Review #15: Iron Traitor

 

Title: The Iron Traitor

Author: Julie Kagawa
Series: Call of the Forgotten #2
Released Date: October 29, 2013
Type: Romance, Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Young Adult, Adventure

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In the real world, when you vanish into thin air for a week, people tend to notice. 

After his unexpected journey into the lands of the fey, Ethan Chase just wants to get back to normal. Well, as "normal" as you can be when you see faeries every day of your life. Suddenly the former loner with the bad reputation has someone to try for-his girlfriend, Kenzie. Never mind that he's forbidden to see her again. 

But when your name is Ethan Chase and your sister is one of the most powerful faeries in the Nevernever, "normal" simply isn't to be. For Ethan's nephew, Keirran, is missing, and may be on the verge of doing something unthinkable in the name of saving his own love. Something that will fracture the human and faery worlds forever, and give rise to the dangerous fey known as the Forgotten. As Ethan's and Keirran's fates entwine and Keirran slips further into darkness, Ethan's next choice may decide the fate of them all.

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Not in the MOOD!!!!.

I don't what's wrong, boredom? hungry? I don't know but when I read this it was kind of a downer for me. I really liked the first book though, but this time...No idea what's wrong, maybe its Keirran and his hard-headed stubborn ways, sucky moments, really-want-to-reach-in-and-strangle-you moments or something, but the time I reached the middle part, it kind of got redundant and meh-ish. But fortunately, it got interesting again by the end. But never did I expect for THAT to happen so soon int he series. I really expected for that to happen by the next book or something, not this soon. 

Maybe, the author has bigger plans for Ethan and the others or something  but for in my opinion, its kind of going too fast for my taste. 

Rate:

Sadly 3/5 (but the Nekos' are kawaii right?? ^@^)

Review #7: The Eternity Cure

Title: The Eternity Cure
Author: Julie Kagawa
Series: The Immortal Rules #2
Released Date: April 23, 2013
Type: Romance, Young Adult, Dystopia, Vampires, Urban Fantasy

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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.


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First, let me just say that this is the best vampire novel I've read yet, until the next book of this series that is. It's like reading instead of watching a movie. The scenes are so...how do I say this...visually stimulating when read that its very easy to picture the place, the sights, sounds and such...as if you were really there.

For starters, it was a another wonderful novel by one of my favorite authors; another masterpiece I would say. What surprised me in this was Jackal's co-role in Allie's quest. Yes, it was hinted back at The Immortal Rules that he'd be making another appearance in the next book, but I just didn't expect him to be the good guy here, obnoxious and irritating, yes, but still after seeing him in Old Chicago? Never saw that one coming. I thought then that Allie would meet with her blood brother, maybe do the slicing and dicing and you-killed-my-friends / you-destroyed-my-city and blah blah blah crap. But I really didn't expect them to team up, even for a little while. I guess that's Ms. Kagawa for you, putting twists here and there when you least expect it.

Anyway, here it seems that a few months has passed, with Allie travelling and meeting with her blood brother. And another familiar character comes back from paradise; though at first, his true purpose for being there was a mystery expect for my speculation that he came back for "the one that got away", but as the story progressed on, his true meaning for being there in the first place became clear, unraveling facts that could make or break their relationship. Would've liked to have a bit more cozy scenes for them without Jackal interrupting at the most crucial moment!!.. Argh!! =)

There was a really great flow to the story; where betrayal, hurt, determination, the will to live and not give up and a bit of convincing one very wary little vampire reigned. Oh, and a good development too with the new type of rabids in the city. Though, I had never thought that crazy, claw-you-eyes-out zombies were scary. It just shows that the author has a very very creative imagination. Obviously. 

The villain, evil mastermind in the story...He can go shit himself to hell for all I care!! Argh!!!.. That guy really gets on my nerves, especially with the way he speaks, laughs and acts even. And the fact that no one can successfully chop his head off. Well, I know that with the end of him, perhaps the story ends as well, but really... He's a scary freakin crazy bastard.

