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3.9 AVERAGE
3.9 AVERAGE
tbh in the beginning it was slow paced & you'd want to punch evie in the face. but the book explores character development of evie & the guy, not naming names haha. & plot twists are in the air okie ya. can't wait for book 2!
slow-paced
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
4'5 estrellas.
No es nada fácil hablar de un libro que te ha gustado tanto y del que tienes tanto que decir, pero voy a intentarlo. Lo primero de lo que quiero hablar es de la preciosa edición que nos regala la editorial, con unos inicios de capítulo decorados y páginas en negro tanto al principio como al final de la novela. Una primera impresión espectacular.
La autora tiene una prosa sencilla que te engancha desde el principio, si no hubiera sido por los exámenes seguramente este libro me habría durado nada.
Evie lo tiene todo, aparentemente es la chica perfecta; Tiene el novio perfecto, amigas, dinero y popularidad. Pero no es oro todo lo que reluce, ¿verdad? Evangeline pasó su último verano encerrada en el CRI, el Centro de Rehabilitación Infantil, por sufrir alucinaciones. Pero, ahora que ha recuperado su antigua vida, no está dispuesta a renunciar a ella. Este nuevo curso, Jackson Deveaux aparecerá en su vida para ponerla patas arriba, el chico nuevo del instituto no le quita los ojos de encima.
A pesar de todo, Evie no cree estar loca y el Destello será la prueba definitiva de que nunca lo ha estado. Su abuela le contaba historias, historias que ahora necesita recordar, y es que el juego no ha hecho más que empezar.
Evie al principio no me gustaba mucho, la veía muy cría y tiene cosas que me chirrían un poco. Por ejemplo la importancia que le da a tener novio. Son cosas de una chica de dieciséis años sí, pero no sé. A mí me sacaban un poco de mis casillas. Sin embargo, la evolución que he visto en Evie ha sido una de las mejores que he leído nunca y es que pasa a ser una protagonista de diez, de verdad que estoy deseando leer la segunda parte para ver más de esta nueva Evangeline que nos promete mucha acción y madurez. Ir descubriendo quién es Evie junto a ella ha sido una de mis cosas favoritas de este libro, he quedado impactada con la evolución de este personaje.
Por otro lado, tenemos a Jack Deveaux y confieso que no me ha gustado mucho. Entiendo su actitud de supervivencia y que no ha vivido la vida fácil de Evie. Ser un cajún no es algo fácil en el mundo del que viene Evangeline. Pero aun así, la actitud machito protector no me gusta un pelo y esto es lo que no me gusta de Jack, a parte de que no tiene ni idea de cómo lidiar con Evie pero esto último, al menos, tiene algo de gracia. Aun así, no quiero odiarle ya, esperaré a ver más de él.
También tenemos otros personajes como Arthur que da escalofríos pero wow es un personaje brutal y bien definido aunque aparezca muy poquito. Tenemos a Matthew, que este chico me ha encantado y también estoy deseando ver más de él. A Finn, Selena y La Muerte. Personajes que aun tienen mucho juego que dar y que creo que pueden mejorar mucho esta historia.
El prólogo es BRUTAL y yo esperaba que todo empezase desde ahí, pero no, es como si Evie nos estuviese contando su historia. Los primeros capítulos no me convencieron, todo muy cliché, pero una vez estalla el Destello y vamos descubriendo más y más sobre todo lo que está ocurriendo y que es lo que pasa con Evie no puedes parar de leer. La historia coge un ritmo trepidante, increíble y adictivo.
La Emperatriz es la primera parte de una saga, solo la introducción de todo lo que está por llegar y puedo asegurar que esta saga llega pisando fuerte porque el final te deja con la boca abierta y muchas ganas de más. Estoy deseando leer La Muerte y ver que nos tiene preparado la autora. Sin duda, lo recomiendo un montón: fantasía juvenil con un apocalipsis de por medio, ¿cómo resistirse a eso?
En definitiva, me he llevado una grata sorpresa con este libro. Una protagonista con una evolución increíble. Unos giros alucinantes y una trama que no había leído nunca donde el tarot tiene gran importancia. La Emperatriz es solo el aperitivo de todo lo que está por llegar, el juego solo acaba de empezar.
No es nada fácil hablar de un libro que te ha gustado tanto y del que tienes tanto que decir, pero voy a intentarlo. Lo primero de lo que quiero hablar es de la preciosa edición que nos regala la editorial, con unos inicios de capítulo decorados y páginas en negro tanto al principio como al final de la novela. Una primera impresión espectacular.
La autora tiene una prosa sencilla que te engancha desde el principio, si no hubiera sido por los exámenes seguramente este libro me habría durado nada.
