Saturday 8 June 2013

Julie Kagawa- The Eternity Cure review.

"I was a monster who killed and preyed on human life; I could never escape that, but at least I could choose what kind of lives I took."
This is the 2nd book of the trilogy by Julie Kagawa. Seeing as how much I enjoyed and cried about the first book I didn't think that it could get any better/ more upsetting than the first one but I was wrong it definitely topped it by a mile.

From Allie Sekemoto finding out that the evil vampire Jackal was her blood brother and other interesting revelations she set out to find her sire Kanin to help him escape from the likes of Sarren a twisted and beyond evil vampire who wanted to see the end of Kanin and his offspring.
This book again was really well written and easy to follow but also  kept you on your toes throughout the whole book.
After leaving Zeke in Eden Allie was once again alone looking for Kanin that was until she bumped into a familiar face who agreed to go with her to find her sire and to help find and stop Sarren from releasing  a deadly disease.
This lead Allison back to where it all began New Covington, only to discover that Sarren had released the disease to the people of New Covington turning them into zombie like people 'bleeders', the 'bleeders' threatened the existence of all human beings and could lead to extinction for all vampires. The second book shows more of Allisons human side in the way she cares more and more but the vampire inside her also begins to roar more because of the anger built up inside her which I think is good because it makes her overall character more interesting to read about.

Throughout the book Allie is left with more and more heartbreak loosing the people she most cares about,meeting familiar faces and new faces.  Sarren then pushes it too far and kills someone she cares for very much pushing her off the edge sending her into a rage and loosing her human self with the monster within. The book ends on a cliff hanger and in a bad state meaning a big excitement for the next and final book which wont be out for a while which is really upsetting for me because I desperately want to know what happens but if the 2nd one was better than the first I cant wait for the 3rd one.

Julie Kagawa- The immortal rules review.


"Sometime in your life, Allie Sekemoto, you will kill a human being."
I have only read a couple of vampire books and "The Immortal Rules" is by far the best , I really like reading about vampires because of the danger and adventure involved in the book and to be honest you cant go wrong with a book that involves vampires. I was influenced to buy this because it said that Hunger Games fan would enjoy it and they were right.

The story is based around the character Allie/Allison Sekemoto a simple Unregistered 17 year old girl fighting for survival against starvation,disease and most of all the vampires. The book is based in the future where people know the existence of vampires and they rule the humans,Allie was an Unregistered human meaning she could keep her blood and her distance from the vampires but had to struggle to keep her and her gang alive. The story really kicks in when Allie and her gang of Stick,Rat and Lucas venture out beyond the wall where the rapids rome freely (the hungry,crazed animals that have a mind of there own). This is where Allison's Sekemoto's adventure begins from her saving her friend Sticks live and almost dying from the rabids until a vampire named Kanin gave her a choice to become a vampire, he then taught her the ways of a vampire.The way Julie Kagawa expressed in such detail about Allie's training it made the book that much more interesting. Further into the book her mentor gets kidnapped by an evil vampire named Sarren. Allison is then left alone again to venture into the world without anybody to help.

She isn't alone for long because she runs into a group of people who are wondering the world to find a vampire and rabid free island called Eden. I personally think this is when the real story begins but also changes because of how it seemed like an action and adventure book which it is but I also think it turns into a love story when Allison meets Zeke Crosse the son of Jeb the man who is leading them to Eden. I begin to admire Allie's strength a lot more in different ways because of how she knows not to help this group because it could end in disaster but she cares too much for them too leave, and the way she cares for Zeke is really interesting to read about because of her mentor Kanin telling her vampires are monsters.
The book continues with kidnapping, murders and betrayal you also learn the true meaning of why Jeb is being hunted and the truth about Eden. But I loved reading about how Allie and Zeke's relationship grows throughout the book even when he finds out what she is.

I finished this book in a couple days it wasn't text heavy but was still very detailed and interesting to read and anyone with similar interests in books to me would really love to read it. The next blog post is on the 2nd book of the trilogy The eternity cure.