The Dark Divine by Bree Despain

I know already read this last year but since the second book entitled "The Lost Saint" has been released, I have to read this again so I'll be able to remember the details of The Dark Divine (am admitting that I have memory gap lolz).

The main characters of this book were Grace Divine and Daniel Kalbi. Grace Divine is a daughter of a pastor. She has the burden of being a daughter of a pastor and being in love with Daniel but Jude her brother, hates him. For what reason? We'll get to that later on...

Daniel Kalbi is the werewolf in this story. His family comes from a tribe of warriors. They're strong defenders of their land. They were also stalwart in their belief in God and followed his teachings. So, God decided to reward them with special abilities, infused them with the essence of the most powerful animal in their highland forests, giving them enhanced speed, agility, strength, cunning and tracking. They were marked with white-blond hair like angels. They are called Urbat or the Hounds of Heaven. His ancestors fought the forces of hell for many years. The Hounds had been blessed with an animal essence that made them strong and agile, but they were still human, with human emotions. What they didn't realize is that the animal, the wolf that lured inside of them, fed on those emotions, the negative ones particularly: pride, jealousy, lust, fear, and hate. The devil nurtured those feelings. As the Hounds grew more prideful - believing they were superior to all other humans - the wolf inside grew. It influenced their thoughts, their actions, devoured pieces of their souls. Their blessings became their curse. They turned their backs on God and despised mortals. Then the wolf started to lust for the blood of the ones the Hounds had once sworn to protect.

However, there is a cure for this curse. The only cure to free the soul is to be killed, in an act of true love, by the one who loves them most.

It will be the burden of Grace Divine to carry out this. Will she be able to it?

This book was really a good read. The reason why Jude hates Daniel because Daniel bit Jude three years ago and Jude thought Daniel left him to die but it was not.

Grace was able to carry out her mission even though she was bitten by Jude and thinking that she will become one if she killed Daniel, thinking that killing Daniel is a predatory act that will turn her into one. But it was not, it was an act of love, sacrificing herself to free the soul of Daniel from the clutches of the curse and giving Daniel's life back.

Jude ran away from home...