Release Date: April 30th, 2013
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Genre(s): YA Paranormal, Dystopia
Pages: 434
*2nd book of a series*
Summary (from Goodreads):
Allison Sekemoto has vowed to rescue her creator, Kanin, who
is being held hostage and tortured by the psychotic vampire Sarren. The call of
blood leads her back to the beginning—New Covington and the Fringe, and a
vampire prince who wants her dead yet may become her wary ally.
Even as Allie faces shocking revelations and heartbreak like she’s never known, a new strain of the Red Lung virus that decimated humanity is rising to threaten human and vampire alike.
~Spoilers are hidden- just highlight the page to see them!:)~
Review:
I. Am. Dead.
WHY! ARGHHHHH I HATE CLIFFHANGERS! FIRST THE MARK OF ATHENA AND NOW
THIS!!!!!!!!
DON'T THEY KNOW OUR FANGIRL HEARTS CANNOT TAKE ANYMORE
CLIFFHANGERS?!?!?!?!?!?!
But, seriously though, you should read it :D
What I love best about Julie Kagawa is her world building. It feels so real, and the best part is, she
doesn't shove the information down your throats. She actually builds her world with small
details and small insights to this terrible world Allie and her friends are
living in. It’s quite fascinating to
discover this world piece by piece.
The plot is excellent, as usual ;).
So much stuff happens in this book, and it’s almost impossible to even
hint at what happens without giving major spoilers away. The general idea is she’s journeying to
rescue her mentor, and after she does… well, that’s when things get REALLY
REALLY interesting. LIKE REALLY.
And the romance. *sigh* THE
ROMANCE!!! ARGGGH!! <spoiler>(it's a good arghh btw) ;) My poor- I mean
Allie's poor- Zeke!!</spoiler> No
insta love or love triangles here :)
Zeke is like the perfect guy; seriously, why can't we all have a Zeke in
our lives? He's loyal and totally nonjudgmental, andyet we also see he's not
entirely the perfect nice guy anymore. <spoiler> He's still reluctant to
kill people, but the experiences in the previous book have changed him (of
course!), and he has this new coldness/grudge... </spoiler> ( Which makes
him totally perfect, duh. ;))
I really loved the overall messages in the book. Though a lot of people will just pass it off
as just a vampire book, it's actually pretty deep. The author explores a lot of topics through
Allie's internal struggle to tamp down her inner monster, like sometimes you
have to choose, and even if it's a bad choice, what you do with the choice is
what really matters and shapes who you are.
Pretty deep stuff there.
I also liked all the subtle Christian messages within the story. It was
a nice touch, and it's one of the few 'future' books I've seen that doesn't
portray Christians as psycho maniacs who shove religion down people's throats. (Because seriously, 98% percent of us are
nice people. Really.)
And finally the character developments and relationship. WOW. JUST WOW. Every character here is as fleshed out as can
be. We see different sides of everyone ,
and I love how Julie Kagawa doesn't just portray the characters as black and
white people who do things just because they can. No, they all have motivations (twisted as
they are)<spoiler>(like a certain motivation led a certain character to
do the WORST POSSIBLE THING EVER AND IT KIND OF DIDN'T MAKE MUCH SENSE BUT
MAYBE KINDA WILL WHEN AND IF I EVER CALM DOWN ENOUGH TO PICK THE BOOK BACK UP
AGAIN)</spoiler> and hurts they want to avenge.
And just to put it out there, I thought the reluctant brother and
sister relationship between Allie and Jackal was kinda cute ;) Despite all he
did in the previous book, here he's kind of ... endearing? I'm not if that's
the right word, but he's funny and can be unexpectedly soft (no… I don't think
I'm going crazy... why do you ask?). Plus I need my funny to keep from going
completely depressed. But I digress. ;) <spoiler> Okay, so Jackal- no
James ;)-does sorta not really betray Allie here, but you can tell he does care
for Allie in that brotherly way. No? :D </spoiler> We see more of Kanin
here, and I love the teacher-student relationship they have. He's like the father/ mentor Allie never had,
even though he does insist he is not her teacher anymore.
So to end this review (more like a rant lol) READ THE BOOK
SERIOUSLY YOU WON'T REGRET READING ANYTHING BY JULIE KAGAWA.
and yes, that statement merited all caps.
Happy readings!~
Rating: 4 out of 5
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