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A review by beccadavies
The Rising by Kelley Armstrong
4.0
Maya now knows the truth about herself- she is a skin-walker, an ancient and extinct supernatural who can transform into a cougar. Extinct until now. Through the St. Cloud's DNA manipulation in a project they aptly call Project Phoenix, extinct races are being re-introduced into the world.
Not happy that they were the Cabal's science experiment, Maya and co. are out to find the subjects of a similar experiment in order to ban forces and go against the St. Cloud Cabal by joining up with a rival Cabal- the Nasts.
Through a lot of running, a lot of stalking and of course, being Kelley Armstrong, a whole lot of adventure, they meet up with Derek, Chloe and Simon and try to convince them to surrender to the Nasts.
I found the book went full circle- the group basically ended up where they started out. As much as I'm not happy with the ending, I understand why Armstrong wrote it that way.
Now personally, I kept flipping to near the end when Maya meets up with Chole and Derek just to remind myself that Chloe and Derek are actually coming back. If I didn't have that reassurance, I wouldn't have enjoyed it as much as I had. I tried- I really did but Maya just doesn't do it for me and the "love triangle" was something so silly and I felt no real chemistry between her and anybody.
I'm too big a Chloe and Derek fan. I'll admit it and so I'm pretty bias in this review. Maya and her buddies never really had a chance. Sorry fictional character Maya Delaney, but you paled in comparison to the blond necromancer.
Not happy that they were the Cabal's science experiment, Maya and co. are out to find the subjects of a similar experiment in order to ban forces and go against the St. Cloud Cabal by joining up with a rival Cabal- the Nasts.
Through a lot of running, a lot of stalking and of course, being Kelley Armstrong, a whole lot of adventure, they meet up with Derek, Chloe and Simon and try to convince them to surrender to the Nasts.
I found the book went full circle- the group basically ended up where they started out. As much as I'm not happy with the ending, I understand why Armstrong wrote it that way.
Now personally, I kept flipping to near the end when Maya meets up with Chole and Derek just to remind myself that Chloe and Derek are actually coming back. If I didn't have that reassurance, I wouldn't have enjoyed it as much as I had. I tried- I really did but Maya just doesn't do it for me and the "love triangle" was something so silly and I felt no real chemistry between her and anybody.
I'm too big a Chloe and Derek fan. I'll admit it and so I'm pretty bias in this review. Maya and her buddies never really had a chance. Sorry fictional character Maya Delaney, but you paled in comparison to the blond necromancer.