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Enticed
by Jessica Shirvington
Entice takes place shortly after Embrace left off: Violet is getting stronger with training and she is learning more about Grigori and exiles. She and Lincoln are still fighting their mutual affection, with little success. Violet is looking forward to the new Grigori arriving in town, and hoping Onyx will just leave her alone.
I liked Violet, she was strong and spunky. She had pretty much accepted that she was Grigori, for better or worse. Though she still struggled with her feelings for Lincoln, she realized a relationship with him would be impossible and tried to do the right thing. One thing that bugged me was her seeming unconcern about her doors being unlocked, even though she knew she had locked them. She would think “that’s odd,” then just move on. She never thought to tell Lincoln or Griffin or, I don’t know, the police? For someone who had exiles trying hard to kill her, she didn’t seem to mind the fact that someone had obviously tampered with her doors.
Lincoln seemed to waffle with his feelings for Violet, and I was getting just as frustrated as she with trying to figure him out. He seemed to care about her, then he would run off with Grigori Magda for some secret mission he wouldn’t tell Violet about. I thought we were through with the secret keeping, Linc? Magda seemed to hate Violet even more in Entice than she did in Embrace, and never really gave a reason.
I especially liked Violet’s best friend Steph. She was another strong character, and a wonderful friend to Violet. As much as she was in the novel, I’m surprised by how little we knew about her. Onyx, the big bad from Embrace, was back to torment Violet, but his character also went through some surprising changes. We learned just a bit of the history of the Grigori in their little group, but I would have liked some more backstory and personal histories of them as people.
Jessica added a lot of new information and Grigori/exile lore to this story, but it didn’t seem as confusing to me as the previous book. The one aspect of the writing that bothered me were the unfinished thoughts. For example (just a made up example, this never actually happened in the book), Violet would look at someone and think to herself “That can’t be who I think it is.” Then she’d move on to something else and I would be left wondering who the hell she thought it was.
The dialogue was the same, lots of snark from Steph and Violet, with a few chuckle-out-loud moments. There were still some unanswered questions (some of them even leftover from Embrace), and I really hope the answers show up in Emblaze. The gang did some traveling this time, and if you suspend your belief that a young woman could travel halfway around the world without her dad knowing, it’s a nice change of pace from Lincoln’s house, where the majority of the book takes place. There were a few surprises, but the big bad was not one of them. The signs were there throughout the entire novel, and frankly I’m surprised it took everyone as long as it did to figure it out.
The cover is perfect and matches the first book in tone and color. If I didn’t know anything about the book, the cover would definitely grab my attention.
The sum up:
Just as good as the previous book, this one furthers the overall plot and the characters’ relationships. It will leave you eager for the next one.
I liked Violet, she was strong and spunky. She had pretty much accepted that she was Grigori, for better or worse. Though she still struggled with her feelings for Lincoln, she realized a relationship with him would be impossible and tried to do the right thing. One thing that bugged me was her seeming unconcern about her doors being unlocked, even though she knew she had locked them. She would think “that’s odd,” then just move on. She never thought to tell Lincoln or Griffin or, I don’t know, the police? For someone who had exiles trying hard to kill her, she didn’t seem to mind the fact that someone had obviously tampered with her doors.
Lincoln seemed to waffle with his feelings for Violet, and I was getting just as frustrated as she with trying to figure him out. He seemed to care about her, then he would run off with Grigori Magda for some secret mission he wouldn’t tell Violet about. I thought we were through with the secret keeping, Linc? Magda seemed to hate Violet even more in Entice than she did in Embrace, and never really gave a reason.
I especially liked Violet’s best friend Steph. She was another strong character, and a wonderful friend to Violet. As much as she was in the novel, I’m surprised by how little we knew about her. Onyx, the big bad from Embrace, was back to torment Violet, but his character also went through some surprising changes. We learned just a bit of the history of the Grigori in their little group, but I would have liked some more backstory and personal histories of them as people.
Jessica added a lot of new information and Grigori/exile lore to this story, but it didn’t seem as confusing to me as the previous book. The one aspect of the writing that bothered me were the unfinished thoughts. For example (just a made up example, this never actually happened in the book), Violet would look at someone and think to herself “That can’t be who I think it is.” Then she’d move on to something else and I would be left wondering who the hell she thought it was.
The dialogue was the same, lots of snark from Steph and Violet, with a few chuckle-out-loud moments. There were still some unanswered questions (some of them even leftover from Embrace), and I really hope the answers show up in Emblaze. The gang did some traveling this time, and if you suspend your belief that a young woman could travel halfway around the world without her dad knowing, it’s a nice change of pace from Lincoln’s house, where the majority of the book takes place. There were a few surprises, but the big bad was not one of them. The signs were there throughout the entire novel, and frankly I’m surprised it took everyone as long as it did to figure it out.
The cover is perfect and matches the first book in tone and color. If I didn’t know anything about the book, the cover would definitely grab my attention.
The sum up:
Just as good as the previous book, this one furthers the overall plot and the characters’ relationships. It will leave you eager for the next one.