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adeselnaferreira's review
adventurous
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.5
haleyelisereads's review
5.0
I love this series. Oh how I freakin love this series! Innocent Darkness was an easy 5 star read for me...but Charmed Vengeance was even BETTER than Innocent Darkness..so I guess this one gets 5+ stars! Suzanne takes you back into the amazing world she has created and takes you on an even more crazy adventure than before!
So this is how Charmed Vengeance basically kicks off, Noli has just been heartbroken by V, and on top of that her grandfather has shown up and wants to take Noli and her mother back to Boston. Noli can't bear the thought of living in Boston and being paraded around in front of men to hopefully get a husband. So instead of going with them, she runs off with her brother, Jeff to be an engineer on his pirate airship the Vixen's Revenge. V has been summoned to complete his favor for the Queen which involves, breaking Noli's heart, and then finding the Queen amusement, he sets on this quest with his heart broken brother James. Then there is Kevighn who is dealing with being banished to the mortal world.
Yeah, ALOT is going on in Charmed Vengeance (and what I tell you above is just the tip of the iceberg).This book was more fast paced than book one, had a little more action, more adventure, just honestly had a little bit more of everything. After reading book two I am seriously dying to get my hands on book three in the series. Not just because the ending to two was seriously epic, but also because if book one was awesome...book two was even more awesome...than I can only hope and wish that book three is going to be EVEN BETTER (if that's possible)!
One of my favorite parts of this novel was some of the new characters added in, the main one being Jeff , Noli's brother. We get to meet him in Charmed Vengeance, and I adored him to bits. He is such a caring brother, and not only did I love him as a brother towards Noli, but just him as a character in general. I found him to be funny, sweet, caring, and I loved how he was all for his sister not being a lady and being a bad ass instead. Besides Jeff I also loved seeing development and learning more about the characters I already loved from Innocent Darkness. Charmed Vengeance has made me very excited to get to know the characters even more in the next installment.
I don't want to say too much in this review, mainly cause I don't want to give anything away. But if you have read Innocent Darkness, then you need to pick up Charmed Vengeance. This book was all around even better than book one and will leave you dying for book three. If you have yet to read the Aether series...well then wth are you doing here? GO PICK UP THIS SERIES!! It is hands down a new favorite of mine, Suzanne is an amazing author and I cannot wait to read book three in the series, and then to read every book she comes out with after that.
Check out more reviews, interviews, and giveaways over at my blog:
http://www.ya-aholic.com/
So this is how Charmed Vengeance basically kicks off, Noli has just been heartbroken by V, and on top of that her grandfather has shown up and wants to take Noli and her mother back to Boston. Noli can't bear the thought of living in Boston and being paraded around in front of men to hopefully get a husband. So instead of going with them, she runs off with her brother, Jeff to be an engineer on his pirate airship the Vixen's Revenge. V has been summoned to complete his favor for the Queen which involves, breaking Noli's heart, and then finding the Queen amusement, he sets on this quest with his heart broken brother James. Then there is Kevighn who is dealing with being banished to the mortal world.
Yeah, ALOT is going on in Charmed Vengeance (and what I tell you above is just the tip of the iceberg).This book was more fast paced than book one, had a little more action, more adventure, just honestly had a little bit more of everything. After reading book two I am seriously dying to get my hands on book three in the series. Not just because the ending to two was seriously epic, but also because if book one was awesome...book two was even more awesome...than I can only hope and wish that book three is going to be EVEN BETTER (if that's possible)!
One of my favorite parts of this novel was some of the new characters added in, the main one being Jeff , Noli's brother. We get to meet him in Charmed Vengeance, and I adored him to bits. He is such a caring brother, and not only did I love him as a brother towards Noli, but just him as a character in general. I found him to be funny, sweet, caring, and I loved how he was all for his sister not being a lady and being a bad ass instead. Besides Jeff I also loved seeing development and learning more about the characters I already loved from Innocent Darkness. Charmed Vengeance has made me very excited to get to know the characters even more in the next installment.
I don't want to say too much in this review, mainly cause I don't want to give anything away. But if you have read Innocent Darkness, then you need to pick up Charmed Vengeance. This book was all around even better than book one and will leave you dying for book three. If you have yet to read the Aether series...well then wth are you doing here? GO PICK UP THIS SERIES!! It is hands down a new favorite of mine, Suzanne is an amazing author and I cannot wait to read book three in the series, and then to read every book she comes out with after that.
Check out more reviews, interviews, and giveaways over at my blog:
http://www.ya-aholic.com/
heather4994's review
5.0
This is the second book in the Aether Chronicles Series and is definitely not a book that can be read as a stand alone. Just to let you know, there will be spoilers if you haven't read the first book.
