The Story: Well, I got the chance to review the Keepers of Life series, and yeah, I took it! The series looked fantastic, and while I had a slow start, once I got going, the pages just kept flowing! Really great series, and I can't wait to read more by Shea Berkley!
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Series: Keepers of Life, Dark Secrets.
Keepers of Life: The Marked Son and her site, my review, The Fallen Prince and her site, my review, The Risen King and her site, my review.
Dark Secrets: Stone Cold Dead and her site, my review, Edge of Evil and her site, my review.
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Monday, April 28, 2014
The Rising King: Review
The summer before Dylan Kennedy’s senior year in high school is turning out to be anything but boring. Ridiculously hot girlfriend? Check. Killing evil Dark Souls who suddenly have aspirations of taking over the magical realm of Teag because its protective spell is gone? Check. Not even Teag’s King, Dylan’s father, Baun, can stop them. People are dying, and a dark magic that his girlfriend, Kera, received from Baun is growing stronger. Dylan wants to believe Kera is suppressing the darkness that’s in her, but every day he sees that control slip just a little more.
Baun sends Dylan to find a powerful magic that stop the Dark Souls, a magic so strong that Baun hid it so no one else could use it. When Dylan doesn’t expect to find along with it, are consequences that could end the lives of those closest to him.
My Review:
While a heartbreaking book, the ending, the loss of the could-have-been, this was a freaking fantastic book, and a great ending to a great series! I so enjoyed it, and yeah, I don't know why I took so long to read this series!!
I kinda suspected his dad, because from seeing both Dylan and Kera's perspectives, thing seemed off, that it didn't quite add up, though I didn't want him to end up not changing like he said he would. Because that was just...a waste, a loss of potential, and it made me disappointed in him (not the books thought, enjoyed them!!!)
Kera, poor girl, dealing with the dark powers, and that they were slowly corrupting her, to the point that she attacked Dylan, lied to him? Yeah, that was pretty hard to bear. But then things got better.
One thing I found really sad, and that didn't get dealt with, was Bodog's death. He's been with the series from the first book, the odd, strange, and full of headache-making statements, and we didn't get to see Dylan deal with his death, or have it mentioned that he even knew, just that Kera was there as he died, and he had died protecting her. So that, I was a bit disappointed on.
Dylan's grandpa did come to Teag like I wanted, but it wasn't very long, and we weren't with him for the majority of it, so that was something that I missed out on, because I thought something big might've happened because of that, but nope, just fighting the bad guys.
Yeah, this was a really good book, and while I didn't like some parts, that didn't mean that I didn't love this book, because I did, it was really great!
Author: Shea Berkley
Series: Keepers of Life #3
Read: April 27th, 2014
Source: Tour for Review
Reason Why: Enjoyed the first 2 books, and it's a End of Series 2014 Book and a Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2014 Book!
Publisher: Entangled Teen
Published: April 28th 2014
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| 5/5 Stars |
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If you're itching to know more about me, then ask. Depending what you ask, I'll add the question to the list with an answer that's as close to the truth as I can make it.
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Stops on the Tour:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #151, April 28th
What happened in the past week:
Weekly Memes:
It's Monday! What Are You Reading #150
Teaser Tuesday #158
WWW Wednesday #158
WOW #155
Will the Time Come #151
Third Sentence Thursday #141
Random Reads #126
First Lines Friday #146
The Reward Challenge Round 96 Part 1
Follow Friday #129
LLFL Reading Challenge Update 44
Week 17 Reviews:
The Rising
The Dead Girls Detective Agency
Ashes of Twilight
Don't Look Back
Beauty Awakened
Life Before Legend
Legend
Falling to Ash
The Marked Son
The Fallen Prince
Tours:
The Hunters and the Queen: Book Blitz
Undying Desire: Guest Post and Review
So this week I want to read Whispered Lies, Prodigy, Hunting Lila, The Rising King, Undying Destiny, Undying Embrace, The Kill Switch, Rebel Spring, The Dream Thieves, Torment, The Daughter of Smoke and Bone, The Winner's Curse, Street Game, Far From You, Warrior, The Immortal Rules, In Seconds, V is for Villain, Gabriel's Redemption, and Sweet Evil.
