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3.88 AVERAGE
3.88 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
What wondeful conclusion to this duology! Of course there is still room if the author decides, and I sincerely hope she does...to continue writing these wonderful characters! I feel like I say this too much in reviews, but every time I say it I sincerely mean it... I hope very much that this is made into a series or a movie. This was such a great story and a wonderful way to begin the fall season. New characters were introduced in this one, as well as returning beloved characters. I won't give it away because who knows who could return right, but I will say they are all full bodied and well developed. The writing kept me reading long after I should've been in bed. I'm a fan of Dana Schwartz and I will continue reading anything she writes!
adventurous
dark
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
adventurous
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Hazel Sinnett is a doctor who is still reeling from the events of the past year in which her mentor turned out to be an immortal killer and her beloved was hanged and accused of being a murderer... and the fact that she gave him a veil that turned him into an immortal. She’s been waiting for Jack to find her, to come back to her... but it’s been months and not a single word or visit. he spends her day wondering if he is alive or dead. She takes patients and maintains Hathornden Castle. When saving a life leads to her arrest Hazel thinks she is going to be sentenced to rot in prison... until she is specifically sent to be the personal physician to the beloved Princess Charlotte, the sickly granddaughter of King George III. While Charlotte’s disease eludes Hazel, Hazel soon finds herself being attracted to a new doctor and being drawn into the mysterious club known as the Companions of Death. Charlotte begins a sort of romance with the brilliant doctor Simon while still in love with Jack, she’s flipping between her feelings for the both of them, and then there is the mysterious social club that calls to her... all of the members who are famous people who are now immortals including Voltaire and Byron. Then Hazel’s life completely changes when she spots Jack, very much alive and avoiding her. She is going to hold onto him no matter what and demands that he explain why he has left her this whole time. Jack can’t see a future for them when he is immortal and she is very mortal, he can’t watch her die, he doesn’t want her brilliant future as a surgeon to be weighed down by someone who has nothing to give her, but Hazel won’t have any of that. Jack has her entire heart and the only way he says they can be together is if she can undo his immortality. When Hazel realizes that the princess’s illness isn’t actually an illness but something much more difficult, she is determined to help her and that means getting Jack to help her do what they do best... retrieve a dead body. Meanwhile, Jack and Hazel must find a way to create a future together, which might be threatened by the Companions of Death when Hazel inadvertently ruins one of their plains... and one of their members might be out for her death... but Hazel has a little secret up her sleeve, and after all this is a love story. This was the sequel to the first book and though it definitely wraps up everything nicely and sweetly, it was a bit harder to get into this one than the first book. This one suffered from the issue that many sequel books do, pacing, lack of story and overall motivations. The first third of the book deals with Hazel helping the princess and her new love and it definitely feels slow and a bit bogged down, but it definitely picks up by the end when Jack makes a return. I did enjoy the ending of the book as Jack and Hazel do get the happily ever after they deserve and overall the series was a great one to read.
*Thanks Netgalley and St. Martin's Press, Wednesday Books for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*
Spoiler
Spoilers: Princess Charlotte wasn’t actually sick, she was heartbroken because she was in love with another woman and they both would be forced to be married off, but Hazel helps Charlotte fake her death and run away. Jack and Hazel get married and Hazel secretly takes the immortality tincture at their wedding mixed in with the wine, so when one of the Companions of Deaths come to kill her and shoot her in the heart, she is already immortal. Jack and Her spend their lives together and promise to think about finding a cure in about 200 years if they want to not be immortal again. Hazel runs into Beecham ( her immortal killer teacher) who gives her money and says that life works out in funny ways and they part. Overall a good ending, Simon ( the other doctor love interest helps Hazel cover up the Princess’s death and he goes home to his family and they part as friends*Thanks Netgalley and St. Martin's Press, Wednesday Books for sending me an arc in exchange for an honest review*
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Warning: spoilers ahead!
I would probably give this book at 3.5/5 stars. I really enjoyed this book, though I liked the first book in this series better. I liked the bizarre situations Hazel finds herself (or puts herself) in and the love triangle.
However, Jack showing up at the exact right place at the exact right time seems a little too convenient, especially since he doesn't really know where Hazel is. And I thought that Hazel taking the tincture at the end of the story was kind of a letdown. She promises to find a way to reverse the effects of the tincture but never really does, except for promising that she will do it in the future. While reversing the effects of the tincture comes with its own set of questions (how will reversing it change the body? Would those who have taken it still be alive after the reversal, or would they just die?), I thought it would prove Hazel to be the amazing female doctor and scientist that she was set up to be in the novel. I also wanted more at the end. We spend all this time with Hazel and Jack and aren't really told too much about what becomes of them. I'd even love a third novel about their life after!
I would probably give this book at 3.5/5 stars. I really enjoyed this book, though I liked the first book in this series better. I liked the bizarre situations Hazel finds herself (or puts herself) in and the love triangle.
However, Jack showing up at the exact right place at the exact right time seems a little too convenient, especially since he doesn't really know where Hazel is. And I thought that Hazel taking the tincture at the end of the story was kind of a letdown. She promises to find a way to reverse the effects of the tincture but never really does, except for promising that she will do it in the future. While reversing the effects of the tincture comes with its own set of questions (how will reversing it change the body? Would those who have taken it still be alive after the reversal, or would they just die?), I thought it would prove Hazel to be the amazing female doctor and scientist that she was set up to be in the novel. I also wanted more at the end. We spend all this time with Hazel and Jack and aren't really told too much about what becomes of them. I'd even love a third novel about their life after!