At the same time, I love and hate the most emotional scene here. When there was hope at the end, in sights, only a bit in you grasp, someone takes it away from you so tragically and suddenly, it leaves your head spinning. That's what happened. Allie's light, her "only good thing" in this god forsaken world, was taken away, betrayed by the one who she had thought a friend. Someone who's main purpose was revealed yet still vague to me when he died in the end. (Stupid prick if a bastard!! -_- ) 

When he was tortured by the bat-shit crazy vampire, I cried along with Allie, carried away I guess, by the how well the words flowed with intense emotion. It was so easy to see him, there bleeding and in agony, loyalty holding him, keeping him strong despite the pain being inflicted upon him. The bastard was sick enough to record it all, to leave it as a message for Allie. It just broke my heart, just broke, when she started to cry. 

Being an emotional female right now, I somehow felt the gut-wrenching pain, or maybe a fraction of it, rip through me. Maybe its me right now, being emotional this way, but this part affected me most of all. Curse you hormones!!! Lol @.@

All in all, another vampire/resident-evilly/post-apocalyptic masterpiece!! :) 

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Rate: 5/5

Review #6: Last Kiss Goodnight

Title: Last Kiss Goodnight
Author: Gena Showalter
Series: Otherworld Assasins #1
Released Date: December 26, 2012
Type: Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, Adult, Aliens, Magic, Shapeshifters

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The breathtaking first novel in New York Times best selling author Gena Showalter’s new paranormal romance series, Otherworld Assassins, featuring a black ops agent who is captured and enslaved…and the beautiful deaf girl who holds the key to his salvation…

THE SWEETEST TEMPTATION…

Black ops agent Solomon Judah awakens caged and bound in a twisted zoo where otherworlders are the main attraction. Vika Lukas, the owner’s daughter, is tasked with Solo’s care and feeding. The monster inside him yearns to kill her on sight, even though she holds the key to his escape. But the human side of him realizes the beautiful deaf girl is more than she seems—she’s his.

THE ULTIMATE PRICE…

Vika endures the captives’ taunts and loathing, hoping to keep them alive even if she can’t free them. Only, Solo is different—he protects her. But as hostility turns to forbidden romance, his feelings for her will be used against him…and he’ll be put to a killer test.


*****

Again, Gena Showalter hadn't disappointed. This one was a bit twisted, nice in a few ways and shows what human(or humanoid species in the case)  were capable in dire, dire, times like being caged and showcased and used in a circus just because they're different. Vika's father I really wanted to kick and behead and give him some self-deserved ass-kicking that I'm sure would be ten-times worse than what he'd done to Vika, Audry and all the others who suffered in his care. 

Love this one because its detailed in the gorey scenes that I could easily picture it in my mind. Like zombie-apocalypse-gore + hard-core warriors = one memorable(if not tummy curdling) book.

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Now, what to say about this one... hmmm...


Well, first off, I felt really sorry and kind of feel for Vika. Not that I myself was abused like her, but her pain.. I don't know, just jump from the pages for me and kind of...you know. Anyway, I commend her spirit in the face of her (twisted) father's kind of "love." Vika's deafness was a spell I think, or was it? Becasue it was after her father died that she could finally hear, or was that because of Solo sharing-thing?

Anyway, love Solo's intense-ness and his total warrior mode. He's a great guy, just rough around the edges. He's unconciously holding imself back from the world, from people, so that he couldn't hurt them if he got into a rage. Yes, he kept saying that he didn't care for the things he's done in the past, the "clean-ups" he'd have to do in his job, but that just made him what he is in the book and learned to come to love Vika. That part of him(besides Dr. E's attempts) was one of the things I really appreciated in this book. 

Let me say that this book is way different from Ms. Showalter's previous works. Its so dark, edgy and twisted that I now crave more. The guys or warriors finding peace, and light from their mates is a common enough scene in her books and I'm such a sucker for happy-endings. But still, the names these aliens in the book take are ridiculous for one. Okay, some funny and some that's so unusual, it's like a new word...

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