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A review by midnightbookgirl
The Shadow of Death by Christopher Pike
4.0
Oh, Sita. You just need a day off. Take a cruise, bathe in the blood of peasants, get a blow out. You know, just a break from all the stuff and all the people, aliens, immortals and whatnot trying to kill you or every person you love or even that person you smiled at once at the Home Depot while picking up some rope. Rope always comes in handy, but this you know.
Reading this book is like watching Taken, there's all this action, and then there's some quieter intel gathering time, and then more action, and lots of people die. And some of it even surprised me, and I consider Stephen King good bed time story material.
And for everyone talking about the cover? Yes, the boy is a hottie, but model looks nothing like how Sita is described. I wish they'd just stuck with the original hand drawn covers of the 90's when Sita/Alisa's hair was yellow. Not that I'm putting down the cover model, because I am so not one to judge. I haven't broken any mirrors or anything, but no one's ever going to go to a plastic surgeon and request any of my facial features.
Am I pumped for the next book? Yes I am! And for those of you who love Pike as much as me, you should know that I'm hosting a 2013 Christopher Pike Reading Challenge. Go ahead and join in!
My official review will be up soon, but it's going to be hard because SO MUCH HAPPENS and I try not to spoil. I try. This may prove too hard not to spoil because I have feelings about this book.
Reading this book is like watching Taken, there's all this action, and then there's some quieter intel gathering time, and then more action, and lots of people die. And some of it even surprised me, and I consider Stephen King good bed time story material.
And for everyone talking about the cover? Yes, the boy is a hottie, but model looks nothing like how Sita is described. I wish they'd just stuck with the original hand drawn covers of the 90's when Sita/Alisa's hair was yellow. Not that I'm putting down the cover model, because I am so not one to judge. I haven't broken any mirrors or anything, but no one's ever going to go to a plastic surgeon and request any of my facial features.
Am I pumped for the next book? Yes I am! And for those of you who love Pike as much as me, you should know that I'm hosting a 2013 Christopher Pike Reading Challenge. Go ahead and join in!
My official review will be up soon, but it's going to be hard because SO MUCH HAPPENS and I try not to spoil. I try. This may prove too hard not to spoil because I have feelings about this book.