Book Description Review “Frost’s second Night Rebel title is a fierce and satisfying sequel, brilliantly fleshing out two vibrant characters in ways that feature their surface power and irreverent attitudes but also spotlight the internal courage and nobility which make them perfect for each other. The hurtling plot and outstanding worldbuilding frame a poignant, character-driven romance that explores unconditional love and self-acceptance… A breathtaking paranormal romance.” (Kirkus Reviews (starred review))”Frost’s utterly enjoyable second Night Rebel novel delivers all the sizzle, sass, and suspense that make this paranormal world such a thrill… Amid fierce battles of wits, weapons, and magic, Frost highlights her characters’ courage, growing self-acceptance, and unshakable love for one another… This pulse-quickening romance succeeds on every level.” (Publishers Weekly (starred review)) Read more About the Author Jeaniene Frost is the New York Times, USA Today, and international bestselling author of the Night Huntress series and the Night Huntress World novels. To date, foreign rights for her novels have sold to nineteen different countries. Jeaniene lives in North Carolina with her husband Matthew, who long ago accepted that she rarely cooks and always sleeps in on the weekends. Aside from writing, Jeaniene enjoys reading, poetry, watching movies with her husband, exploring old cemeteries, spelunking and traveling—by car. Airplanes, children, and cookbooks frighten her. Read more Customers Review: This book started with a bang and ended with a kaboom! If you loved it like I did, you will have to wait impatiently for the next book. Not too many spoiler-y things I can say on this review but I will leave you with a couple of thoughts.1) When did Ian become so charming and delicious? He is sex on stick with a side of smart ass. More please!2) I’m dying to know more about Veritas/Ariel’s past. How about a prequel? Yes please!3) I can see future books on Ashael and Yohan. Excited!!4) I got a smexy tingle when I read about Phanes. Need a book with him stat!Other than that, read this book today. Play hooky if you need to or call in sick. Do it. Give yourself a day to enjoy this book. In fact, I’m about to re-read it again. 384 pages were too short when Jeanine Frost is the author!
My most anticipated read of the year and it didn’t meet my expectations… how sad is that? Shades of Wicked was just too good to live up to…Some SPOILERS ahead, proceed at your own risk***First of all, I loved the amnesia turnabout in book one but now I kinda wish Jeaniene Frost hadn’t used it and just let them continue their amazing chemistry without interrupting it.The magic was just gone. Veritas spilled everything pretty early on (I really thought she’d be more resistant) which made me think that the use of amnesia is plain lazy. What was the point it that? It didn’t add anything to the plot except that Ian and Veritas now had “new” hurdles to jump through (even though Ian remembered most of the details anyway). I was not a fan of this half thing they got going on – they partly had to start their relationship anew and partly not. The strong chemistry I felt got left behind somewhere back then when I first read SoW in January last year. After Ian suddenly got all his memories back, their chemistry should have been back to normal but I didn’t feel it, at all. And leaving out the amnesia part, they were basically back to their very first beginning as well – hunting down Dagon. Now that I think about it, book two is basically a recycled version of book one. Jeaniene Frost should have made SoW a standalone…Maybe it’s just me but I also didn’t like how emotional Veritas suddenly became in this installment. She didn’t act like someone who’s over a thousand years old.And can we talk about that ending? It was totally unnecessary to drag this out even longer, on top of that with a newly introduced character that came out of NOWHERE.There were good things too, of course, though I had to scrape really hard to find a few things… Overall, I did enjoy the book to a certain degree, even though I know it doesn’t seem that way, but this installment just can’t compare to the first.Ashael. I would love to read a book about him sometime. If Jeaniene Frost could make that happen, I’d be happy to buy it. Though he came off as a bit shady at first, I instantly took a liking to him.Ian. Well Ian, weirdly enough I don’t have much to say about him? Here I thought he was great as always but he kinda took a backseat in this installment. He’s still present throughout the whole book so that’s not what I mean but his usual mischievousness was missing (beginning excluded) and he got overshadowed somehow.Silver. The cutest winged “dog” ever lol.
This book lost all the spark and magic the first one did. I don’t know what happened to it. The first book the relationship between the two characters built and evolved. You got to peek under Ian’s nonchalant law breaking exterior. You got to see the zings and the tension between the law abiding Veritas and Ian’s apparent “couldn’t care less” attitude. The climax left you wanting moreThis book felt like it was hitting the check marks. Unknown sibling? Check! Long lost friend presumed dead? Check!Teenage emotion angst? Check! Story line that seems to be plodding along? Check! Rehashing the first book frequently? Check! Throw sex in to try to “live things up”? Check!Veritas came across as a very whiny teenage-y type character. What happened to the Centuries old tough law guardian that took no crap? The one that snuck mixed breeds/innocents from the council users? The courageous vampire who obviously fought many ghouls, vampires and demons seemed to have disappeared. The emotional growth the book had potential for flopped. She knew why she did what she did but then it was all angst and not the rational/logical vampire she is. Ian seems to have the sensitivity of a gnat and it turns around to blaming Veritas and she self blames as well for the reason why he was left. (Not going into to much depth to avoid spoilers) Ian then proceeds to whack Veritas over the head that she left him over and over thru out the book even though it is explained why and if the roles were reveresed. He also becomes very manipulative and treats her like a second class person. What happened to the equality and zing in the first book? Its almost sickening as well how Vertias gets treated and how she lets herself get treated. I feel bad saying it but I really struggled to read this book. I put it down numerous times while reading it and I still have not finished it. I usually can finish her books in a few hours and get fully immersed into the story and characters. I have almost all of her other books which I loved. I was unpleasantly surprised and dismayed at this one. |
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