Blood Promise

Blood Promise Plot Summary

NO! No no no... we did so well, we got past that halfway point with the first three books just to be knocked down at four.  The first three books were so good and this one was just meh.  Not necessarily bad but just eh.  Toward the end things improved but overall I was unhappy with this book.  It was very slow and overall boring.  Compulsion makes everything more boring, everyone just rolls over and takes it without a fight so lame.  I understand why this was supposed to be interesting with the hunt for our lost love and bringing him to justice or whatever but ugg.  Watching a strong character (physically not so much morally) turn into a drooling addict just sucks.  She gets past her problems by sheer will power and  a little trickery which is impressive and takes care of business briefly which I totally liked.  Unfortunately, afterwards someone dangled hope in front of her and after that, you just know how the next book is gonna go.  I'm hoping the next will be better, but I forsee issues from here.

Rating ~4

Shadow Kiss

Shadow Kiss Plot Summary

Another good book finished and the action continues to get better.  I really liked this book they are definitely getting better as we go, and I'm glad to see that the series overcame the typical half way terrible book.  Granted, I don't know if the series is done or not but I'm glad to see that the story is progressing well.  We see a lot of the good stuff starting with more fighting and training but between everyone this time, the guardians and their charges.  We see the major development of magic all over campus and the slowly changing perceptions that go with it.  Unfortunately, all the magic seems to make the main character extremely whiney the majority of the book.  She gets pretty dark and full of teen angst but, it gets better toward the end.  There are also some interesting developments with dear Rose, her visions are pretty interesting, turns out not only the moiri have powers after all.  Finally, our star-crossed lover's story comes to a peak while taking a drastic left turn.  It's a rough few month for poor Rose.  The politics follows suit with the rest of the book, I like the way things are turning even if the politics of it all is ridiculous.  I'm not usually one to notice such things but this one I see.  If you can get past that then this book is totally worth the time!

Rating~1

Frostbite

Frostbite Plot Summary

As promised another review is rolling out.  I finished this one a few days ago and I am just now getting to the review.  This book did a much better job keeping me interested than the first book.  Not that the first book wasn't interesting but I liked this one better.

They kicked the action up in this book compared to the previous book, by like a lot, and I think that was why I liked it so much better than the first.  The ending was sad but much more interesting to a lot of magic and beatings and testosterone.  The action is not the only thing that got kicked up a notch.  The forbidden love story from the first book continues to develop in this book as well.  The majority of the time it seems more like a war between the body and the mind between the two characters, sexual tension and forbidden temptation are hard to overcome especially at 17.  I forget how intense first loves are when you are in high school and hormones are raging and everything is ridiculously important to you.  This story is a little different than a normal teen's story considering the circumstances but, not really, all the typical pining and whining is there.  The spelling/grammar mistakes are much improved, it only happened once or twice this book.  A step up from the first book in a lot of ways.

Rating~1