You need to sign in or sign up before continuing.
Take a photo of a barcode or cover
3.29 AVERAGE
3.29 AVERAGE
Dark Flame is the forth book in the Immortal Series by Alyson Noel. And, unfortunately, not the last one. Apparently the fifth (and hopefully final?) book, Night Star, is due out in Winter 2010.
Okay, can I just say that I am beyond mad that it didn’t end here, with Dark Flame? I've been a follower of the Immortal Series from the beginning, and I waited a year for this next installment, thinking it would be the end. But guess what? It wasn't. Dang.
What you need to know (about Dark Flame): Ever's best friend Haven has just been made immortal, is totally drunk on the possibilites, and deciding to date Roman and hate Ever and Damen because they try to keep her safe. Damen and Ever still can't touch, and Ever's still pissed and convinces she can get Roman to hand over the anecdote to make the whole problem go away so she and Damen can have happily ever after, and after, and after... But due to a haywire spell she cast, she's now bound to Roman. Meaning? She's suddenly lusting after him with this part she refers to as "the monster" shadow-self inside of her. Jude is still on the scene, he's still in love with Ever, and is surprisingly NOT a rouge immortal, or any immortal. And he's trying to help her reverse the spell and make things right again, while Ever is still drawn (against her will) to her worst nightmare, Roman. This causes Haven to get super immortal-girl-fight pissy. Ever eventually finds a way to break the curse, after some very scary run-ins with Roman, and is JUST about to get the anecdote and finally end the series and have the happily ever after I was looking for... when Jude RUINS IT ALL. Roman's gone, the anecdote, which he was handing over, is smashed, and all hope for Ever and Dame getting together is O-V-E-R. Haven is completely lunitic and has officially called war between them.
There’s some interesting details, some fun characters, and of course, a sexy, gorgeous immortal boyfriend of all perfection. Then there’s the ghost of her twelve-year-old sister who isn’t forbidding or whatever you think a ghost might be; a fortuneteller who Ever goes from hating to needing to hating to distrusting to wanting to kill to needing help from over and over again; a remarkable place called “Shadowland” where anything is possible; buttloads of manifested red tulips; one hot surfer dude; vengeful drama queen high school girls; thirteen year old twins that worship Damen and hate Ever that they suddenly become the guardians of; and lots of angst.
It went too fast in some areas, and lingered a bit in some conversations and ideas that should have been summed up faster. In the series as a whole, there were a lot of abstract concepts added that were kind of hard to grasp, and there were just a ton of them. I got tired of the meditations and visualizations and the “imagining myself immersed in a cone of brilliant, cleansing, healing white light"s. And I don’t know, but Ever’s got to have the strongest shoulders of anyone on the planet, because she shrugs multiple times a page. There is always shrugging, in every book.
Still, I liked it. Ever can be totally stupid sometimes and you want to rip her hair out because she’s being childish or not judging right or just being stupid, or all three plus more. I was losing interest around Shadowland (book three), tired of everything going wrong and Ever just making it worse by not telling Damen that she screwed up and making everything a million times worse, but Dark Flame caught my attention again. The ending was unexpected, character roles shifted in a way I didn’t expect, and suddenly I’m interested to see where Alyson Noel takes it, and if she can wrap it up in one more book, because if she doesn’t... she better not think that I’m going to just be a nice, obedient reader and just take it. Because if she does think that, then she’s got another think coming, let me tell you that. I WLL NOT BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF!
Okay. Maybe. I just want it to be over so I can ponder upon the story as a whole.
Please, let it be over!
Okay, can I just say that I am beyond mad that it didn’t end here, with Dark Flame? I've been a follower of the Immortal Series from the beginning, and I waited a year for this next installment, thinking it would be the end. But guess what? It wasn't. Dang.
