit paragraph of it. Adel is Baroness. She can’t have love life with the King. Make me unsatisfied.

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