Noli is having a hard time in this second book. The sprite inside her is taking over for periods of time and she can't remember anything while the sprite is in possession of her body. To make matters worse, V. is forced to break the sigil she wears that gives her the protection of his house, essentially breaking their understanding that they will marry. But Noli isn't the type to faint and die from things like this. Noli is the type to fight and trust that things will get better and she and V. will get back together. And she isn't going to wait for it to happen. I love how Noli fights against the sprite who likes fancy dresses and pretty shiny things, a big hindrance while Noli works on a big shiny engine on Jeff's airship. Sometimes the sprite and Noli can share consciousness, but sometimes, Noli wakes up to the horror that the sprite has done. It's horrible only because the captain of "Jeff's ship" is Vix, a female women's rights activist who isn't prone to pretty things like fancy dresses and shiny things.
Jeff, Noli's brother, shows up at just the right time and is a great addition to the characters in this series. He is ultra protective of Noli as are all of his shipmates. He knows something happened to her and that sometimes she seems to disappear even now. He is very worried about her, and as he is in love with Vix and she him, they share their worries. We also find out that, though some of his actions are illegal, some of his illegal actions involve rescuing kidnapped children. And for that, I can certainly forgive him for being an airpirate!
V. is in this one again and YAY! for that. I love that everything seems to not work out too easily for V. He travels with James and we get to learn a little more about him. It's fun to see the two of them questing together. But what I love most is seeing how much V.'s mission is to get back to Noli.
The world is once again 1901 alternate United States. More or less the same, but steampunk and some of the states are altered. There is a war with Hawaii called the Pineapple Rebellion as they try to retain their independence from the United States. And the state of Deseret which is a fictional state and one of the author's own creation. There is child trafficking which, according to the author did happen (and continues) at the turn of the century. Airships, machines, and the Otherworld all intermingle. The Fae mingle with the human world without most of the human's knowing. However, the Otherworld and the Human world are co-dependent and without balance in one, there is no balance in the other. This was a theme that was explained in Innocent Darkness. It continues in this novel.
The story is very interconnected. Noli runs away from her mother and grandfather who want to take her to Boston for "The Season". She is on Jeff's airship, The Vixen's Revenge (there's a story in that name, I'm sure) but it's not Jeff's ship, he's just the pilot. The captain and owner is Vix, the woman Jeff is in love with and who Noli has to convince that she's not a "lady" but an engineer and feminist enough to be on board the ship. A problem for sure with the sprite inside of her. V. has to make good on the favor he promised his mother the Queen Tiana which becomes a quest. He drags James along who is, understandably, in sad shape. That quest becomes another quest and Queen Tiana, as well as fellow members of the Otherworld hinder them at every turn. And then it seems that the world has Noli and V. just missing each other at every port and turn. It was a cross country race despite the fact that they weren't trying to find each other. A shocking ending concludes this fast paced and breathless novel.
No second book syndrome here. Though it might take a page or two to get going, this novel is fast and action packed, full of adventuresome air pirates and questing faeries, nefarious otherworlders and our lovable Noli and V. and another couple to fall for Jeff and Vix! The ante has been upped in this series! Noli is still the key even if she wasn't sacrificed and I can't wait to read the next book in this series!!
I received a copy for a review from the publisher through NetGalley. I was not compensated for my review. The opinions expressed are my own.
Noli is having a hard time in this second book. The sprite inside her is taking over for periods of time and she can't remember anything while the sprite is in possession of her body. To make matters worse, V. is forced to break the sigil she wears that gives her the protection of his house, essentially breaking their understanding that they will marry. But Noli isn't the type to faint and die from things like this. Noli is the type to fight and trust that things will get better and she and V. will get back together. And she isn't going to wait for it to happen. I love how Noli fights against the sprite who likes fancy dresses and pretty shiny things, a big hindrance while Noli works on a big shiny engine on Jeff's airship. Sometimes the sprite and Noli can share consciousness, but sometimes, Noli wakes up to the horror that the sprite has done. It's horrible only because the captain of "Jeff's ship" is Vix, a female women's rights activist who isn't prone to pretty things like fancy dresses and shiny things.
Jeff, Noli's brother, shows up at just the right time and is a great addition to the characters in this series. He is ultra protective of Noli as are all of his shipmates. He knows something happened to her and that sometimes she seems to disappear even now. He is very worried about her, and as he is in love with Vix and she him, they share their worries. We also find out that, though some of his actions are illegal, some of his illegal actions involve rescuing kidnapped children. And for that, I can certainly forgive him for being an airpirate!
