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A review by mollymortensen
Immortal Rising by Lynsay Sands
4.0
This book is so much better than the last few have been! There were funny scenes, and good characters with actual personality.
I was optimistic when we started with an action scene, revealing that Stephanie has been using her unique ability to read minds to help out the Enforcers. (Immortal cops) Unfortunately, after that exciting beginning, we're basically just hanging out at a farmhouse and Stephanie has essentially lost her abilities.
This is another case of tragic backstories, but because we already knew these characters from other books and knew what happened to them, that was unavoidable.
I liked how quirky Stephanie was, talking to her animals and that she'd turned her old journals into 'fiction' books. I would've liked it better without Thorne's point of view. He comes off so nice to Stephanie and rather awkward, but from his thoughts we learn that he's been seeing women 'like a rutting bull' since the island was raised by the Enforcers. (his mom's words) He doesn't have a clue about human relationships and being so experienced rather spoils that. I'd have rather he'd just had a couple of relationships with others like him to explain his cluelessness.
I also wish he'd really been 22, not 52. I know she did that to show that he wouldn't age and introduce a cool anti-aging quirk, but he has super strength and healing, and he didn't try to do anything against his captors for 50 years?! The other hybrids wouldn't trust him, boo hoo, so make them! Fight back! Be a warrior! I know he did eventually fly to the mainland but it would've been more understandable if he hadn't fought back against such cruelty for 20 years not 50.
As always I wish there was more relationship building and less sex, but they did have a good bonding and sharing scene in a diner where they at least got to know each other.
The ending had some excitement, (but not enough) and it was rather a let down
I was optimistic when we started with an action scene, revealing that Stephanie has been using her unique ability to read minds to help out the Enforcers. (Immortal cops) Unfortunately, after that exciting beginning, we're basically just hanging out at a farmhouse and Stephanie has essentially lost her abilities.
This is another case of tragic backstories, but because we already knew these characters from other books and knew what happened to them, that was unavoidable.
I liked how quirky Stephanie was, talking to her animals and that she'd turned her old journals into 'fiction' books. I would've liked it better without Thorne's point of view. He comes off so nice to Stephanie and rather awkward, but from his thoughts we learn that he's been seeing women 'like a rutting bull' since the island was raised by the Enforcers. (his mom's words) He doesn't have a clue about human relationships and being so experienced rather spoils that. I'd have rather he'd just had a couple of relationships with others like him to explain his cluelessness.
I also wish he'd really been 22, not 52. I know she did that to show that he wouldn't age and introduce a cool anti-aging quirk, but he has super strength and healing, and he didn't try to do anything against his captors for 50 years?! The other hybrids wouldn't trust him, boo hoo, so make them! Fight back! Be a warrior! I know he did eventually fly to the mainland but it would've been more understandable if he hadn't fought back against such cruelty for 20 years not 50.
As always I wish there was more relationship building and less sex, but they did have a good bonding and sharing scene in a diner where they at least got to know each other.
The ending had some excitement, (but not enough) and it was rather a let down