Baun sends Dylan to find a powerful magic that stop the Dark Souls, a magic so strong that Baun hid it so no one else could use it. When Dylan doesn’t expect to find along with it, are consequences that could end the lives of those closest to him.
Emily Ross just wanted a fresh start. She’s a survivor, coming off the tail end of an abusive relationship, and craves time alone to learn who she is and to save the home that holds her heart. The last thing she needed was a controlling, alpha male calling all the shots.
Meeting Kenric might just have changed her mind, though. He is wrong for her in all the right ways. But in order to keep her heart from breaking, he first has to keep the hoards of evil vamps from stealing her very breath.
Gabrielle Steven’s sister is missing. Her hunt for clues brings her face to face with the one vampire she can’t forget. Their missions combine and thrust them into the heart of evil. Will their passion be enough to overcome the pain from their past, or will their dark desires destroy them both?
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Week 17 Reviews: The Marked Son, The Fallen Prince
Seventeen-year-old Dylan Kennedy always knew something was different about him, but until his mother abandoned him in the middle of Oregon with grandparents he’s never met, he had no idea what.
When Dylan sees a girl in white in the woods behind his grandparents’ farm, he knows he’s seen her before... in his dreams. He’s felt her fear. Heard her insistence that only he can save her world from an evil lord who uses magic and fear to feed his greed for power.
Unable to shake the unearthly pull to Kera, Dylan takes her hand. Either he’s completely insane or he’s about to have the adventure of his life, because where they’re going is full of creatures he’s only read about in horror stories. Worse, the human blood in his veins has Dylan marked for death...
From Goodreads:
There is a magical realm that exists alongside the human realm, but it wasn’t always so. The firsts are beings who were created to nurture the land. The world was split into two realms, and the firsts were allowed to redeem themselves. Sadly, the majority continued with their self-indulgent behavior to the point where one of their own, a king, became so obsessed with power, he was secretly banished by the court in hopes his absence would calm the masses. But a spark of madness was ignited and not even the lost king's absence could curtail what he set in motion.
My Review:
Oh, I loved these books! Alternating POV's of Dylan and Kera, so we got a fuller story, and more of what was going on, yeah, these were just 2 great books!!!
My favourite character was Bodog, he was funny in what he said, saying them in such a manner that it was hard to understand, like making prophecies, and yeah, he was shy, and he was helpful, and entertaining, and yeah, he was just my favourite character!!!
One thing that I want, is for his grandpa to go to Teag, because I think it'd be pretty hilarious!! Because he's such a down to earth guy, from the beginning, not knowing about the firsts, to in Prince, him taking him to Wyatt for Dylan to train to get control of his powers, and his grandpa soaking him, it was hilarious, and I want to see how he does in Teag!!!
Dylan makes a few close friends, and it's sad what happened to Jason? I believe his name was. Though the whole fight and afterwards in the forest in Prince, I'm a bit confused with that, because it didn't really make sense, they were looking for him, why did Dylan just let him go?
Yeah, these were 2 really good stories, they were fun, and I don't know why it took me so long to read them!!!
Author: Shea Berkley
Series: Keepers of Life #1, 2
Read: April 25th, 25th, 2014
Source: Publisher for Review
Reason Why: They sounded good, and they're Prequel & Sequel Challenge 2014 Books!
Publisher: Entangled Publishing, Entangled Teen
Published: July 27th 2011, June 4th 2013
The Marked Son:
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| 5/5 Hearts |
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| 4/5 Books |
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| 4/5 Stars |
The Fallen Prince:
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| 5/5 Hearts |
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| 4.5/5 Books |
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| 4/5 Stars |
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