Showing posts with label Feminist Reads Challenge. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Feminist Reads Challenge. Show all posts

Apr 16, 2013

REVIEW: The Eternity Cure by Julie Kagawa

Title: The ETERNITY CURE (Blood of Eden # 2)
Author: Julia Kagawa
Pages: 446
Publisher: Harlequin Teen
Release Date: 30 April 2013
ISBN: 0373210698
Rating: *4 stars*
Allison Sekemoto has vowed to rescue her creator, Kanin, who is being held hostage and tortured by the psychotic vampire Sarren. The call of blood leads her back to the beginning—New Covington and the Fringe, and a vampire prince who wants her dead yet may become her wary ally. Even as Allie faces shocking revelations and heartbreak like she’s never known, a new strain of the Red Lung virus that decimated humanity is rising to threaten human and vampire alike.



The ETERNITY CURE is not for the light-hearted, that’s for sure. My heart stopped so many times while reading this it is a wonder I never got dizzy. Allie is a kick-butt heroine who does a lot of self-discovery in this book. Despite her being a vampire and attacking humans for blood the way any other legitimate vampire would I always felt like Allie always had her humanity intact. Allie took Kanin’s words to heart about choosing what type of monster she wanted to become.

What I had problems with…
The beginning of The Eternity Cure is slow. Like, brain dead slow. At one point I was even tempted to skip ahead, that’s how frustrated I was. But gosh, I am SO happy, I didn't stop reading there because the second half of the book was so brilliantly woven , fast-paced, and darn amazing that it completely made up for the beginning. So if you’re reading this book and you’re wondering why nothing is going anywhere – keep going! Trust me when I say it gets so much better and you’ll be finishing the rest of it in a sitting like I did.

What I loved…
Allie’s relationship with Zeke warmed my heart. Sometimes I wish certain parts of the book were written in Zeke’s POV instead because I often wonder what’s going on in his head. Jackel lightened the mood of the story and though his comments were often crass and demeaning I found myself agreeing with him when he actually had something sane to say. I love his sister-brother relationship with Allie and am curious to see how that develops in the next book.

AHHHHH the ending…
My mind = blown. That’s all I have to say about it. That and I need to read the next book as soon as humanely possible so I could figure out what the heck is going on. ><

Overall thoughts…
Put together action-packed fighting, psychotic vampires, a crazy virus on the loose, delicious plot twists and you get the heart-pounding sequel. Fans of The Immortal Rules do not want to miss The ETERNITY CURE.

On a side note:
I think the cover model for Allie looks pretty amazing! So glad they changed the cover! 




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Jan 23, 2013

Waiting On Wednesday [17]

Waiting on Wednesday is a meme hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine. It features novels that readers are eagerly anticipating the release of.  


ACID
by Shannon Messenger
Paperback, 431 pages
Expected publication: April 5th, 2013
Publisher: Random House Children's Publishing

ACID - the most brutal police force in history.
They rule with an iron fist.
They see everything. They know everything.
They locked me away for life.

My crime?
They say I murdered my parents.
I was fifteen years old.

My name is Jenna Strong.





I love how fierce the girl looks on the cover of ACID! Haha, it looks like she's walking through black / red acid rain and she's staring down her enemy. This one is definitely getting tagged for one of the books I might read for the Feminist Reads Challenge

What are you waiting on?


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Jan 3, 2013

2013 Feminist Reads Challenge


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Because I thoroughly enjoy reading books about kick-butt heroines, and strong female role models I will be participating in this year's Feminist Reads Challenge hosted by Sara @ The Hiding Spot. To find out more information or find out how you can join the challenge click on the info / join button below. 



In the challenge's description post I thought it was awesome of Sara to also include what feminism truly stands for - which is empowering women. Encouraging them to be strong, independent, and have the confidence needed to take on the world. This is my first reading challenge (*gasps* how did I not join one for so long?) so I'm really excited about participating! There are 3 different levels for this challenge:
  • Easy: 5 books
  • Medium: 5-10 books
  • Hard: 10+ books
 I am attempting the level Hard: 10+ books. 

*Will be updating this post once I have some titles read to start adding to the list 

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Good luck to all those participating in the challenge & 
I hope those of you that aren't consider trying it out! 
I'm sure there will be many amazing kick-butt characters in the upcoming 2013 YA novels!


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