Where do I start this review? For starters I need to say that for this being a debut novel it didn’t feel like it. This book was so well written. It was like a shark that sunk its teeth in me and never let go until the heartbreaking conclusion.
Nikki vanished for 6 months, but now she has returned. She was in the underworld known as the Everneath. Time works differently there. What was 6 months here was a century there. She went to the Everneath willingly as a forfeit for Cole an Everliving. Somehow she escapes and she now has 6 months to say her goodbyes before the Everneath comes and claims her forever. She longs to connect with her old boyfriend Jack but Cole decides to follow her and make her 6 months a little bit more complicated.
This story is told from alternating between the past and the present. I initially didn’t think I would like the story being told this way, but I found that it actually made the telling of the story that much better. The mythology this was based on really helped make this story but yet it shines as its own story to tell. I pretty much gulped this up in one sitting. The characters were very relatable and I felt for all of them. The world building was wonderfully done. Like I said in the beginning it’s hard to believe that this is a debut novel. Brodi Ashton really wrote a wonderful story. From the very first pages I could tell that this was going to become one of my favorite reads and it did not disappoint. Now I am impatiently waiting for the next book in the series to come out so I can join this world and characters again.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Book Review-Life Eternal by Yvonne Woon
Let me start off by saying I really didn’t know what to expect when I started reading Life Eternal the second book in the Dead Beautiful series. Dead Beautiful was such a great read I tried not to let my expectations for Life Eternal to get too high, but I had nothing to worry about this book far exceeded any expectations I could have had. If you haven’t read Dead Beautiful please don’t read any further because there will be spoilers for the 1st book.
Life Eternal starts off a few months after the events that happened in Dead Beautiful. Renee Winters feels likes she has changed she looks older and is having dreams or visions she isn’t sure which. The condition has everyone a little baffled, but Renee can never tell anyone what really happened. Her undead boyfriend Dante brought her back to life Last May. Renee heads to a different school in Canada instead of Gottfried Academy. While there she misses Dante more than she ever thought she could, but she knows Dante doesn’t have much time left unless she can figure a way to change things. Renee learns about the Nine Sisters and a secret that may be the answer her and Dante have been hoping for.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was very engrossing and kept me interested till the last page. Yvonne Woon has created a very believable world with characters I love. In Life Eternal we meet a new group of characters and they add to the story. The only complaints I have about this story is that we don’t see enough of Dante and Renee’s insistent whining through the first half of the book made me want to reach through the pages and smack some sense into her. I also began feeling really bad for Dante because Renee is so quick to think the worse of him. My other complaint is how Yvonne Woon ends these books in this series. The cliffhangers are enough to drive me crazy. How can you end a book like that Grrrr. Now I have to wait till the 3rd book comes out and I am definitely counting down to see how Renee and Dante’s journey continues. I want to thank Disney-Hyperion and Netgalley for allowing me to receive an ARC of this book and the privilege to read and review it.
Life Eternal starts off a few months after the events that happened in Dead Beautiful. Renee Winters feels likes she has changed she looks older and is having dreams or visions she isn’t sure which. The condition has everyone a little baffled, but Renee can never tell anyone what really happened. Her undead boyfriend Dante brought her back to life Last May. Renee heads to a different school in Canada instead of Gottfried Academy. While there she misses Dante more than she ever thought she could, but she knows Dante doesn’t have much time left unless she can figure a way to change things. Renee learns about the Nine Sisters and a secret that may be the answer her and Dante have been hoping for.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was very engrossing and kept me interested till the last page. Yvonne Woon has created a very believable world with characters I love. In Life Eternal we meet a new group of characters and they add to the story. The only complaints I have about this story is that we don’t see enough of Dante and Renee’s insistent whining through the first half of the book made me want to reach through the pages and smack some sense into her. I also began feeling really bad for Dante because Renee is so quick to think the worse of him. My other complaint is how Yvonne Woon ends these books in this series. The cliffhangers are enough to drive me crazy. How can you end a book like that Grrrr. Now I have to wait till the 3rd book comes out and I am definitely counting down to see how Renee and Dante’s journey continues. I want to thank Disney-Hyperion and Netgalley for allowing me to receive an ARC of this book and the privilege to read and review it.
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