Dreamless(Starcrossed #2)

Dreamless Summary:
Dreamless continues the story of Helen Hamilton, a shy girl living on Nantucket Island whose desire for an ordinary life was thwarted when she discovered she is a Scion, a descendant of a Greek god and a mortal. Each Scion has a power, and Helen’s is the ability to travel to Hades. Helen is determined to use her talent to stop a war amongst the gods and change her destiny, which is to live a life patterned after that of the tragic Helen of Troy. But her quest may cost her Lucas Delios, the boy she loves.

Dreamless Review:
Dreamless was a great book. I liked it better than the first because they book expands more onto the gods and the history of the some of the characters. Also a bunch of characters are introduced. A love triangle starts to form, which I think would have been annoying because so many of those exist, but it actually made the story better. Like every Greek story there is always a prophecy and hers, in a quick summary, is that when all the houses of scions are connected there will be a war. And with all the new characters you see how this is possible. It adds to all this tension and suspense that seems to be slowly dragging through the book making you waiting for the bomb at the end of the novel. Some of the most hated people are now people that are trusted and make huge sacrifices with the added pain of characters like Hector who can't even look at his family.

There is a lot more romance in this novel and you can't help but feel sad for Helena and Lucas because of them thinking they are cousins. If you weren't aware they were cousins read the first book again because they tell you in the first book, so you should read the first book. Also the gods play a much bigger part on this novel. Helen gets to totally kick butt in this book because she really can hold herself up against a god.

Also HADES is in this, and of course he's the only good god in this novel. You kinda already expected this. Persephone is not like in the Percy Jackson series and actually likes Hades and is positive about her situation. I liked to watch each of the characters struggle with their own demons and try to make something of themselves of what they should do. The end of course was a bomb; it wouldn’t be one of my favourite books if it didn’t have that. You will have fun reading this book but don't read it because you will not get it if you have not read the first book. The series is getting a lot more epicer and the next book will be the last in the series.

Starcrossed(Starcrossed #1)

Starcrossed Summary:
How do you defy destiny? Helen Hamilton has spent her entire sixteen years trying to hide how different she is—no easy task on an island as small and sheltered as Nantucket. And it's getting harder. Nightmares of a desperate desert journey have Helen waking parched, only to find her sheets damaged by dirt and dust. At school she's haunted by hallucinations of three women weeping tears of blood . . . and when Helen first crosses paths with Lucas Delos, she has no way of knowing they're destined to play the leading roles in a tragedy the Fates insist on repeating throughout history. As Helen unlocks the secrets of her ancestry, she realizes that some myths are more than just legend. But even demigod powers might not be enough to defy the forces that are both drawing her and Lucas together—and trying to tear them apart.

Starcrossed Review:
When I first started this book I was really confused at what was going in this book. The main characters suddenly hate each other and it was just weird. As the story progressed though it got a lot better and I fell in love with the characters. I don't think the story could have been anymore cooler.

This might be a spoiler: this book had a totally different way of looking at the book which I thought was really cool(Greek gods and Demi gods). I was a bit curious how only 4 of the gods were mentioned though. I was missing Hades. The gods unlike in the other series were pure evil and were meant to be trapped on Mount Olympus. The gods weren't playing a very big part of this novel.

I found it kinda creepy and interesting how the people in each line have the exact same face as the people they are named after and the god they are related to. The Fates are different because they are spirits that cry tears of blood and the furies are not better. The characters that we think of as weak suddenly turn out to be strong and make the decisions that could have ended up saving other people's lives. The idea that new scions (demigods) will repeat history like their predecessors. This means that Helen and Lucas will repeat the history that was the Trojan War. Helen's mom also makes a surprise appearance and that brings in some very serious results that were catastrophic. Lucas's cousin, Hector is just like Paris's brother back in Troy and seems to hate Helen for all she's worth, while Helen has to hide all this from her best friends. And some are starting to get suspicious so it adds suspense. The characters were different and you could feel the history between the characters. Overall the book was really good and I the other books are supposed to be even better.

The Eternity Cure (Blood of Eden #2)

The Eternity Cure Summary:
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.

The Eternity Cure Review:

After waiting months to read this book I had finally got a hand on this book. It was everything I expected from this author and I couldn't believe what I got it. This series is officially my third favourite series. The beginning was pretty slow but it was still pretty good. There is a huge time gape between the first and second book but it doesn't matter because the story starts during the time period of the book anyway so it’s fine. The main characters from the first book come back into The Eternity Cure and it gets really epic and the story just turns awesome.

Blood brother and sister Allie and Jackal become a lot closer, still ready to kill each other if they came to it, yet they still have each other’s backs. Almost all the characters seem to a show a more vulnerable side to them and Allie makes a lot of big decisions in this book that cause people lives to hang in the balance. Allie doesn't always realize what her actions will cause to happen so I feel sad about that.

