"In Allison Sekemoto's world, there is one rule left: Blood calls to blood
She
has done the unthinkable: died so that she might continue to live. Cast
out of Eden and separated from the boy she dared to love, Allie will
follow the call of blood to save her creator, Kanin, from the psychotic
vampire Sarren. But when the trail leads to Allie's birthplace in New
Covington, what Allie finds there will change the world forever—and
possibly end human and vampire existence.
There's a new plague
on the rise, a strain of the Red Lung virus that wiped out most of
humanity generations ago—and this strain is deadly to humans and
vampires alike. The only hope for a cure lies in the secrets Kanin
carries, if Allie can get to him in time.
Allison thought that
immortality was forever. But now, with eternity itself hanging in the
balance, the lines between human and monster will blur even further, and
Allie must face another choice she could never have imagined having to
make."
The Eternity Cure is the second book of its series which I can't name still. I'll find the name. Soon. Sooner or later. I hope.
Kanim is tortured under a lunatic's watch. The psychic backlash goes against Allison and Jackal (real name: James), because they are his children. That means there is sadly no chance for Allison to get involve with Kanim though there were some strange moments of doubt.
Anyway, The Eternity Cure is as good as The Immortal Rules. Both sequel and first installment does an excellent job of keeping readers on toes. It has the perfect among of action, intrigue, mystery, and la la la. It is the best I'd read in a long time.
Allison's limit to torture and her loyalty to her "family" is tested. Oh, I should had mentioned vampire family, not just "family." My mistake. But some of her old family does come out of the dead closet. Again. After shew as kicked out of Eden (because she is a vampire and Eden is full of humans), Allison leaves Zeke and his religious group to find her creator, Kanim. Along the way, she finds her sociopath brother, Jackal (James). Think of James like Puck (Robin Goodfellow). He brings in the laughs. For a vampire, he is very funny.
I believe the book is as long as The Immortal Rules. 400+ pages. And every bit is a treat. Honestly, I wish that Kagawa wrote 400+ pages for each book of The Iron Fey. No one (except for Puck fans and Sing Meggie fans) can't get enough of good old Ash, the Winter Prince. Swoon!
The ending leaves pretty much everyone angry. Including me. And plus, I totally don't believe that guy's death because he, like Allie (Allison's nickname) is a toughie. He can't die now! No, kill off... I don't know who else. I don't want Kanim or Jackal to die. It is like killing off Ash or Puck. Imagine that. Death makes everything nasty.
Overall, I totally agree with my original conclusion. The Eternity Cure is just as delicious as The Immortal Rules. Kagawa does a wonderful job again!
Oh, last installment. The finale. Here I come. I will eat it up and chomp it as loudly as I can. I think it will be as good as Kagawa's previous books. Kagawa has an excellent reputation at delivering.
Rating: Five out of Five
"To survive in a ruined world, she must embrace the darkness…
Allison
Sekemoto survives in the Fringe, the outermost circle of a walled-in
city. By day, she and her crew scavenge for food. By night, any one of
them could be eaten. Some days, all that drives Allie is her hatred of them—the vampires who keep humans as blood cattle. Until the night Allie herself dies and becomes one of the monsters.
Forced
to flee her city, Allie must pass for human as she joins a ragged group
of pilgrims seeking a legend—a place that might have a cure for the
disease that killed off most of civilization and created the rabids, the
bloodthirsty creatures who threaten human and vampire alike. And soon
Allie will have to decide what and who is worth dying for… again.
Enter Julie Kagawa's dark and twisted world as an unforgettable journey begins."
Well, I'll tell you that it is nothing like The Iron King of Juliet Kagawa's The Iron Fey series. Because I enjoy this first book of her new series, I'm trying to decide which is my favorite one out of the two. Hmm... Let's see. The Immortal Rules is about vampire while The Iron King is about faeries. The Immortal Rules has Zeke and Kanim (though he doesn't really count). The Iron King has Puck and best of all, Ash. Really, no one can beat Ash. That is why The Iron Fey wins. Go Ash! (I don't really care about the spinoff series about Ethan other than the fact Ash is there).
Yeah. The Iron Fey is more awesome than this series. What is the name of this series? Damn. I'll find it. Sooner or later.
Allison is definitely Asian.You can tell by her last name. It is just irony that she chooses to wield a Kantana. Totally agree with Kanim, by the way. Anyway, she is definitely a toughie. She isn't afraid of breaking noses to protect herself and the things she has. She loves her friends to the point that they are her weaknesses (like Percy Jackson). She is wild as a vampire, but she also posses a very strong will to not drink human blood as a vampire. Oh, animal blood doesn't work. And she was surrounded by tons of humans. Humans that are very religious. But that doesn't matter. Actually, it does. Zeke is one of those religious nuts. Still, he is adorable, which makes up for nearly everything.
