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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
adventurous
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Betrayals is the second in this series about a teenage girl whose ex-marine father taught her to fight the "others", all the magical beings such as zombies, werewolves, and vampires that inhabit the shadows of our world
Dru's life got turned upside down in the first book when she had to kill her father (turned into a zombie by a bad vampire) and was on the run with a boy from her high school who got bitten by a werewolf. She gets saved from the bad vampire by christophe, a half-human, half vampire who is part of the Order, a group of Others trying to fight against the bad guys
At the beginning of this book Dru gets dumped by Christophe at the Schola, a training school for teenage half-vampires and werewolves. Her werewolf-bitten high school friend is with her, and she begins to realize somebody is still out to kill her as strange things happen at school.
What makes Betrayals so fun to read isn't the "girl with special powers in a school for magical beings" scenario, we've all seen that, right? And it isn't the "caught between my friend the werewolf and the mysterious, cute, could be out to betray me half-vampire guy" either.
It's that Dru herself reads like a mass of insecure, angry, frustrated, wanting to do the right thing, lonely, love-seeking person that really all of us are inside. The plot itself goes somewhat slow as we realize long before Dru does how wonky things are at the school, but it doesn't matter. Her power/relationship interactions with the other kids, her deepening friendship and growing realization of the social attractiveness of her werewolf friend, and the attracted/terrified feelings for christophe keep you reading and involved in the story.
Also, the creepy bloodfog was cool.
Can't wait for the third installment in the series.
This Book's Food Designation: Caramel Machiatto, for the grittiness of Dru's action scenes, and the creamy sweetness of her relationships with the boys.
Dru's life got turned upside down in the first book when she had to kill her father (turned into a zombie by a bad vampire) and was on the run with a boy from her high school who got bitten by a werewolf. She gets saved from the bad vampire by christophe, a half-human, half vampire who is part of the Order, a group of Others trying to fight against the bad guys
At the beginning of this book Dru gets dumped by Christophe at the Schola, a training school for teenage half-vampires and werewolves. Her werewolf-bitten high school friend is with her, and she begins to realize somebody is still out to kill her as strange things happen at school.
What makes Betrayals so fun to read isn't the "girl with special powers in a school for magical beings" scenario, we've all seen that, right? And it isn't the "caught between my friend the werewolf and the mysterious, cute, could be out to betray me half-vampire guy" either.
It's that Dru herself reads like a mass of insecure, angry, frustrated, wanting to do the right thing, lonely, love-seeking person that really all of us are inside. The plot itself goes somewhat slow as we realize long before Dru does how wonky things are at the school, but it doesn't matter. Her power/relationship interactions with the other kids, her deepening friendship and growing realization of the social attractiveness of her werewolf friend, and the attracted/terrified feelings for christophe keep you reading and involved in the story.
Also, the creepy bloodfog was cool.
Can't wait for the third installment in the series.
This Book's Food Designation: Caramel Machiatto, for the grittiness of Dru's action scenes, and the creamy sweetness of her relationships with the boys.
The action continues in this sequel to Strange
Angels. The story picks up where Strange Angels left off. Dru Anderson and her friend Graves have been sent to a "schola" for protection from Serjei, the vampyr seeking to execute her because she is svetocha and once she blooms will be a threat to him. Dru senses something is not quite right. First, it's a small schola with a reform school vibe. Second, she's being sent to "remedial" classes nd not being trained. Chrisotophe is also surprised and senses a traitor in the Order. the action is nonstop with Dru using her brawn and brains to escape from one scrape after another. A bit of romance is also thrown in as she starts to see Graes in a new light since he has become loup-garou. There is also the allure of mysterious Christophe.
Angels. The story picks up where Strange Angels left off. Dru Anderson and her friend Graves have been sent to a "schola" for protection from Serjei, the vampyr seeking to execute her because she is svetocha and once she blooms will be a threat to him. Dru senses something is not quite right. First, it's a small schola with a reform school vibe. Second, she's being sent to "remedial" classes nd not being trained. Chrisotophe is also surprised and senses a traitor in the Order. the action is nonstop with Dru using her brawn and brains to escape from one scrape after another. A bit of romance is also thrown in as she starts to see Graes in a new light since he has become loup-garou. There is also the allure of mysterious Christophe.
