This book is good, but I didn't feel engaged in the story as much as I have with the other books. Kade is awesome, Alex... Not so much. Not bad, just not great.
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This book is good, but I didn't feel engaged in the story as much as I have with the other books. Kade is awesome, Alex... Not so much. Not bad, just not great.
4 stars for taking a cursory, secondary character and giving him his own book!
I will graciously forgive Ms. Kenyon for keeping us waiting so long for Styxx. It was WELL WORTH THE WAIT. So much emotion poured into this book. I thought Acheron was brilliant for giving us so much backstory, but to revisit the entire Didymos/Atlantis timeline from Styxx' perspective was so much more informative in regards to the entire DH mythology. SK certainly likes to torment her characters. I thought I couldn't handle much more than Acheron's story... but, my gods, Styxx had it so much worse. I had to put the book down for a few days to recover. Great story, great characters, great pace, and GREAT NARRATOR on the audiobook.
This book struck me as more violent than the previous 4, likely because it was centered around a woman and child (both human). The connection between H/H seemed like it was never going to happen, but of course, it did... rather late in the story.
Another solid book in this series. The holes in the mythology get filled in bit by bit with each book. I didn't feel as strong of a connection to Dylan like I did with Elise, but Rio is yet another damaged hero that you just feel for. Good stuff - looking forward to Book 5.
Wow. I wasn't sure I would like this one as the heroine was already in this "world" so there was no real discovery process. However, Elise has to learn more about the world she lives in, becomes an integral part of the plot, and even drives much of the suspense and intrigue forward on her own. The Order basically follows HER lead, and not because she's some badass warrior princess... she's just that intelligent. What a nice change of pace. You definitely learn much, much more about the origins of this mythology in this book, and the chemistry between H/H is great. Lots of tension (of every kind) and stubbornness and collaboration and compromise. Really good book.
This book is pretty solid. Great world-building, suspenseful, strong character development, actual vampire activity (no eluding to it) ... I'm glad I started this series.
I really liked this introduction to a new series (for me). You start to wonder after a while if you should even attempt a new series, and risk inevitable comparisons to other series in the same genre. There are many, many people who compare this to BDB - but in a negative way. Well, let's see... there are some similarities. They both take place on the east coast. And it's in a city. And there are vampires. DONE. That's it! End of similarities! Totally different mythology - traditional "vampires must feed on humans" and not some other strange spin - GREAT origin story as to where vampires come from, etc., etc., etc. The bad guys are also vampires, not something else... what's to compare?
I don't know why people must downgrade a book because it has superficial similarities to something else. It's becoming more and more rare to find something completely original. So just enjoy what you read, people, and stop comparing.
Do you know what this series had that I haven't read before? A vampire funeral scene. That's right. One had died of his injuries and not from a fatal blow (i.e., turned to ash), and they held a beautiful, sacred ceremony. It was extremely well done. Now THAT's original!
3 stars for story - 4 stars for J.R. Ward's writing. As this is already set in the familiar world of Caldwell, NY (from the BDB series), there wasn't much world building to do. The characters were definitely interesting, and there was some interesting setup for future paranormal goodness... but it was a little weak compared to what I'm used to from JRW. Definitely has potential, though.
Man oh man... I freaking love this series. Wow. Vampire Book Club gave a SPOT ON review - my thoughts exactly, so just check it out here so I don't have to type it :)http://vampirebookclub.net/review-macrieve-by-kresley-cole-immortals-after-dark-13/
"So why do you want to read about heroes who are categorically asses? Because once they realize the level of their stupidity, they will move heaven and Earth to make things better and prove themselves to their mates. ... The reason it works so well is Cole’s writing. You’re rooting for these guys at 2 a.m. sitting up in your bed with a small booklight attached to MacReive, not able to sleep because you want to find out what happens. Cole is just that good and by default, so is Uilleam MacReive." --Vampire Book Club review of Macrieve
I liked this book, but not as much as On Dublin Street. I didn't feel like I understood the characters in the 2nd half of the book. Like they were two separate sets of characters. Cam became very two-dimensional, when he started out so strong and surprising and interesting. Jo just became more annoying... she had strong reasons for the way she was early on, but became just plain erratic after a while. It's still a great story, and the appearances of Jocelyn and Braden were fun. I just felt that the characters were getting a bit lost for a while.
This book was a roller coaster. Really. From deep depression and panic attacks to carefree love affairs to a medical crisis - you really get it all. A lot of other reviews do not paint the heroine in the most favorable light. I personally really identified with the character - I completely understood her reactions and reasoning... I just... Got her. Braden, without a doubt, was just captivating. He won me over from the first page. Loved this book.
I kind of liked this premise, where in the future society is divided by personality traits and not race, religion, or economic status. Definitely a different take on the dystopian genre.
As always, another great book by J. Frank. Book 1: World building. Book 2: Character building. Book 3: ??? at this point, looks like it'll be major action and some appearances by other Nightwalker races - which is COMPLETELY EXCITING.
This was good but not great. If you took every paranormal/young adult series, threw them in a blender, then tried to sort out some kind of storyline, this is what you would get. Pretty predictable, but not terrible. I might have enjoyed this more if I read it as an e-book vs. audiobook. The narrator could get pretty monotone and I found myself rewinding a lot to get a better picture as everything was delivered in the same flat tone. I'm hoping the upcoming movie will be more dynamic (from the trailer, that looks to be the case).
3.5 stars... Only because I typically do not enjoy stories that are just another version of something you can find on the news or a rerun of CSI. However, 5 stars for the writing style, descriptive detail, alternating POV, and excellent job by the narrators on the audiobook. The ending is frustrating and a little unsatisfying... but the level of deception and horrific acceptance of sociopathic behavior by these characters is just unsettling and will definitely stick with me for a while.