Evie lo tiene todo, aparentemente es la chica perfecta; Tiene el novio perfecto, amigas, dinero y popularidad. Pero no es oro todo lo que reluce, ¿verdad? Evangeline pasó su último verano encerrada en el CRI, el Centro de Rehabilitación Infantil, por sufrir alucinaciones. Pero, ahora que ha recuperado su antigua vida, no está dispuesta a renunciar a ella. Este nuevo curso, Jackson Deveaux aparecerá en su vida para ponerla patas arriba, el chico nuevo del instituto no le quita los ojos de encima.
A pesar de todo, Evie no cree estar loca y el Destello será la prueba definitiva de que nunca lo ha estado. Su abuela le contaba historias, historias que ahora necesita recordar, y es que el juego no ha hecho más que empezar.
Evie al principio no me gustaba mucho, la veía muy cría y tiene cosas que me chirrían un poco. Por ejemplo la importancia que le da a tener novio. Son cosas de una chica de dieciséis años sí, pero no sé. A mí me sacaban un poco de mis casillas. Sin embargo, la evolución que he visto en Evie ha sido una de las mejores que he leído nunca y es que pasa a ser una protagonista de diez, de verdad que estoy deseando leer la segunda parte para ver más de esta nueva Evangeline que nos promete mucha acción y madurez. Ir descubriendo quién es Evie junto a ella ha sido una de mis cosas favoritas de este libro, he quedado impactada con la evolución de este personaje.
Por otro lado, tenemos a Jack Deveaux y confieso que no me ha gustado mucho. Entiendo su actitud de supervivencia y que no ha vivido la vida fácil de Evie. Ser un cajún no es algo fácil en el mundo del que viene Evangeline. Pero aun así, la actitud machito protector no me gusta un pelo y esto es lo que no me gusta de Jack, a parte de que no tiene ni idea de cómo lidiar con Evie pero esto último, al menos, tiene algo de gracia. Aun así, no quiero odiarle ya, esperaré a ver más de él.
También tenemos otros personajes como Arthur que da escalofríos pero wow es un personaje brutal y bien definido aunque aparezca muy poquito. Tenemos a Matthew, que este chico me ha encantado y también estoy deseando ver más de él. A Finn, Selena y La Muerte. Personajes que aun tienen mucho juego que dar y que creo que pueden mejorar mucho esta historia.
El prólogo es BRUTAL y yo esperaba que todo empezase desde ahí, pero no, es como si Evie nos estuviese contando su historia. Los primeros capítulos no me convencieron, todo muy cliché, pero una vez estalla el Destello y vamos descubriendo más y más sobre todo lo que está ocurriendo y que es lo que pasa con Evie no puedes parar de leer. La historia coge un ritmo trepidante, increíble y adictivo.
La Emperatriz es la primera parte de una saga, solo la introducción de todo lo que está por llegar y puedo asegurar que esta saga llega pisando fuerte porque el final te deja con la boca abierta y muchas ganas de más. Estoy deseando leer La Muerte y ver que nos tiene preparado la autora. Sin duda, lo recomiendo un montón: fantasía juvenil con un apocalipsis de por medio, ¿cómo resistirse a eso?
En definitiva, me he llevado una grata sorpresa con este libro. Una protagonista con una evolución increíble. Unos giros alucinantes y una trama que no había leído nunca donde el tarot tiene gran importancia. La Emperatriz es solo el aperitivo de todo lo que está por llegar, el juego solo acaba de empezar.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I was pretty impressed by Kresley's writing, story, and characters when I read her book Shadow's Claim, an adult paranormal romance. I saw this on her website, requested it from the library, and am so glad I did. Another page turner, I couldn't put it down, whew... it is just great! I thought her trying to write a boy speaking with a Cajun accent was going to be rough, but it wasn't at all. It was pretty darn hot! The tension in this book is great, the story is unlike anything I've read before, definitely different, a little dark in places, a little gritty, but sizzling on the pages with some romance. This was the kind of story I was looking for, she is not afraid to put in some grit into the post apocalyptic tale, and she sets up the characters nicely. What I love about Jackson and Evie is that they come from different worlds and experiences, at times they really dislike each other, they fight, but they do this dance of sexual tension that is just the right amount of mmm that makes you keep reading. I'm so glad I requested the second book Endless Knight as well because wow... cliffhanger, didn't see that coming in the first one. Absolutely fantastic! Read it!
I don’t know why I’ve never read this series before. I’m a big fan of Kresley Cole and they did not disappoint. I went into this not expecting much but it was so so good. A post apocalyptic world mixed with the characters of the tarot deck. It was face paced and original. Every chapter had me surprised with how much I was enjoying the story. I can’t wait to keep reading.