I struggled with Betrayals. Was it because it was my first audiobook? Possibly. Or maybe I wasn't paying attention enough when I listened to it. But I seemed to miss chunks of the story. Only 3 more books in the series those though!
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
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It felt like all the character had a pretty hard case of OOC plague and I can't say I liked any of them here. Dru entirely lost her badassery and the tough girl from the first book disappeared and became a total weakling. It felt like she had an identity crisis actually, which very well may have been true. (The only thing I thought was interestingly written at the beginning was the portrayal of depression/PTSD of her character). Graves wasn't the shy sweet guy from [b:Strange Angels|6006518|Strange Angels (Strange Angels, #1)|Lili St. Crow|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1331244487s/6006518.jpg|6181610] anymore and I felt like his change was way too fast and way too much. And as for Christoph, I lean toward hatred of his character more now.
There is also only one other main female character aside for the heroine and let me tell you, she's not portrayed in the best light. The first book lacked any other female character whatsoever and now it's not much better either.
The writing style was as annoying as in the first book, Dru had still too much of her internal monologues and for someone who thought herself clever, she actually suffered TSTL syndrome most of the time. The plot was way slower and less messy than in the first book, but again the world building wasn't explained. (And I gave up all hope that the author made the world clearer and more pronounced in the sequels).
I guess I will be continuing this series to see what I'll think of it overall, but by now I don't really recommend this book, except for big PNR fans. There's just nothing that makes this series distinctive from so many other books from this genre.
It felt like all the character had a pretty hard case of OOC plague and I can't say I liked any of them here. Dru entirely lost her badassery and the tough girl from the first book disappeared and became a total weakling. It felt like she had an identity crisis actually, which very well may have been true. (The only thing I thought was interestingly written at the beginning was the portrayal of depression/PTSD of her character). Graves wasn't the shy sweet guy from [b:Strange Angels|6006518|Strange Angels (Strange Angels, #1)|Lili St. Crow|https://d2arxad8u2l0g7.cloudfront.net/books/1331244487s/6006518.jpg|6181610] anymore and I felt like his change was way too fast and way too much. And as for Christoph, I lean toward hatred of his character more now.
There is also only one other main female character aside for the heroine and let me tell you, she's not portrayed in the best light. The first book lacked any other female character whatsoever and now it's not much better either.
The writing style was as annoying as in the first book, Dru had still too much of her internal monologues and for someone who thought herself clever, she actually suffered TSTL syndrome most of the time. The plot was way slower and less messy than in the first book, but again the world building wasn't explained. (And I gave up all hope that the author made the world clearer and more pronounced in the sequels).
I guess I will be continuing this series to see what I'll think of it overall, but by now I don't really recommend this book, except for big PNR fans. There's just nothing that makes this series distinctive from so many other books from this genre.
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Second time reading. Love this book. First read in Nov 2010.
I loved this. it took me a day to read. but no regrets. cause i loved every word in this book. the second in the strange angels series. it follows the continuing story of christophe, graves and of course dru. now if u havent read strange angels(the first book). i strongly suggest you dont read this book until you do. but im sure if you do happen to read them out of order you wont get to confused. in this book dru finds herself isolated and lonely in a crowd. because of this you may find a bit of teen angst coming out of her and at times you just want to yell at the book... you know... the same way you do when watching a horror movie "dont go in the basement the killer is in
there". or am i the only one who does that. anyway i digress. im not saying this book is predictable, not at all. this book is more than what i expected. i always judge a book on how i feel after it. and if it draws on your emotions you know its a good one! and i felt like i wanted more!
there". or am i the only one who does that. anyway i digress. im not saying this book is predictable, not at all. this book is more than what i expected. i always judge a book on how i feel after it. and if it draws on your emotions you know its a good one! and i felt like i wanted more!