Zeke, Allison's love interest, is a religious nut. Not as much as a nut like his foster father and not as nutty as Dorothy (long story) or Sarren (another long story) or Jackal (another long story). At least, this is one guy who is cute. And Allison's love interest.
And Kanim doesn't count as a love interest. I wish that too, but no. Then again, if he was, he would be Edward Cullen-ish. He is at least 100+ years older than Allison. And we don't even know his true age. But that doesn't matter. The guy is so full of sadness that I' surprised he didn't off himself by the end of this book. But he is crucial to the vampire species arc.
The Immortal Rules is a 400+ pages book. I really enjoyed it even though it was so long. Kagawa uses her story-weaving skills so well that I had to finish it off in one sitting. It is a great story of action and the vampire-ish future. It is as good as The Iron King but with less romantic heat and more exposition. Kagawa does a lot of world building. It isn't as terrible as it sounds, guys. She makes it fun. Like The Iron Fey series fun. Though there is no Puck here. Or Ash. Or Grim the cat. ("I'm a cat.") Gosh, I can't believe I miss them so much.
Rating: Five out of Five
I won a copy from Goodreads First Reads.
"Abandoned by his
father, Danny Roberts struggles to find his way through the confusion of
adolescence and developing sexuality. Danny finds comfort in the words
of Dave, the man that becomes his mentor and discovers true love in the
green eyes of Sarah but not every story has a happy ending and the
citizens of Fatherless may have to wait a generation for their freedom."
Boys of the Fatherless is surprisingly more boring than I thought it would be. Its plot may be quick, but the story is way too boring. Even the main character is too boring. You think there would be a bit more action, but there isn't a lot.
It took me awhile to finish that book of 100+ pages. Other than being filled with errors, the plot of Boys of the Fatherless is a bit dry. Honestly, the author could improve, but he needs a bit more excitement, a lot more tension, better character building, and some editing. Scratch that. A lot of editing before it met publication. And a more fat. The book is all bones and blood, nothing else. It needs flesh, something I can chew. I'm not a damn dog who bites bones. Nah. I prefer a bit more meat. Tasty ones.
(That was a metaphor, in case you can't see it).
Oh, this is a bit boring to some of you. This review, I mean. I"ll try to make this work.
The main character, Danny is a bit annoying. Okay, that is me being nice. Yes, his sexuality is developing and there were some moments of creepiness in the book, but mostly, he talked about girls, his future (or lack of one), the government (not the United States), and his life. His development is a bit irritating, like I said before. It is so slow. Snail's pace. Like snail mail. And he ages so quickly in a 100+ pages book. Like Peter Pan, he still remains confused at twenty-two. He still grows physically but slowly mentally. Oh, and he is a douche. Just a douche. Plus, he might be a psychopath. For sure, he is an unreliable character like Patrick Bateman.
Let's see. What else have I forgotten?
I'll admit the ending isn't bad. It just made Danny into a douche. He became someone he didn't expect to become. His father. The wailing of his wife, Sarah, is unnecessary. And ridiculous. The ending is surprising, yes, but Danny had it in him all along. Sorry, I can't really say anything because spoilers. I hate giving away anything crazy or big. Small details? Well, that is okay. But the POV of the last chapter/the ending/resolution is confusing. Was it out of body experience? Or was it simply third person POV?
Rating: One out of Five
"When sixteen-year-old
Kyra Agnew wakes up behind a Dumpster at the Gas ’n’ Sip, she has no
memory of how she got there. With a terrible headache and a major case
of déjà vu, she heads home only to discover that five years have passed .
. . yet she hasn’t aged a day.
Everything else about Kyra’s old
life is different. Her parents are divorced, her boyfriend, Austin, is
in college and dating her best friend, and her dad has changed from an
uptight neat-freak to a drunken conspiracy theorist who blames her
five-year disappearance on little green men.
Confused and lost,
Kyra isn’t sure how to move forward unless she uncovers the truth. With
Austin gone, she turns to Tyler, Austin’s annoying kid brother, who is
now seventeen and who she has a sudden undeniable attraction to. As
Tyler and Kyra retrace her steps from the fateful night of her
disappearance, they discover strange phenomena that no one can explain,
and they begin to wonder if Kyra’s father is not as crazy as he seems.
There are others like her who have been taken . . . and returned. Kyra
races to find an explanation and reclaim the life she once had, but what
if the life she wants back is not her own?"