What you need to know (about Dark Flame): Ever's best friend Haven has just been made immortal, is totally drunk on the possibilites, and deciding to date Roman and hate Ever and Damen because they try to keep her safe. Damen and Ever still can't touch, and Ever's still pissed and convinces she can get Roman to hand over the anecdote to make the whole problem go away so she and Damen can have happily ever after, and after, and after... But due to a haywire spell she cast, she's now bound to Roman. Meaning? She's suddenly lusting after him with this part she refers to as "the monster" shadow-self inside of her. Jude is still on the scene, he's still in love with Ever, and is surprisingly NOT a rouge immortal, or any immortal. And he's trying to help her reverse the spell and make things right again, while Ever is still drawn (against her will) to her worst nightmare, Roman. This causes Haven to get super immortal-girl-fight pissy. Ever eventually finds a way to break the curse, after some very scary run-ins with Roman, and is JUST about to get the anecdote and finally end the series and have the happily ever after I was looking for... when Jude RUINS IT ALL. Roman's gone, the anecdote, which he was handing over, is smashed, and all hope for Ever and Dame getting together is O-V-E-R. Haven is completely lunitic and has officially called war between them.
There’s some interesting details, some fun characters, and of course, a sexy, gorgeous immortal boyfriend of all perfection. Then there’s the ghost of her twelve-year-old sister who isn’t forbidding or whatever you think a ghost might be; a fortuneteller who Ever goes from hating to needing to hating to distrusting to wanting to kill to needing help from over and over again; a remarkable place called “Shadowland” where anything is possible; buttloads of manifested red tulips; one hot surfer dude; vengeful drama queen high school girls; thirteen year old twins that worship Damen and hate Ever that they suddenly become the guardians of; and lots of angst.
It went too fast in some areas, and lingered a bit in some conversations and ideas that should have been summed up faster. In the series as a whole, there were a lot of abstract concepts added that were kind of hard to grasp, and there were just a ton of them. I got tired of the meditations and visualizations and the “imagining myself immersed in a cone of brilliant, cleansing, healing white light"s. And I don’t know, but Ever’s got to have the strongest shoulders of anyone on the planet, because she shrugs multiple times a page. There is always shrugging, in every book.
Still, I liked it. Ever can be totally stupid sometimes and you want to rip her hair out because she’s being childish or not judging right or just being stupid, or all three plus more. I was losing interest around Shadowland (book three), tired of everything going wrong and Ever just making it worse by not telling Damen that she screwed up and making everything a million times worse, but Dark Flame caught my attention again. The ending was unexpected, character roles shifted in a way I didn’t expect, and suddenly I’m interested to see where Alyson Noel takes it, and if she can wrap it up in one more book, because if she doesn’t... she better not think that I’m going to just be a nice, obedient reader and just take it. Because if she does think that, then she’s got another think coming, let me tell you that. I WLL NOT BE TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF!
Okay. Maybe. I just want it to be over so I can ponder upon the story as a whole.
Please, let it be over!
This had the potential to be the most interesting in the series, but was again ruined by the fact that everything in the book was a downward spiral. We just keep going down down down down, so excuse me when I laugh at the fact that Ever suddenly decides to be happy and everything is solved. Temporarily of course- it wouldn't be an Immortals book if that moment of happiness wasn't dashed by an irreversible mistake. I'm so sick of this antidote storyline too. At first I thought it was an easy way for Noel to avoid having to write her characters having sex, and keep Ever as the innocent forever. Obviously, this isn't the case so I'm not sure why she insists on keeping them cursed.
Ok so moat of this story was really hard for me to get into. I found myself skimming over most of the internal dialog. Just could not read through all that over and over again. However I absolutely loved the last 100 pages or so and really want to know where Damen, Ever, and Haven are headed so I am back on track to wanting to read the next book this winter.
I have mixed feelings on the latest installment in The Immortal Series: “Dark Flame”. My overall feeling is that it lack some missing pieces and/or not enough info.