V. is in this one again and YAY! for that. I love that everything seems to not work out too easily for V. He travels with James and we get to learn a little more about him. It's fun to see the two of them questing together. But what I love most is seeing how much V.'s mission is to get back to Noli.
The world is once again 1901 alternate United States. More or less the same, but steampunk and some of the states are altered. There is a war with Hawaii called the Pineapple Rebellion as they try to retain their independence from the United States. And the state of Deseret which is a fictional state and one of the author's own creation. There is child trafficking which, according to the author did happen (and continues) at the turn of the century. Airships, machines, and the Otherworld all intermingle. The Fae mingle with the human world without most of the human's knowing. However, the Otherworld and the Human world are co-dependent and without balance in one, there is no balance in the other. This was a theme that was explained in Innocent Darkness. It continues in this novel.
The story is very interconnected. Noli runs away from her mother and grandfather who want to take her to Boston for "The Season". She is on Jeff's airship, The Vixen's Revenge (there's a story in that name, I'm sure) but it's not Jeff's ship, he's just the pilot. The captain and owner is Vix, the woman Jeff is in love with and who Noli has to convince that she's not a "lady" but an engineer and feminist enough to be on board the ship. A problem for sure with the sprite inside of her. V. has to make good on the favor he promised his mother the Queen Tiana which becomes a quest. He drags James along who is, understandably, in sad shape. That quest becomes another quest and Queen Tiana, as well as fellow members of the Otherworld hinder them at every turn. And then it seems that the world has Noli and V. just missing each other at every port and turn. It was a cross country race despite the fact that they weren't trying to find each other. A shocking ending concludes this fast paced and breathless novel.
No second book syndrome here. Though it might take a page or two to get going, this novel is fast and action packed, full of adventuresome air pirates and questing faeries, nefarious otherworlders and our lovable Noli and V. and another couple to fall for Jeff and Vix! The ante has been upped in this series! Noli is still the key even if she wasn't sacrificed and I can't wait to read the next book in this series!!
I received a copy for a review from the publisher through NetGalley. I was not compensated for my review. The opinions expressed are my own.
americangirlemmie's review
4.0
Even though I absolutely loved Innocent Darkness, I loved its sequel even more! Noli was on an adventure, definitely out of her element, all while having limited control on her body.
Charmed Vengeance, all though it was in the same world with the same characters as the previous book, had a different storyline, which I love! I love it when a series has different plot lines in each book.
I also LOVED the air-pirate aspect the story. It seemed so magical, and fairy tale like, all while having steampunk in it. It added a adventurous element to it, which was superb. Definitely my favorite part!
I give Charmed Vengeance 4 out of 5 stars!
Maddie
Charmed Vengeance, all though it was in the same world with the same characters as the previous book, had a different storyline, which I love! I love it when a series has different plot lines in each book.
I also LOVED the air-pirate aspect the story. It seemed so magical, and fairy tale like, all while having steampunk in it. It added a adventurous element to it, which was superb. Definitely my favorite part!
I give Charmed Vengeance 4 out of 5 stars!
Maddie
katrinamarie's review
4.0
I’ve missed these characters so much. Charmed Vengeance is told in multiple points of view. We have Noli, Keveign, and V.
In Charmed Vengeance we get to go on an adventure. V has a things he has to do, but can’t have anything to do with Noli. Noli is trying to figure out how to live after being a part of the Faerie realm. And Keveign is doing his usual and drinking his life away. We also get to meet Jeff and Vix. I freaking love Vix. She’s bossy, and doesn’t take crap from anyone. Jeff drove me crazy with being so over protective of Noli.
There are twists and turns in all directions. You don’t know who you can trust, and what will happen from one day to the next. There always seems to be an obstacle, and our characters literally just miss each other in the same locations. There is a ton of action. I mean what can you expect when you travel with air pirates.
I don’t want to give much away and spoil anything for you, but this is a great sequel, and had me wanting to the next book right away. Things happen, questions are sort of answered, and some people are just awful.
In Charmed Vengeance we get to go on an adventure. V has a things he has to do, but can’t have anything to do with Noli. Noli is trying to figure out how to live after being a part of the Faerie realm. And Keveign is doing his usual and drinking his life away. We also get to meet Jeff and Vix. I freaking love Vix. She’s bossy, and doesn’t take crap from anyone. Jeff drove me crazy with being so over protective of Noli.
There are twists and turns in all directions. You don’t know who you can trust, and what will happen from one day to the next. There always seems to be an obstacle, and our characters literally just miss each other in the same locations. There is a ton of action. I mean what can you expect when you travel with air pirates.
I don’t want to give much away and spoil anything for you, but this is a great sequel, and had me wanting to the next book right away. Things happen, questions are sort of answered, and some people are just awful.
lpcoolgirl's review
5.0
Loved reading this book again, it was so good and I can't wait to finally actually finish off this series!