Aliens again? I'll tell you that The Taking is nothing like I Am Number Four or any of those other alien books.
Anyway. I suggest you think of The Taking more like Fantastic Four. Or superhero slash alien kind of thing. Obviously, it is indeed a bit complicated unless you read the book. Derting is really good at explaining things. I remember reading The Body Finder. Very creepy, but very good. Unfortunately, I haven't read the second book, but that isn't the point here.
Complicated doesn't cover it.
Kyra is a young girl. At sixteen, she was kidnapped or Taken. Then she was returned. After five years. Now a lot of things can change in five years. Kids grow up. People fall in love. People fall out of love. Parents get divorced. Teens become mature. Someone dies. Someone is born. And we, along with time, change. For better or worse. But Kyra is an exception. After five years, she is still sixteen. She is still the same girl when she was returned. Both mentally and physically. She didn't age. She didn't grow old. And all of this creepiness was thanks to aliens.
But she has changed. That is why I mentioned the Fantastic Four. Just think of the mutating cloud as aliens and them you might see Kyra as the Fantastic Four.
Still not helping?
Well, it is indeed complicated.
The Taking is an excellent story. I love the MIB (Men in Black) or as they call themselves, NSA (National Security Agency). The touch of aliens and little green men is interesting. It is such a shame that MIB are the enemies. However, the alien might (notice the verb) be the allies. Might.
The story goes by quickly. I went through the entire book quickly. Needless to say I did enjoy the book. Even the moments with Kyra's ex-boyfriend's little brother are adorable.
Did I just made her sound like a cougar? Whoops. Oh, well.
Derting writes the story very well. She doesn't switch POVs. She doesn't pull off anything terrible. In fact, The Taking is a safe book. Even though it is full of aliens. And it is absolutely fun. Overall, I really enjoyed The Taking. I think there is great potential, not to mention a great story behind it all. There is so much informaiton that Derting has yet to reveal. So am I reading the sequel? If I can get my hands on it.
Rating: Four out of Five
"Desi Bascomb is a princess substitute prodigy--she's the fastest employee ever to advance to level three in the Facade Agency, and the youngest to ever be a full-time sub. But now with all eyes on Desi, the only thing she wants is a moment alone to talk to Reed, who's a Facade legacy and secretly a sub for princes As Desi trains for her new role, she spies more than a few cracks in Facade's perfect appearance. But uncovering the agency's dark past might require more than a princess sub can handle by herself. Desi is no damsel in distress, but sometimes a girl needs a knight in shining armor."
The book isn't what you think it is to be. Farewell to Charms is surprisingly delightful after all those many twists and turns. Desi, as usual, is amazing and hilarious while her Prince Charming remains mysterious as ever. Still, it is a wonderful story for most young readers. I guess their age to be from young preteen (twelve) to older teens (sixteen). Really, there is no age range or restriction when it comes to reading books, but those ranges above are only a suggestion.
But it is still funny. Even though Prince Charming remains mysterious. By the end of Farewell to Charms, the author pulls the best plot twist of the trilogy. I will give you one hint. Just the tiniest hint: "Nothing ever really ends." I remember that line from Swan Song of Supernatural. Chuck (God) was awesome as a character of the Supernatural.
Okay. Okay. Okay. Enough fangirl-ing.
Fourteen year old Desi is mature for her young and tender age. (And I still think she is way too young to have a boyfriend, but that isn't very important right now. It is just a thought). Her moral code isn't twisted or corrupted like the rest of the group, and she does not value eye shadow over what is right. Girls, we do have to admit that the blue eyeshadow looks good in the box, but never on the eye, right? Oh, my goodness. I'm turning vain!
Okay, I'll stop now.
The Prince Charming is a very confusing character. The author does an excellent job of throwing me off the scent and sending good red herrings. Yeah, I got off-traced. Can you believe it? Anyway, he is as classy as most Prince Charmings from Disney movies, and according to Desi, he is very cute. And I do have a soft spot for adorable boys like most girls. Remember, they are just like puppies. Only they don't drool (unless you got unlucky) and they don't yap as much (unless you got very unlucky).
The storyline is very entertaining. I love how Desi figures out everything. And I do, of course, love the fairy tale ending. Oh, yes. It is a "Happily Ever After" ending for Desi, Meredith, Desi's friend, and Desi's adorable Prince Charming.
(Oh, I should also mention that I forgot Prince Charming's real name. That is why I insist on calling him "Prince Charming." His real name is Reed).
After all this time, it is time for me to say farewell to this series/trilogy. And every moment is indeed magical as Facade.
Rating: Four out of Five
