"Can Evie convince her rival loves to work together? Their survival depends on it in this third book of #1 New York Times bestselling author Kresley Cole’s Arcana Chronicles, a nonstop action tale of rescue, redemption, and a revenge most wicked.
Heartbreaking decisions
Evie was almost seduced by the life of comfort that Death offered her—until Jack was threatened by two of the most horrific Arcana, the Lovers. She will do anything to save him, even escape Death’s uncanny prison, full of beautiful objects, material comforts…and stolen glances from a former love.
Uncertain victory
Despite leaving a part of her heart behind with Death, Evie sets out into a perilous post-apocalyptic wasteland to meet up with her allies and launch an attack on the Lovers. Such formidable enemies require a battle plan, and the only way to kill them may mean Evie, Jack, and Death allying. Evie doesn’t know what will prove more impossible: surviving slavers, plague, Bagmen and other Arcana—or convincing Jack and Death to work together.
Two heroes returned
There’s a thin line between love and hate, and Evie just doesn’t know where she stands with either Jack or Death. Will this unlikely trio be able to defeat The Lovers without killing one another first...?"
"Evie has her full powers as the Tarot Empress, and Jack was there to see it all. Teens reincarnated as the Tarot are in the throes of an epic battle for mankind. She must trust new allies against other Arcana, Bagmen zombies, post-apocalyptic storms, and cannibals. But she's also drawn to Death, the Endless Knight, who shares history with the Empress. She can't remember; he can't forget."
Oh my goodness, this is gooooood. It's evoking a whole bunch of emotions. Emotions I can't and can name. Happiness, joy, and a whole lot of anger. Oh, how I love Poison Princess, the book before this one. It was awesome how Evie rose from weak to powerful. And terrifying to see it.
But I definitely love Endless Knight. It seems that Kresley Cole, the author, still has some tricks up her sleeve. Tricks like hidden cars and all that stuff. Anyway, if you hadn't read Poison Princess, I suggest you read it because it is so heart thrilling. When you read Endless Knight, you'll want to kill that same guy you were fawning over.
Seriously. It's so hilarious despite us, the readers, hating and hating the Cajun. There's this little feeling in my stomach when a good moment like when Death and Empress coze up. Jack and Empress? Screw it. It's no longer there, unless Death dies. But it seems like there's a fat chance of Jack dying instead. He's been taken by the Lovers.
Let's see who's dead:
-Justice (Spite), dead
-The Alchemist (Arthur), dead
-Temperance, dead
-Hierophant, dead
-The Devil, dead
-The Star, dead
If you didn't notice, I put 'dead' after their names, because I'm pretty sure some people wouldn't read the title of the list. Anyway, the Alchemist and Temperance were dead in Poison Princess. Justice was killed early in the game, probably by Mr. Reaper himself. So the number of kills in Endless Knight has totally been upped. Guess who killed most of these guys? Death, of course. Evie killed one.
Some names were discovered, but I'm not going to mention them because there's twenty-two players of the Major Arcana and it's impossible to name almost all of them without making you guys bored. You have to admit it. The dead list is kind of interesting, right?
The plot and storyline was crazy. One second Evie was trying to get help from other players, the next she was running away from the Reaper. And the history between the Empress and Death was swoon-worthy. It's kind of tragic like Romeo and Juliet (dang it, I revealed too much). Anyway, everything is revealed in the end. And Evie's character changes only a little, but just enough to raise a few eyebrows. Especially those blond eyebrows of Lord Death.
The romance between Death and Evie (Empress, in case you haven't notice) is much more steam and strong than Jack and Evie. I love watching them chase each other (Evie and Mr. Death. They are so adorable and so well suited. It's much better than Jack. This kitty approves. One warning: There's a lot of bad language/inappropriate stuff. Also, Lord Death is in his twenties while Evie is only sixteen/seventeen.
