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3.75 AVERAGE
3.75 AVERAGE
Didn’t love this as much as the original All Souls Trilogy. I wasn’t super invested in Marcus’ backstory. Loved the twins story and really wanted more of that, to see how Rebecca and Phillip’s powers evolve. Phoebe’s transition was fine.
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I rounded down on this book, but I think it’s really a 3.5 but not enough to document it as a 4. I’ve read the All Souls Trilogy and enjoyed them so it was nice to check in on some of these characters that are familiar (though I don’t remember real specifics of the trilogy, there were enough recollections in this story that made me go, ‘oh yeah!’)
This story focuses on Marcus and Phoebe. I don’t remember if Phoebe was in the trilogy, but Phoebe is a human who has decided to become a vampire in order to be mated with Marcus. They go to great lengths to make sure her ‘transition’ is done right, so that was interesting to think that there may be an infancy stage of vampirehood and how the new vampire needs to be taught how to move like a human again and to not be lightstruck.
Marcus gets his own story as well since he can’t see Phoebe during this transition for 90 days. Instead he stays with Diana and Matthew (his ‘father’) and she gets him to start talking about his human past which was in the 18th century and during the Revolutionary War. I can’t say I’d ever thought much about that slice of American history so I liked (well, not liked as in go America, but liked as in the prose) to get a perspective on it, even if it was from a fictional soon-to-be vampire.
The third sub-plot is about Diana and Matthew’s twins and their early glimpses into displaying magical/vampirical tendencies.
While these stories were well-done, the ending felt a little flat. Maybe just a build-up to the next book?
This story focuses on Marcus and Phoebe. I don’t remember if Phoebe was in the trilogy, but Phoebe is a human who has decided to become a vampire in order to be mated with Marcus. They go to great lengths to make sure her ‘transition’ is done right, so that was interesting to think that there may be an infancy stage of vampirehood and how the new vampire needs to be taught how to move like a human again and to not be lightstruck.
Marcus gets his own story as well since he can’t see Phoebe during this transition for 90 days. Instead he stays with Diana and Matthew (his ‘father’) and she gets him to start talking about his human past which was in the 18th century and during the Revolutionary War. I can’t say I’d ever thought much about that slice of American history so I liked (well, not liked as in go America, but liked as in the prose) to get a perspective on it, even if it was from a fictional soon-to-be vampire.
The third sub-plot is about Diana and Matthew’s twins and their early glimpses into displaying magical/vampirical tendencies.
While these stories were well-done, the ending felt a little flat. Maybe just a build-up to the next book?
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
funny
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
hopeful
informative
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Superb writing as always but a little slow to get moving compared to her other books.
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes