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I am shocked to say that I am giving this book three stars. I read all of the Twilight books because I felt that I should be familiar with the phenomenon that is Twilight, but I found NOTHING good about the first three books except that I had a lot of fun laughing out loud about just how ridiculous and poorly written the books were. I expected the fourth book to be the worst of the bunch because it has gotten so many bad reviews -- even from fans of the series. Boy was I surprised, then, when I discovered that I was actually ENJOYING this installment in the saga.
The book starts out very similar to the other books in the series -- Bella and Edward get married and act like their typical wimpy, whiny selves while the author tries to avoid words like "sex" (which is given substitutes like "make love" or other innuendos). Somewhere around the middle of the book, however, the author grows a pair and actually begins to write a decent story with a plot (I know, unheard of in the Twilight world!) and a slightly more adult vocabulary (she actually seems to fight off her inner Christian fundamentalist enough to use "sex" a few times).
The point where I realized that I was actually enjoying the book was the point where I stopped analyzing and picking apart the story and the characters and actually started to want to keep reading and find out what happens next. Yes, there were times when the action is almost nonexistent and the story gets a bit redundant, but I'm okay with a little bit of that in any book as long as I am compelled to keep reading.
Overall, I think the book was actually decent -- which is something I thought I would never say about a Twilight book. I am giving the book no more than three stars, however, because it still doesn't meet my standards for good storytelling. While the book is definitely better than its predecessors, it still lacks a lot -- especially in terms of conflict.
The book starts out very similar to the other books in the series -- Bella and Edward get married and act like their typical wimpy, whiny selves while the author tries to avoid words like "sex" (which is given substitutes like "make love" or other innuendos). Somewhere around the middle of the book, however, the author grows a pair and actually begins to write a decent story with a plot (I know, unheard of in the Twilight world!) and a slightly more adult vocabulary (she actually seems to fight off her inner Christian fundamentalist enough to use "sex" a few times).
The point where I realized that I was actually enjoying the book was the point where I stopped analyzing and picking apart the story and the characters and actually started to want to keep reading and find out what happens next. Yes, there were times when the action is almost nonexistent and the story gets a bit redundant, but I'm okay with a little bit of that in any book as long as I am compelled to keep reading.
Overall, I think the book was actually decent -- which is something I thought I would never say about a Twilight book. I am giving the book no more than three stars, however, because it still doesn't meet my standards for good storytelling. While the book is definitely better than its predecessors, it still lacks a lot -- especially in terms of conflict.
I'm not sure where to start when reviewing this book. The story itself was interesting and unique -- I had read a few, but not many, books about Nephilim before reading this. The thing that somewhat bothered me about this book was the author's arrangement of the text. First, there was at least one instance when the author began a flashback with no warning, which lasted for about 100 pages. This was a bit confusing. Second, the book seemed to end very abruptly. Trussoni seemed to leave several questions unanswered when the book ended. In general, I enjoyed the book, but I think the author's style is a bit too halting for me.