And the ending? I don't like the way the author throws in the I-love-Jack plot. It feels quite awkward and weird. But there was a lot of buildup on the plot, so I guess I was simply ignoring it all because of how much I liked Lord Death.
Totally reading this book over and over again. I just wish I have a hardcover copy. Only an ecopy. :(
Rating: Four out of Five
"She could save the world—or destroy it.
Sixteen year old Evangeline “Evie” Greene leads a charmed life, until she begins experiencing horrifying hallucinations. When an apocalyptic event decimates her Louisiana hometown, Evie realizes her hallucinations were actually visions of the future—and they’re still happening. Fighting for her life and desperate for answers, she must turn to her wrong-side-of-the-bayou classmate: Jack Deveaux.
But she can’t do either alone.
With his mile-long rap sheet, wicked grin, and bad attitude, Jack is like no boy Evie has ever known. Even though he once scorned her and everything she represented, he agrees to protect Evie on her quest. She knows she can’t totally depend on Jack. If he ever cast that wicked grin her way, could she possibly resist him?
Who can Evie trust?
As Jack and Evie race to find the source of her visions, they meet others who have gotten the same call. An ancient prophesy is being played out, and Evie is not the only one with special powers. A group of twenty-two teens has been chosen to reenact the ultimate battle between good and evil. But it’s not always clear who is on which side…."
Warning: Tarot cards are involved.
The Major Arcana and their real names:
- The Fool: Matthew
- The Magician: Finn
- The High Priestess: Unknown
- The Empress: Evie
- The Emperor: Unknown
- The Hierophant: Unknown
- The Lovers: Unknown
- The Chariot: Unknown
- Strength: Unknown
- The Hermit: Arthur*
- Wheel of Fortune: Unknown
- Justice: Unknown
- The Hanged Man: Unknown
- Death: Unknown
- Temperance: Calanthe*
- The Devil: Ogen
- The Tower: Joules
- The Star: Unknown
- The Moon: Selena
- Judgement: Gabriel
- The Sun: Unknown
- World: Unknown
*Deceased
Poison Princess is an amazing book. I really liked it, but will advise readers to wait until the second book is out. Then you don't have to be tortured by the ending like me. (See, I do care for you.) Poison Princess is recommended to children (thirteen years old) and up. There isn't much of inappropriate happenings, but it almost happened. There's a lot of mentions of kissing, hugging, wanting, lust, longing, etc. So parents, you guys might have to step the age up one level or two.
With a twisty plot, Poison Princess is entertaining and a ride through the rough, the heavy, the dirty, and the worse experience ever. The writing is attractive and addicting. Set in the distant future (A.F. aka after a flash/solar flare changed the entire world), Poison Princess is an interesting twist for fans who love witches/tarot cards, paranormal books, zombies, and creepy end of the worlds.
The ending is surprising. I truly didn't think that that was going to happen in the end. The ending is amazing and stunning. I had to reread the ending to make sure that the ending is really the ending.
Told from two POVs (Evie's and Arthur's), Poison Princess is entertaining with Arthur's disgusting scientific fascination with dangerous poisons and Evie's innocent good girl personality. Evie's POV dominates Arthur's POV whose POV only takes over a little more than three chapters of the entire book.
Characters:
Arthur is gross. Every time I read his narrating of a chapter, I always want to puke and always think of some of the serial killers in Criminal Minds. He's mostly driven by cold logic and an insane thinking of scientific "research." He's the classic Bluebeard, but without the wives and bloody murders. Oh, remember that Bluebeard had that one room full of his victims? Well, you don't want to know what's in his dungeon.
Evie, a better character compared to Arthur. She's a normal teenager, if you ignore the fact that she's been in therapy for her crazy dreams/nightmares. She has been on drugs and medications after deemed crazy/insane by her mother because she hears these voices. Evie is a little too slow for my taste. There were times where I wanted to scream "OMG The answer is right there" at here. I like Evie a lot more towards the end of Poison Princess, especially the part involving Arthur and his dungeon.
Rating: Four out of Five