Haven made an appearance in different parts of the story but there seem to be a huge gap where she was missing in the story. She basically came around or brought up when a situation entailed Roman. No mention really on her life as a new immortal other than she made friends.
In regards to Rayne & Romy I felt there should have been some kind of a reaction to Ava. What was said about their situation was really brief. I felt there are somewhat important in the series that more should have been said about their new found news.
The ending of the story I feel could have been better. I would have like to see Roman see Drina before his demise by Jude.
Haven made an appearance in different parts of the story but there seem to be a huge gap where she was missing in the story. She basically came around or brought up when a situation entailed Roman. No mention really on her life as a new immortal other than she made friends.
In regards to Rayne & Romy I felt there should have been some kind of a reaction to Ava. What was said about their situation was really brief. I felt there are somewhat important in the series that more should have been said about their new found news.
The ending of the story I feel could have been better. I would have like to see Roman see Drina before his demise by Jude.
I loved Evermore the first book in the series. It had a bit of a Twilight vibe but has immortals instead of vampires. Then Blue Moon came out. That is when Ever started getting stupid and making mistakes and that continued on into Shadowland. Honestly when I read Shadowland I liked it but afterwards when I thought about it I was questioning why I even read these books but something about them makes me keep reading them.
SPOILER ALERT for anyone who has yet to read Dark Flame or Shadowland.
So I get Dark Flame and start it and of course Ever is being even more stupid in the beginning with Haven being immortal and all. It continues on with slashing Jude's arm because she thinks he is an immortal (I don't know why there is even a "love triangle between her Jude and Damen because we all know she will end up with Damen) and then she casts a spell that backfires and makes her lust for Roman (who I thought like Drina in Evermore that Ever would kill him in Blue Moon but he continued to be an annoying pest throughout the next three books)
But surprisingly (and thankfully) in the end Ever starts to get a brain, tells Damen everything that’s going on and starts to resolve her problems and eventually ends in Roman's death (which was not caused by Ever but instead by Jude) So now the series continues with Night Star (November 2010) where she must find a cure for her and Damen. Stay tuned.
SPOILER ALERT for anyone who has yet to read Dark Flame or Shadowland.
So I get Dark Flame and start it and of course Ever is being even more stupid in the beginning with Haven being immortal and all. It continues on with slashing Jude's arm because she thinks he is an immortal (I don't know why there is even a "love triangle between her Jude and Damen because we all know she will end up with Damen) and then she casts a spell that backfires and makes her lust for Roman (who I thought like Drina in Evermore that Ever would kill him in Blue Moon but he continued to be an annoying pest throughout the next three books)
But surprisingly (and thankfully) in the end Ever starts to get a brain, tells Damen everything that’s going on and starts to resolve her problems and eventually ends in Roman's death (which was not caused by Ever but instead by Jude) So now the series continues with Night Star (November 2010) where she must find a cure for her and Damen. Stay tuned.
This is the least good book I've read of the Immortals series. I just didn't really like the story. I was just not really my thing. I hope the next one will be better.
Definitely not one of the best books in this series. A few good twists but also a lot of whining from Ever. Will I finish the series? Probably.
First of all, can i give minus stars?
I didn't expect much from this book, because the last two books were just awful and, and the only reason read this book, was because it's hard for me to dropping a series when i'm started.
According to my friends, the fourth book should be better so i'm giving it a chance, but far as well it hasn't surprised me yet. Very predictable!
When it comes to the characters, let's start with Damen: Boring, predictable, patient, the ideal boyfriend and just urg... too sweet. He's so boring. He's just like the prince on the white horse, he can't do anything wrong, and no matter how many times Ever mess things up, and not even tells him about it, he's still so calm and patient and just waiting until she figure it out, which can take more or less one book per problem.