I was REALLY annoyed at this book for the first half of it. Once the action started though, and things started to come together, it got better. Sometimes I don't know if it's because they are audiobooks or it's the actual writing that gets to me when I'm annoyed at books (when I'm listening to them, instead of reading)
Anyway, I wasn't going to continue with the series, but after the last half of the book, I find myself wanting to know how it all turns out, so I'll be moving on to the next book!
Anyway, I wasn't going to continue with the series, but after the last half of the book, I find myself wanting to know how it all turns out, so I'll be moving on to the next book!
OMG I need to think about this. THIS WAS AWESOME. Unbelievable, I just loved it. Review to come!
So, where to start?
It's so hard and yet so easy to review this. First off, when I started reading this, I couldn't decide if I was liking it or hating. I disliked it because the way it was written, reminded me of more mature, adult novels. So I had this massive frown creasing my young forehead and I had alarms going on in my head saying, 'hurry up and start making this feel more either awesome or well more YA'. Though, technically, the story does begin set in a highschool with the usual highschool gimmicks whatnot. But yet, there's a depth to the writing, the style of writing and the plot that you don't ordinarily see in YA, except maybe in [b:The Darkest Minds|10576365|The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1)|Alexandra Bracken|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1343178841s/10576365.jpg|15483434].
I DON'T make this comparison lightly. But yet when I finished Poison Princess and tried to think of something to compare it to that was YA, The Darkest Minds comes to mind. Yet at the same time, it also doesn't match up because of the difference in style.
KRESLEY COLE is interesting. I've heard her name and in conjunction with other authors such as Gena Showalter who writes the Lords of the Underworld series I like. But I was never really game enough to read a book of Cole's. Since I don't usually venture into that genre unless by coincidence - usually a really surprising coincidence. But this time, I deliberately chose to read Poison Princess. And I had no idea what to expect.
WHAT I DIDN'T EXPECT came firstly in the form of the plot and story telling. There are only three scenes in the book that are not told from Evie's perspective. It's how the story begins. So that was cool. And then the story starts rolling. Since this a post-apocalytic/fantasy novel, it goes from good to bad pretty quickly. But yet it happens in nice slow stages. Which is something I don't really see often in YA. Generally the events begin after the end of the world...but in Poison Princess we see Evie's life before the "Flash" and then what happens after. Normally I'd be annoyed with stories that show the "before" stage, because I just feel it's necessary, but in this, it's like Cole waved a magic wand over my head and said, I will make you fall in love with all these characters, then take them away from you and let you cry as Evie cries. Only, I didn't cry, but I felt the pain that Evie went through just as the Flash comes through. And I was surprised, because I knew everything that I had just been reading was only build up, noise stuff that I usually see characters narrating on post-end of the world in other end of the world novels. I was so surprised I actually cared! And then well, I just had to keep reading.
EXCEPT. It took me two days longer to finish this. I got so so busy that I had to stop reading halfway through and finally get back to it two days later, today. I could not put it down today at all. I just had to finish it.
I compared this to The Darkest Minds because Ruby throughout the entire book, did not fully use her powers. Indeed they were there, but Ruby had been terrified of using them for fear of persecution. Which is similar to how Evie acts throughout the entire novel. But in comparison, Evie denies that is capable of doing more than doing a little. Technically she doesn't deny, she hides it from Jackson. Which drives him crazy.
SPEAKING OF JACKSON. Enter the love interest. He's tall, dark haired, hot and handsome, total teenage boy and Cajun. I emphasised this because in the novel, his dialogue is written to the way he speaks. It's great for texture, but hell, sometimes it was just plain annoying only because I myself have never actually heard a Cajun accent, and can only presume from the way it's presented in the book. What I loved though, was the use of Cajun throughout the novel. I like it when there are sentences of other languages in novels, it adds more flavour and well, it's great as long as the translation doesn't get confusing.
BUT. Jackson was an asshole, I find a lot of the time he was an asshole, even though he never leaves Evie alone to fend for herself, though at one stage she leaves, and then they have this totally awesome screaming match which Evie finally conveys what's in her head (well, not the secrets). Most of the time, he's a jerk with Evie but he's the 'teasing' kind of love interest so I couldn't help but roll my eyes a hundred times over at the clichedness of his type of character.
WHICH is why, I found myself liking an Evie and Jackson pairing, despite his clichedness. I liked that there's plenty of 'get to know' time, and there's also time where they've been separated. I like that they have strong chemistry, the kind that's built on a complication of feelings and not just physical attraction.
I WONDER how many books are there out there based on the 'Arcana' and Tarot cards. I've seen a bit in manga, but not much in novel form, though I might scrounge around a bit more to see if there are. My point is, this story is based on the Arcana, and even though I didn't get much feeling of the arcana in the premise, when I read it, I felt as though the actual cards had come alive. I liked being swallowed into Cole's world. It'd engulfed me before I even realised. It was surprising!