There is a huge twist at the end of the book and I feel like ripping the book apart because of that and that fact there is this huge cliff hanger at the end of the book. I'm hoping that something good is going to happen because of that cliff-hanger to the character that was part of that cliff-hanger. Not spoiling anything for you people who haven't read it yet.

Allie turns into a monster at the end of the book and I'm happy about this because she might need this to succeed with one of the promises she made in the back and to fight back her demons that will follow her. I still want the old Allie back but I'm ready for this one. Jackal is his witty self as usual but less evil, which I kinda missed. He turns out to be really smart in this book and is a character that I love and hope to see more of. Kanin is definitely weaker in this novel and more aloof. He definitely goes through a serious weak point in The Eternity Cure. He is no longer the mentor from the previous book but he is still giving out lessons and wise beyond his years. Zeke is a lot tougher but he is still the sweetheart from the first book. You can definitely see a difference in him. All the characters are different and have grown. The characters will have definitely grown in the next book and I hope it will be even more epic. Going to have to wait so long for the next book its killing me. And no spoilers yet. Not even a cover.

The Immortal Rules (Blood of Eden #1)

The Immortal Rules Summary:
To survive in a ruined world, she must embrace the darkness….

Allison Sekemoto survives in the Fringe, the outermost circle of a walled-in city. By day, she and her crew scavenge for food. By night, any one of them could be eaten. Some days, all that drives Allie is her hatred of them—the vampires who keep humans as blood cattle. Until the night Allie herself dies and becomes one of the monsters. Forced to flee her city, Allie must pass for human as she joins a ragged group of pilgrims seeking a legend—a place that might have a cure for the disease that killed off most of civilization and created the rabids, the bloodthirsty creatures who threaten human and vampire alike. And soon Allie will have to decide what and who is worth dying for… again.

The Immortal Rules Review:
I heard of this series through the back of one of her Iron Fey books. This book shows that even in a world that is corrupted people are willing to die for each other and that everything comes with sacrifices and pain. I really feel in love with all the characters even the psychotic killers in this book because the characters all had a depth and people can relate to them. Probably don't believe me in that.

Sooo many books I've read have had female characters that are so weak and wouldn't be able to survive by themselves. Not including the books that I have reviewed. Allison can definitely survive by herself and acts sometimes like she doesn't have limits. She knows what she has to protect herself and is incredible strong to survive what she has gone through. She acts like she is all tough but under all the layers she has a heart that wants to be loved and can't face hurt. She says she doesn't want to be a vampire but when faced with the chance to live again she takes just like almost every other human being would do in her case. I like Julia Kagawa mixed her feelings with her hard exterior.

Zeke is like her polar opposite and they say opposites attract. He really is absolutely adorable and he's really tough at the same time. He's the glue that holds everybody together. And he, like all the other campers have already gone through so much and they still have to face so much more. I love all the kids in this book especially Caleb, they are all so innocent and loving and trusting. You don't want them to face this kind of pain ever. I even like Jackal because even if he's twisted, he's pretty epic you've gotta admit. And Kanin just has this air of coolness and I hope to see a lot more of him and Jackal in the next book. The end of this book is absolutely amazing and I was eagerly waiting for the second book to come out. I really wanted to see how this would play out.

Endure (Need #4)

Endure Summary:
It’s all-out war (and no-holds-barred romance) in the climactic conclusion to Carrie Jones’s bestselling series. Zara is at the center of an impending apocalypse. True, she’s successfully rescued Nick from Valhalla, but it simply isn’t enough. Evil pixies are ravaging Bedford, and they need much more than one great warrior; they need an army. Zara isn’t sure what her role is anymore. She’s not just fighting for her friends; she’s also a pixie queen. And to align her team of pixies with the humans she loves will be one of her greatest battles yet. Especially since she can’t even reconcile her growing feelings for her pixie king . . . Unexpected turns, surprising revelations, and one utterly satisfying romantic finale make Endure a thrilling end to this series of bestsellers.

Endure Review:
I think this book was absolutely amazing! It is one of my favourite books and one of the best books out there. I was captivated from start to finish and was so happy at the end. I felt like I was actually in the book and was waiting to see how the book would end. The plot was amazing and the action was definitely there. I felt that the book couldn`t have been better (in a good way) and was left hoping for a side novel to come out. I liked how the book started and ended because I felt it wasn`t cliché and was different from other books. I feel that all the other books were building up to this finale especially the third book and not in the normal way. Just that if you were reading in between the lines you would have figured this out, kinda like that.

I think that the cover was interesting and liked the title of the book because it suited the whole story of the fourth book and the series. This book felt emotional because of the characters and had many twists and turns that it was always interesting. Also, it was interesting that Carrie Jones tied in Norse Mythology into the book because that is very uncommon and how she put a spin on everything that we know. What I also loved was that she put a complete spin on Norse gods which was not expected and made it very different stories like Thor. Loki is pretty epic in this book, not saying if it's good or not. Extremely sad that this series is over and kinda wanted a bit of a different ending. But it was absolutely wonderful ending.