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3.53 AVERAGE
3.53 AVERAGE
Me eencanto ...todos aquellos que no le gusto la primera entrega tienen que darle una oportunidad a los siguientes libro de la trilogía en verdad hay más contenidos y más acción, hace que no te hayas arrepetido comprar el primero!!
Was a good sequel and kinda made up for the slow pace of the first book :) The build up to the end and the last few pages made it for me! I cant wait for the next one and really hope it lives up to my expectations! I was glad that the 'bad guy' in this book was a little more gutsy with a bit more tumoil in the story :)
Esta chica me estresa, es demasiado estresante. DEMASIADO.
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:
Complicated
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content
Halo was an okay book for me so I decided to just read the sequel. I thought everything that was sort of well, bad, would be sorted out in this one. Like learning from your mistakes. This did not happen. Hades started out to be an interesting read, then a tedious one, then a just plain weird one.
The Interesting
Beth gets kidnapped and sucked into Hell? Heck yes, I'll read about that. She has to bargain something that will kill her to get out? Great! The promise of Gabriel, Ivy, and Xavier fighting for Beth's freedom? Sounds interesting! The progressing laughable yet sad romance between Molly and Gabriel? Can't wait!
Now none of that is really a spoiler considering it basically tells you on the cover. I was really excited because if all that is just the blurb what else will happen in the novel??
The answer: Nothing really.
Which brings me to:
The Tedious
Halfway through the book and nothing has really progressed any further than the first ten pages where Beth gets sucked up into Hell. Now I know you are thinking-"That can't be right, no one can write two hundred pages where nothing really happens."
My response:
Oh dear friends, you can. You can indeed.
"But an angel in Hell sounds like a super action packed adventure-ful read."
My response:
A feeling a dread swept over me. I flipped back to the cover and read the flap again.
Everything in the flap is the entire book.
The ... entire... book.
Basically saying, you have nothing to look forward to. It is all already written out for you.
So not only did it become tedious because you already know everything that is going to happen you hopelessly read just to find out what Beth's bargain with Jake is to save Xavier.
It's gotta be good, right?
The Just Plain Weird
Finally, the end was in sight. Almost towards the last page you find out what Jake wants from Beth.
All your hope for this book will fly down the hill and you'll hear a voice in your head from a person that told you not to read Halo so, so long ago and you did not listen. How much more disturbing can this get? The fact that Beth agrees to this. Thankfully, (sarcasm there) Beth is saved from this hideous deed and just when you think it can't get any worse Xavier makes a proposition to Beth and you basically want to either tear your hair out or laugh hysterically.
The Conclusion
It's pretty much a happy ending.
My final thought is a sincere apology to those who warned me about Halo and I didn't listen.
Two stars only because I believe if Adornetto wrote about perhaps a different topic or plot it could be enjoyed because she does write well. It is what is between the lines that I did not enjoy.
the first half of this book draaaaaaagged and then it picked up which was good. once again xavier was the crowning jewel of this book
also i greatly dislike jake as a character. obvs he’s there just fucking shit up for no reason but his motivation as a character was soooo convoluted, like he was obsessed with bethany from the very beginning for literally no reason. idk if it’ll just finally be revealed in the last one or whatever but it’s baffling to me that this demon prince is so obsessed with this specific angel
it’s a pointless love triangle too cause she’s so in love with xavier, which i do like. she never wavers like other female protagonists in a love triangle lol
also i greatly dislike jake as a character. obvs he’s there just fucking shit up for no reason but his motivation as a character was soooo convoluted, like he was obsessed with bethany from the very beginning for literally no reason. idk if it’ll just finally be revealed in the last one or whatever but it’s baffling to me that this demon prince is so obsessed with this specific angel
it’s a pointless love triangle too cause she’s so in love with xavier, which i do like. she never wavers like other female protagonists in a love triangle lol
adventurous
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
I’ve been reading as much angel fantasy as I can get my hands on. I’ve said before that for the story to really take flight (yes, that pun was intended) there needs to be a religious component. Alexandra Adornetto’s second book in the Halo trilogy was a very exciting read. There is a lot of mushy love between Bethany and Xavier in the beginning, but the story really gets going when Jake Throne tricks Bethany and kidnaps her into Hades aka Hell! The author creates a vivid and frightening underworld that draws on legend with plenty of creative modern twists. Some souls are destined to club forever. They cannot stop dancing. The demons that look beautiful on the outside just barely hide the hideous disfigurement of their true selves. Jake hopes to make Bethany his bride. We find out quickly that for Jake this is not just about starting a war with Heaven, he truly loves Bethany and wants her to accept him and choose to love him back. Back on earth, Bethany’s siblings, Gabriel and Ivy, along with Xavier try to figure out how to rescue her. Both angels are tied to whatever the Heavenly Father has planned. He sends word through the magnificent archangel, Michael. The plan is cryptic and involves saving more souls along the way. The book is about sacrifice and what you would give up for the ones you love the most much more than just a simple teen love story. Heaven’s rules are complicated. Bethany often wonders if she will be left in Hell. Is someone watching over her? Will she ever see Xavier or her siblings again? The ending will make you dying to find out what happens next. I’m hoping to see as vivid as description about Heaven and she created for Hell. The third book in the trilogy, Heaven, will be published sometime in 2012.
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Complicated