Title: Avenge
Author: Sarah M Ross
Source: eARC from author for review for blog tour
Please do not read my review if you have not read book 1, Awaken. It could contain spoilers.
goodreads...
Six months ago, Lucy Donovan thought that
being killed by a drunk driver was the worst thing that could happen to her.
She was wrong.
Now, the person she loves most has been
ripped away from her, soul held hostage, and Lucy has vowed to stop at nothing
to get it back.
Part of a new team with enhanced powers,
Lucy and her friends begin a quest to avenge the souls that have been stolen. Enemies
of the Patronus have united however, and a spy from within the Patronus realm
is feeding the enemy their every move.
When a mission goes horribly wrong, Lucy’s
soul becomes compromised. It will take a strength she didn’t know was within
her to escape the darkness, return to the light and avenge the soul she loves.
My take...
Lucy is in search of her sister who has
been stolen by a bunch of vicious blood suckers. Going on mission after mission
stealing back souls that were once taken, she rarely has a moments rest. Lucy
feels if she doesn't find her sister soon it may be too late. In the midst of
looking for her and taking down vampires, the unthinkable happens, Lucy is
kidnapped and held hostage. But it's not really her who the vampires want. It's
someone much dearer to her. So when her true love gets taken away, Lucy is left
feeling the pain. With her emotions all over place, Lucy has to find a way to
get Max back. In the end, she may lose everyone she loves…but it’s a risk she
has to take.
I thought Awaken was wonderful...but Avenge
came in and kicked a little bootie. Ok, a lot of bootie. I was so surprised to
see that I loved it more than Awaken. I especially loved the second half of the
book where the action and suspense was knocked up a notch or two. And while
coming up on the ending, I was so worried that something bad was going to
happen. But I thought that Ross ended it perfectly; leaving me happy and
satisfied. So much so, I am looking forward to the next book and what James has
to say.
Did I mention we get a snippet of Max’s
POV? Um yeah, and it was flippin great. Would love to have ‘heard’ more
from him in the story though. But even so…it was great just getting that little
bit from him. And it just made me fall a little more in love with him.
I will say that I am loving Lucy’s
character a little more in Avenge too. I felt she has really grown from the first
time we met her Awaken. Lucy has really adjusted to her role as a Patronus and
matured as a person. Seeing that change makes it easier to connect with her
character a little more than before.
So if you haven’t read Awaken, get on it. If
you have, then you really need to get to reading Avenge. You are going to love
the conclusion to Max and Lucy’s story.
Click on the link above to see the tour schedule
I haven't read the book yet, but it sounds great! Thank you for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteThanks Sarah for the great giveaways. I wish I could read the article but I don't want it to spoil the first one for me. If I don't win the copies of them this time around, I am going to purchase them. I am getting impatient to read them. :)
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Loved the review! Awaken was fantastic, can't wait for Avenge! :)
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