Nameless (Tales of Beauty and Madness #1) By: Lili St. Crow

When Camille was six years old, she was discovered alone in the snow by Enrico Vultusino, godfather of the Seven—the powerful Families that rule magic-ridden New Haven. Papa Vultusino adopted the mute, scarred child, naming her after his dead wife and raising her in luxury on Haven Hill alongside his own son, Nico.
Now Cami is turning sixteen. She’s no longer mute, though she keeps her faded scars hidden under her school uniform, and though she opens up only to her two best friends, Ruby and Ellie, and to Nico, who has become more than a brother to her. But even though Cami is a pampered Vultusino heiress, she knows that she is not really Family. Unlike them, she is a mortal with a past that lies buried in trauma. And it’s not until she meets the mysterious Tor, who reveals scars of his own, that Cami begins to uncover the secrets of her birth…to find out where she comes from and why her past is threatening her now.

(Goodreads) 

This is the tale of Snow White, in a modern but twisted way, mixed with a healthy dose of paranormal. I thought I would have liked it more, because this is my cup of tea, I love books like this but this one was just a bore. I truly expected more. Now the story was interesting, I thought it was interesting how Ms. Crow twisted the story to fit that of Snow Whites. The seven dwarves were the seven clans of weird Vampires… yes vampires. But they’re not normal vampires, they are the mafia vampires that no one wants to mess with. Cami is 16 and weird things are starting to happen, she hears voices coming from the mirror, apples are a BIG no-no, and the snow is melancholy. The romance was sad, because of the sole reason that it was almost none existent. I thought it would have been more romantic, I mean come on! This is the story of Snow White; it should have had at least a little more romance. The main love interest was her adoptive brother, Nico, who was an annoying possessive boy that was just so annoying and macho… lord he was annoying. Now Cami wasn’t that bad, she wanted to learn how to protect herself, what her past was. What her scars mean. But no one in her family would let her do so. And it annoyed me, because they could have avoided many of the conflicts by telling her what she needed to know.

Anyways, later in the story a new boy arrives, Tor, and Cami sort of starts liking him leaving Nico in a fury (again annoying). Now Tor is different, he knows things and is willing to tell Cami these things IF (there is always an if) she hangs out with him (not that bad). But turns out he’s her brother and this psychotic Queen is after Cami to eat her heart and be pretty once again. Tor is helping the psychotic Queen, but feels bad because Cami is a good girl and he doesn’t want her to die, so he helps her. Then the end comes and all is well.

BORING. It has a lot of explaining and leads you up to something amazing, to at least a better ending but none of that happens, Cami goes home and cuddles with Nico (who at one point in the book tried to eat Cami {well drink her blood}). I truly expected more from this. Still really enjoyed the way Ms. Crow twisted the story around, but I wish it had been better. Because I think it had much more potential to be such a great book.