Don't even let me start on Ever, i totally hate her - she has everything, money, blue eyes, blond hair, a sexy boyfriend and she's immortal. Why can't she just be happy about it, like Haven says. I really do hate that she's trying to handle everything herself. She thinks she can make every problem go away herself, and she thinks that she is way smarter than her boyfriend, who has lived more or less 400 years. So she's hiding so many secrets away from her amazing boyfriend, who just wanna help. And 5 out of 5 times she screw everything up, and she ends either with Roman or begging the two twins for help.
And in the beginning, when she cuts the amazing Jude in the arm, i was about to kill that bitch. I mean, wasn't it enough to just make a scratch, or was it really necessary to try to cut of his whole arm? That bitch.
Then there's Haven - my favorite character in this book of fools. I really really like her. She's funny, charming and she looks so bright on life. Hell, she had a crappy family and when she turns out as an immortal, she wanna catch the moment - unless Ever, who became so depressing after being an immortal.
I really like Haven because i would act the exact same way that she did, if i became an immortal - being freakin' happy!
And Roman is just simply nasty. No more so say about him!
So Haven is the absolute reason that i keep reading The Immortals.
Well the ending was okay. I will still give this book one star, because only 20 out of 320 pages was okay.
I didn't expect much from this book, because the last two books were just awful and, and the only reason read this book, was because it's hard for me to dropping a series when i'm started.
According to my friends, the fourth book should be better so i'm giving it a chance, but far as well it hasn't surprised me yet. Very predictable!
When it comes to the characters, let's start with Damen: Boring, predictable, patient, the ideal boyfriend and just urg... too sweet. He's so boring. He's just like the prince on the white horse, he can't do anything wrong, and no matter how many times Ever mess things up, and not even tells him about it, he's still so calm and patient and just waiting until she figure it out, which can take more or less one book per problem.
Don't even let me start on Ever, i totally hate her - she has everything, money, blue eyes, blond hair, a sexy boyfriend and she's immortal. Why can't she just be happy about it, like Haven says. I really do hate that she's trying to handle everything herself. She thinks she can make every problem go away herself, and she thinks that she is way smarter than her boyfriend, who has lived more or less 400 years. So she's hiding so many secrets away from her amazing boyfriend, who just wanna help. And 5 out of 5 times she screw everything up, and she ends either with Roman or begging the two twins for help.
And in the beginning, when she cuts the amazing Jude in the arm, i was about to kill that bitch. I mean, wasn't it enough to just make a scratch, or was it really necessary to try to cut of his whole arm? That bitch.
Then there's Haven - my favorite character in this book of fools. I really really like her. She's funny, charming and she looks so bright on life. Hell, she had a crappy family and when she turns out as an immortal, she wanna catch the moment - unless Ever, who became so depressing after being an immortal.
I really like Haven because i would act the exact same way that she did, if i became an immortal - being freakin' happy!
And Roman is just simply nasty. No more so say about him!
So Haven is the absolute reason that i keep reading The Immortals.
Well the ending was okay. I will still give this book one star, because only 20 out of 320 pages was okay.
L'auteur a encore une fois essayé de sauver son roman à la fin : après une suite d'événements plus catastrophiques les uns que les autres, elle amène la grande révélation qui explique tout et qui nous permet de dire "oui d'accord je comprends et j'excuse toutes les choses horribles qui se sont passées avant"... Et bien plus maintenant. Arrivée au quatrième tome je suis fatiguée de ce train train habituel, de cette routine épuisante. Je lirai la suite juste parce qu'elle est dans ma bibliothèque mais je déconseille absolument cette série.
Je dois juste avouer qu'au fond ce livre m'a quand même apporté quelque chose de personnel et c'est pour cela que je mets la note de 2/5. Il n'y a pas que des mauvais points dans ce livre mais je le déconseille quand même.
Je dois juste avouer qu'au fond ce livre m'a quand même apporté quelque chose de personnel et c'est pour cela que je mets la note de 2/5. Il n'y a pas que des mauvais points dans ce livre mais je le déconseille quand même.