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A review by archilton
Poison Princess by Kresley Cole
4.0
I'll try not to be spoiler-y, but I'm already into the second book and so I might be jumbling a few things. Just a few things about this:
1. This is probably one of the scarier YA books I've ever read. The apocalypse, Bagmen (zombies), and other weird shit.
2. Jackson is not the best love interest. I get that he's all hot and brooding and Cajun (in my head, he talks like Gambit, so that's hot); but I could really do without his constant mood swings and anger.
3. This is a classic case of "If only the main characters weren't so stupid and kept so many secrets and WOULD JUST TALK".
4. Evie is kind of a weak heroine for probably 75% of the book. Weren't you a cheerleader? How can you not, like, run at least?
5. This is Cole's debut YA novel, and you can tell (just by content not writing or anything). She has plenty of Adult books out there, though I haven't read them, but this book almost verges more on adult than YA. There's much discussion of sex (which is another fault of Jackson's), many "shit"s and "ass"es to be had, and it's actually pretty gory/intense (I guess?) for a YA (all you need to do here is read the prologue).
6. About the sex thing: I get Jackson's thinking about just doing it - he is after all an 18 year old boy and it's the end of the world - but damn, dude. Back the eff off. Evie has this grand idea still over her virginity and whether they will ever be "boyfriend/girlfriend" (because even with the world ending, labels still matter), but for the LOVE. Just. Gawd.
It actually looks like I didn't like this book based on the above points. I did! I just had a few issues, so I'd probably rate this more of a 3.5 than a 4 star. The plot was definitely intriguing and a new one I hadn't read before which was nice. I just felt that maybe with a different hero and heroine it would have been closer to a 5 star.
1. This is probably one of the scarier YA books I've ever read. The apocalypse, Bagmen (zombies), and other weird shit.
2. Jackson is not the best love interest. I get that he's all hot and brooding and Cajun (in my head, he talks like Gambit, so that's hot); but I could really do without his constant mood swings and anger.
3. This is a classic case of "If only the main characters weren't so stupid and kept so many secrets and WOULD JUST TALK".
4. Evie is kind of a weak heroine for probably 75% of the book. Weren't you a cheerleader? How can you not, like, run at least?
5. This is Cole's debut YA novel, and you can tell (just by content not writing or anything). She has plenty of Adult books out there, though I haven't read them, but this book almost verges more on adult than YA. There's much discussion of sex (which is another fault of Jackson's), many "shit"s and "ass"es to be had, and it's actually pretty gory/intense (I guess?) for a YA (all you need to do here is read the prologue).
6. About the sex thing: I get Jackson's thinking about just doing it - he is after all an 18 year old boy and it's the end of the world - but damn, dude. Back the eff off. Evie has this grand idea still over her virginity and whether they will ever be "boyfriend/girlfriend" (because even with the world ending, labels still matter), but for the LOVE. Just. Gawd.
It actually looks like I didn't like this book based on the above points. I did! I just had a few issues, so I'd probably rate this more of a 3.5 than a 4 star. The plot was definitely intriguing and a new one I hadn't read before which was nice. I just felt that maybe with a different hero and heroine it would have been closer to a 5 star.