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3.28 AVERAGE
3.28 AVERAGE
My first time through Eternal I was really disappointed, since I'd really enjoyed Tantalize. Now, though, coming in with somewhat lowered expectations I was, largely, pleasantly surprised. This is not to say that I now think this is the best book ever, but I did think it was an interesting read.
Actually, there definitely was quite a lot frustrating about this book and pretty much all of it can be summed up in one word: Miranda. I hate just about everything about her. After she's turned into a vampire princess against her will, she just rolls with it. She happily eats people and calls the creepy, power-mad vampire who turned her Father, because that helps him fulfill his delusion. Miranda is entirely vapid, conceited and selfish.
Smith tries to set her up as an object of pity by showing her friend Lucy's devotion to her, by showing Zachary's love for her, and by suggesting she had a rough home life. The only one of these that's working for me is Lucy. Miranda's fate doesn't sadden me, but her best friend's does, desperately hoping that her friend has not died because of her desire to flirt. Zachary I actually find to be a somewhat interesting character, but his love for her is both creepy (what with the whole guardian angel, watching her grow from a child to a teen, watching her sleep thing) and ridiculous (she sucks [punned!], so why love her?). And, as for her rough home life, her parents got a divorce. Not to say that that is not painful, but her mother still loves her, and her dad, though distant, buys her awesome presents (now who's selfish? haha).
If you like Maggie Stiefvater's books, you may want to give Cynthia Leitich Smith a try. They have a lot of commonalities, I feel. Both have really clever ideas for paranormal YA romances and both write incredibly obnoxious female main characters. With both books I've read so far, I feel like the stories would have been so much more interesting had they focused on the male characters more.
Actually, there definitely was quite a lot frustrating about this book and pretty much all of it can be summed up in one word: Miranda. I hate just about everything about her. After she's turned into a vampire princess against her will, she just rolls with it. She happily eats people and calls the creepy, power-mad vampire who turned her Father, because that helps him fulfill his delusion. Miranda is entirely vapid, conceited and selfish.
Smith tries to set her up as an object of pity by showing her friend Lucy's devotion to her, by showing Zachary's love for her, and by suggesting she had a rough home life. The only one of these that's working for me is Lucy. Miranda's fate doesn't sadden me, but her best friend's does, desperately hoping that her friend has not died because of her desire to flirt. Zachary I actually find to be a somewhat interesting character, but his love for her is both creepy (what with the whole guardian angel, watching her grow from a child to a teen, watching her sleep thing) and ridiculous (she sucks [punned!], so why love her?). And, as for her rough home life, her parents got a divorce. Not to say that that is not painful, but her mother still loves her, and her dad, though distant, buys her awesome presents (now who's selfish? haha).
If you like Maggie Stiefvater's books, you may want to give Cynthia Leitich Smith a try. They have a lot of commonalities, I feel. Both have really clever ideas for paranormal YA romances and both write incredibly obnoxious female main characters. With both books I've read so far, I feel like the stories would have been so much more interesting had they focused on the male characters more.
1 out of 5 the concept of a were- elk is the only reason I held on till page 60.
This is part 2 of the Tantalize series, although it doesn't really tie in to the first book.
Miranda is "adopted" by the most powerful vampire in the world, Bradford,the Dracul. She begins to forget her old life as a human and become a merciless vampire princess who doesn't mind killing people. Zachary was Miranda's guardian angel and it was her fault she turned in the first place. He has been punished and is now a human, tasked with turning Miranda back to the good side.
This book was short and easy to listen to. The plot moved along well and was fun. The narrators were pretty good and switching back and forth between view points helped keep things interesting.
I'm looking forward to book 3 when Quincy and Zachary meet!
Miranda is "adopted" by the most powerful vampire in the world, Bradford,the Dracul. She begins to forget her old life as a human and become a merciless vampire princess who doesn't mind killing people. Zachary was Miranda's guardian angel and it was her fault she turned in the first place. He has been punished and is now a human, tasked with turning Miranda back to the good side.
This book was short and easy to listen to. The plot moved along well and was fun. The narrators were pretty good and switching back and forth between view points helped keep things interesting.
I'm looking forward to book 3 when Quincy and Zachary meet!
3.5 stars if I could. I had my doubts about this at the beginning, but the beginning totally set me up to fully understand the rest of it. I ended up really enjoying this! I didn't realize it was a series until I put it on goodreads (whoops) but I never felt lost or anything like that. I liked this guardian angel read better than [b:Hush, Hush|6339664|Hush, Hush|Becca Fitzpatrick|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255610070s/6339664.jpg|6525609].
Second in a series. I found parts of it interesting and parts much less so, though I did like it considerably more than the first book. [Aug. 2011]