All I can say is, right now, I am absolutely dying to read the second one. I'm positively drooling to find out what happens since Cole left me completely hanging with a cliffhanger!!! Seriously no fair!
So, where to start?
It's so hard and yet so easy to review this. First off, when I started reading this, I couldn't decide if I was liking it or hating. I disliked it because the way it was written, reminded me of more mature, adult novels. So I had this massive frown creasing my young forehead and I had alarms going on in my head saying, 'hurry up and start making this feel more either awesome or well more YA'. Though, technically, the story does begin set in a highschool with the usual highschool gimmicks whatnot. But yet, there's a depth to the writing, the style of writing and the plot that you don't ordinarily see in YA, except maybe in [b:The Darkest Minds|10576365|The Darkest Minds (The Darkest Minds, #1)|Alexandra Bracken|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1343178841s/10576365.jpg|15483434].
I DON'T make this comparison lightly. But yet when I finished Poison Princess and tried to think of something to compare it to that was YA, The Darkest Minds comes to mind. Yet at the same time, it also doesn't match up because of the difference in style.
KRESLEY COLE is interesting. I've heard her name and in conjunction with other authors such as Gena Showalter who writes the Lords of the Underworld series I like. But I was never really game enough to read a book of Cole's. Since I don't usually venture into that genre unless by coincidence - usually a really surprising coincidence. But this time, I deliberately chose to read Poison Princess. And I had no idea what to expect.
WHAT I DIDN'T EXPECT came firstly in the form of the plot and story telling. There are only three scenes in the book that are not told from Evie's perspective. It's how the story begins. So that was cool. And then the story starts rolling. Since this a post-apocalytic/fantasy novel, it goes from good to bad pretty quickly. But yet it happens in nice slow stages. Which is something I don't really see often in YA. Generally the events begin after the end of the world...but in Poison Princess we see Evie's life before the "Flash" and then what happens after. Normally I'd be annoyed with stories that show the "before" stage, because I just feel it's necessary, but in this, it's like Cole waved a magic wand over my head and said, I will make you fall in love with all these characters, then take them away from you and let you cry as Evie cries. Only, I didn't cry, but I felt the pain that Evie went through just as the Flash comes through. And I was surprised, because I knew everything that I had just been reading was only build up, noise stuff that I usually see characters narrating on post-end of the world in other end of the world novels. I was so surprised I actually cared! And then well, I just had to keep reading.
EXCEPT. It took me two days longer to finish this. I got so so busy that I had to stop reading halfway through and finally get back to it two days later, today. I could not put it down today at all. I just had to finish it.
I compared this to The Darkest Minds because Ruby throughout the entire book, did not fully use her powers. Indeed they were there, but Ruby had been terrified of using them for fear of persecution. Which is similar to how Evie acts throughout the entire novel. But in comparison, Evie denies that is capable of doing more than doing a little. Technically she doesn't deny, she hides it from Jackson. Which drives him crazy.
SPEAKING OF JACKSON. Enter the love interest. He's tall, dark haired, hot and handsome, total teenage boy and Cajun. I emphasised this because in the novel, his dialogue is written to the way he speaks. It's great for texture, but hell, sometimes it was just plain annoying only because I myself have never actually heard a Cajun accent, and can only presume from the way it's presented in the book. What I loved though, was the use of Cajun throughout the novel. I like it when there are sentences of other languages in novels, it adds more flavour and well, it's great as long as the translation doesn't get confusing.
BUT. Jackson was an asshole, I find a lot of the time he was an asshole, even though he never leaves Evie alone to fend for herself, though at one stage she leaves, and then they have this totally awesome screaming match which Evie finally conveys what's in her head (well, not the secrets). Most of the time, he's a jerk with Evie but he's the 'teasing' kind of love interest so I couldn't help but roll my eyes a hundred times over at the clichedness of his type of character.
WHICH is why, I found myself liking an Evie and Jackson pairing, despite his clichedness. I liked that there's plenty of 'get to know' time, and there's also time where they've been separated. I like that they have strong chemistry, the kind that's built on a complication of feelings and not just physical attraction.
I WONDER how many books are there out there based on the 'Arcana' and Tarot cards. I've seen a bit in manga, but not much in novel form, though I might scrounge around a bit more to see if there are. My point is, this story is based on the Arcana, and even though I didn't get much feeling of the arcana in the premise, when I read it, I felt as though the actual cards had come alive. I liked being swallowed into Cole's world. It'd engulfed me before I even realised. It was surprising!
All I can say is, right now, I am absolutely dying to read the second one. I'm positively drooling to find out what happens since Cole left me completely hanging with a cliffhanger!!! Seriously no fair!