*First Read December 27h, 2013*
Oh, what a great book, can't wait for the 3rd one, and yeah, just loved reading this book!!!
*First Read December 27h, 2013*
Oh, what a great book, can't wait for the 3rd one, and yeah, just loved reading this book!!!
adkwriter15's review
3.0
I’ll be the first person to admit that I wasn’t entirely thrilled by the first installment of this series, but I was interested enough to request the second book. Sadly, as many “middle” novels have been showing me these days, I sometimes think that some series should not be trilogies. Or people at least need some new conventions for middles of series.
Thanks to V’s intervention, Noli had not become the braindead sprite Queen Tiana was hoping for. Instead, Noli shares her mind with the consciousness of a sprite, and control of the body isn’t always hers. Determined to get rid of her meddling sons, Queen Tiana forces V to go a-questing with James for “something to amuse her.” While V is gone, Noli’s Grandfather discovers the squalor that her and her mother have been living in and tries to force them to go to Boston. Determined not to be married off by Christmas, Noli runs off with her brother Jeff to be the engineer on his airship. Imagine her surprise when Kevighn Silver signs on to be the ship’s new gunner.
So, middle book convention #1 is obvious: the male and female love interests get separated and have to go off on their own adventures. Personally, I found V and James’s quest pretty boring, and only interesting when it supplemented Noli’s. Noli’s adventure was the one with most of the excitement and the questions and answers. Also, the romance between Jeff and the ship’s female captain Vix was really cute.
Noli herself still makes me happy as a main character. Her new added problem of having a sprite in her head, trying to make her girly, was a fun addition. It was actually my favorite part of the novel. She continued to be my shining light throughout the novel, even when I started skipping.
And I did, sadly, start skipping. Like I said, James and V’s story just seemed to be filler, only letting us know that Queen Tiana had dropped the gloves. Otherwise, they were just running around and offering comic relief. I would skip through portions of their journey, because what was going to happen and how it connected to Noli was clear from the outset.
I did really like the switch of scene for Noli, and the family connection was nice. It was great to see a good steampunk side to this story for once, even though the focus was still on the fae. The questions and new elements that were brought in were also interesting. Like I said, I mostly read through and enjoyed Noli and the sprite’s problems.
Sadly, I had started skipping so much that I started skimming Noli’s part, too, just because I had so much figured out already. Nothing in the book really surprised me, and–again–it was more filler than anything else. I feel like all the exciting things will happen in the third and final installment, now that Noli and V have gotten their obligatory self-spirit-journeys or whatever out of the way.
Thanks to V’s intervention, Noli had not become the braindead sprite Queen Tiana was hoping for. Instead, Noli shares her mind with the consciousness of a sprite, and control of the body isn’t always hers. Determined to get rid of her meddling sons, Queen Tiana forces V to go a-questing with James for “something to amuse her.” While V is gone, Noli’s Grandfather discovers the squalor that her and her mother have been living in and tries to force them to go to Boston. Determined not to be married off by Christmas, Noli runs off with her brother Jeff to be the engineer on his airship. Imagine her surprise when Kevighn Silver signs on to be the ship’s new gunner.
So, middle book convention #1 is obvious: the male and female love interests get separated and have to go off on their own adventures. Personally, I found V and James’s quest pretty boring, and only interesting when it supplemented Noli’s. Noli’s adventure was the one with most of the excitement and the questions and answers. Also, the romance between Jeff and the ship’s female captain Vix was really cute.
Noli herself still makes me happy as a main character. Her new added problem of having a sprite in her head, trying to make her girly, was a fun addition. It was actually my favorite part of the novel. She continued to be my shining light throughout the novel, even when I started skipping.
And I did, sadly, start skipping. Like I said, James and V’s story just seemed to be filler, only letting us know that Queen Tiana had dropped the gloves. Otherwise, they were just running around and offering comic relief. I would skip through portions of their journey, because what was going to happen and how it connected to Noli was clear from the outset.
I did really like the switch of scene for Noli, and the family connection was nice. It was great to see a good steampunk side to this story for once, even though the focus was still on the fae. The questions and new elements that were brought in were also interesting. Like I said, I mostly read through and enjoyed Noli and the sprite’s problems.
Sadly, I had started skipping so much that I started skimming Noli’s part, too, just because I had so much figured out already. Nothing in the book really surprised me, and–again–it was more filler than anything else. I feel like all the exciting things will happen in the third and final installment, now that Noli and V have gotten their obligatory self-spirit-journeys or whatever out of the way.
thebloodredruby's review
slow-paced
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
1.0
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