Waiting on Wednesday (8)

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About~ Riley Bloom left her sister, Ever, in the world of the living and crossed the bridge into the afterlife—a place called Here, where time is always Now. Riley and her dog, Buttercup, have been reunited with her parents and are just settling into a nice, relaxing death when she's summoned before The Council. They let her in on a secret—the afterlife isn't just an eternity of leisure; Riley has to work. She's been assigned a job, Soul Catcher, and a teacher, Bodhi, a curious boy she can't quite figure out.

Riley, Bodhi, and Buttercup return to earth for her first assignment, a Radiant Boy who's been haunting a castle in England for centuries. Many Soul Catchers have tried to get him to cross the bridge and failed. But he's never met Riley...
(Description from Goodreads)

My Thoughts~ Since I love The Immortals series, I thought I would give this book a try. And it would be quite interesting to read from Riley’s point of view instead of Ever’s. Who knows, maybe we will get to see Ever in the book in some scene’s that had happen in The Immortals series. This book is sooo going on my TBR pile. Also check out the book trailer.

Review: Dark Flame by Alyson Noël

Warning: If you have not yet read the first 3 books in the Immortals series, this book description will contain spoilers.

About~ Ever is trying to help Haven make the transition into life as an immortal. But with Haven drunk on her new powers and acting recklessly, she poses the ultimate threat—exposing their secret world to the outside. But Ever’s struggle to keep the Immortals hidden only propels Haven closer to the enemy: Roman and his evil companions.

At the same time, Ever delves deeper into dark magick to free Damen from Roman’s power. But when her spell backfires, it binds her to the one guy who’s hell-bent on her destruction. Now there’s a strange, foreign pulse coursing through her, and no matter what she does, she can’t stop thinking about Roman—and longing for his touch. As she struggles to resist the fiery attraction threatening to consume her, Roman is more then willing to take advantage of her weakened state…and Ever edges closer and closer to surrender.

Frantic to break the spell before it’s too late, Ever turns to Jude for help, ricking everything she knows and loves to save herself—and her future with Damen…

Warning: This review will contain spoilers, so if you haven’t read the book, look away now.

My Review~ As much as I loved the last 3 books in this series, the forth book, Dark Flame, left me highly disappointed. The issues that Ever is dealing with, just keeps dragging on and on and on…

I felt like Ever was a broken record, every time Ramon was near or in front of her. Non-stop of how she just craves for his touch, his lips, blah, blah, blah…

I just wanted to grab Ever by the shoulders, shake her, and tell her to snap the hell out of it. If I had a dime for every time Ever describes how much she longs for Roman’s touch, I think I would be rich. And every time Ever went to The Book of Shadows to try to fix the spell she cast, I wanted to smack her. I could continue, but I think you get my point.

I think this book could have been made better. The characters were still great except for one who really got on my nerve (cough*Ever*cough). I also wish there was more of Haven in the book. I kept wondering how she’s coping with becoming an Immortal and if she really will get revenge on Ever for what she thinks she did to Roman at the end of the novel.

Speaking of what happen to Roman at the end of the novel, I am really mad at Jude. I can’t believe he killed Roman when Ever was thisclose to getting the antidote to the antidote. And since the very last chapter did not tell me much of anything that might happen next, I felt like we were left with a big cliffhanger. Add this book to your TBR pile, but not on top. Even though this book did kind of disappoint me, I’m still dying to read Night Star, which is the 5th and final book to The Immortals series.

Plot: ♥♥♥♥
Characters: ♥♥♥♥
Ending: ♥♥♥♥
Cover Art: ♥♥♥♥
Pages in Novel: 320
ISBN: 978-0-312-59097-0
Link to Buy Book: Borders, Amazon, Barnes & Noble
Other Books in the Series: Evermore, Blue Moon, Shadowland

Review: Shadowland by Alyson Noël

About~ Ever and Damen have traveled through countless past lives-and fought off the worlds darkest enemies-so they could be together forever. But just when their long-awaited destiny is finally within reach, a powerful curse falls upon Damen…one that could destroy everything. Now a single touch their hands or a soft brush of their lips could mean sudden death-plunging Damen into Shadowland. Desperate to break the curse and save Damen, Ever immerses herself in magick-and gets help from an unexpected source-a surfer named Jude.

Although she and Jude have only just met, he feels startlingly familiar. Despite her fierce loyalty to Damen, Ever is drawn to Jude, a green-eyed golden boy with magical talents and a mysterious past. She’s always believed Damen to be her soul mate and one true love-and she still believes it to be true. But as Damen pulls away to save them, Ever’s connection with Jude grows stronger-and tests her love for Damen like never before…

My Review~ I love this series. No I really mean I LOVE this series. I read the first two books last year in October and while the first book had some trouble holding my interest, the second book was easily devoured, just like how I devoured Shadowland, the third book in the immortals series.

In Shadowland, I felt like the story deepens with all the magic-magick?-and how the love interest with Damen and Ever grows, but there love is put to the test when Jude comes into the picture.

The main character, Ever, still has the same personality like she has in the first two novels, except that I feel like her confidence in herself has grown more stronger then before, and I’m proud of her for that. I’m glad she no longer questions herself why Damen would choose her over Drina. I was glad also glad she’s not giving up on finding the antidote to the antidote for she can be able to touch, hold, and kiss Damen again. And as cute as Roman sounds, he acts like such as jackass, I just want to punch him in the face and make him shut that dirty mouth of his. I sooo dislike him for doing what he did to Damen and Ever at the end of Blue Moon and I dislike Roman even more for what he did to Haven at the end of Shadowland. The choice he makes Ever choose from is so heartbreaking; you can’t help but feel like punching Roman in the face even harder…

On another note, I love the cover to the book. It’s so beautiful and I love the amulet that Ever’s holding. I wish I had one just like it. All in all, this was a very great book, and I hate the fact that I did not read this book sooner. You would love this book and you should put it on the top of your reading pile, and if you haven’t started reading The Immortals series, you should read the books ASAP.

Plot: ♥♥♥♥♥
Characters: ♥♥♥♥♥
Ending: ♥♥♥♥♥
Cover Art: ♥♥♥♥♥
Pages in Novel: 339
ISBN: 978-0-312-59044-4
Link to buy Book: Borders, Amazon, Barnes & Noble
Other books in the Series: Evermore, Blue Moon, Dark Flame

Teaser Tuesday: Dark Flames by Alyson Noël

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!



And despite everything I know about good and evil, right and wrong, immortals and rogues, I step forward. Taking one small step toward defeat, that’s quickly followed by another. And another. My gaze fixed on Roman-gorgeous, glorious Roman. He’s all I can see. All that I need.


~Page 86 from Shadowland by Alyson Noel