autumnalreads94's review against another edition
5.0
It took me a while to get through this only because my schedule is crazy and if I picked it up, I didn't want to put it down, but I rarely had that luxury.
It was so good. I loved the first book, but I think I liked this one even more. I'm still half in that world (and maybe half asleep but not because of the book) and am terrible at reviews anyway, but Adam's character arc is perfection. I felt so much for him by the end of the book.
I loved Thor and Athena interacting. So much. I just wish there was more of it in the last half.
Amalia does a wonderful job taking mythologies and writing them into this world. I can't wait to get my hands on book 3.
It was so good. I loved the first book, but I think I liked this one even more. I'm still half in that world (and maybe half asleep but not because of the book) and am terrible at reviews anyway, but Adam's character arc is perfection. I felt so much for him by the end of the book.
I loved Thor and Athena interacting. So much. I just wish there was more of it in the last half.
Amalia does a wonderful job taking mythologies and writing them into this world. I can't wait to get my hands on book 3.
sonshinelibrarian's review against another edition
5.0
This was a wonderful second book in the trilogy. I was most intrigued by the way it jumped the story to the future as well as exploring the past and present. I so want more Thor and I loved the twists and turns that came about with Adam's character. I am so excited to see where Amalia takes this series in the final book.
Update: I liked this even better the second time. I wanted to refresh my memory before I started the third one, so I whipped through it pretty quickly, but I just love the way Amalia builds this world and the intrigue and excuse me I'm gonna go start Beyond Fate now.
1st read 11/29/13
2nd read 9/20/14
Update: I liked this even better the second time. I wanted to refresh my memory before I started the third one, so I whipped through it pretty quickly, but I just love the way Amalia builds this world and the intrigue and excuse me I'm gonna go start Beyond Fate now.
1st read 11/29/13
2nd read 9/20/14
faithlessone's review against another edition
5.0
All I'm going to say is that, if you liked "Forged By Fate", you're going to LOVE this one.
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Okay, I can't stop there. Once again, Amalia Dillin has managed to make me adore, hate, have severely mixed feelings, laugh, cry (just a little bit), and fall in fricking love with her.
Once again, the sort of love triangle between Eve, Adam and Thor/Garrit/all her myriad husbands, is sensational to read. I thought I was firmly in Team Thor, and then she goes and makes Adam the better choice! Or not. Or Garrit. Or nobody. Or maybe. It all depends on which chapter you happen to be reading.
I think my favourite aspect of this series so far is Eve. All the Eves. Eve and Abby and Renata and Tora and Anessa and Evelyn, all the same woman, and yet... kinda not. All with slightly different personalities, easily distinguished. It's a particularly wonderful way of portraying a character, and I can't wait to see who Eve becomes in the next book.
Aside from Eve... Thor. Oh, Thor. Oh, oh, oh, Thor. I could write essays on this particular portrayal of the Thunder God, but I want you all to discover him without spoilers, so I won't. Suffice to say... OH, THOR. I'll leave the inflection up to your own imaginations, because NONE OF THEM are wrong. ;)
Bring on the next thrilling installment!!!
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Okay, I can't stop there. Once again, Amalia Dillin has managed to make me adore, hate, have severely mixed feelings, laugh, cry (just a little bit), and fall in fricking love with her.
Once again, the sort of love triangle between Eve, Adam and Thor/Garrit/all her myriad husbands, is sensational to read. I thought I was firmly in Team Thor, and then she goes and makes Adam the better choice! Or not. Or Garrit. Or nobody. Or maybe. It all depends on which chapter you happen to be reading.
I think my favourite aspect of this series so far is Eve. All the Eves. Eve and Abby and Renata and Tora and Anessa and Evelyn, all the same woman, and yet... kinda not. All with slightly different personalities, easily distinguished. It's a particularly wonderful way of portraying a character, and I can't wait to see who Eve becomes in the next book.
Aside from Eve... Thor. Oh, Thor. Oh, oh, oh, Thor. I could write essays on this particular portrayal of the Thunder God, but I want you all to discover him without spoilers, so I won't. Suffice to say... OH, THOR. I'll leave the inflection up to your own imaginations, because NONE OF THEM are wrong. ;)
Bring on the next thrilling installment!!!
faithlessone's review
5.0
All I'm going to say is that, if you liked "Forged By Fate", you're going to LOVE this one.
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Okay, I can't stop there. Once again, Amalia Dillin has managed to make me adore, hate, have severely mixed feelings, laugh, cry (just a little bit), and fall in fricking love with her.
Once again, the sort of love triangle between Eve, Adam and Thor/Garrit/all her myriad husbands, is sensational to read. I thought I was firmly in Team Thor, and then she goes and makes Adam the better choice! Or not. Or Garrit. Or nobody. Or maybe. It all depends on which chapter you happen to be reading.
I think my favourite aspect of this series so far is Eve. All the Eves. Eve and Abby and Renata and Tora and Anessa and Evelyn, all the same woman, and yet... kinda not. All with slightly different personalities, easily distinguished. It's a particularly wonderful way of portraying a character, and I can't wait to see who Eve becomes in the next book.
Aside from Eve... Thor. Oh, Thor. Oh, oh, oh, Thor. I could write essays on this particular portrayal of the Thunder God, but I want you all to discover him without spoilers, so I won't. Suffice to say... OH, THOR. I'll leave the inflection up to your own imaginations, because NONE OF THEM are wrong. ;)
Bring on the next thrilling installment!!!
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Okay, I can't stop there. Once again, Amalia Dillin has managed to make me adore, hate, have severely mixed feelings, laugh, cry (just a little bit), and fall in fricking love with her.
Once again, the sort of love triangle between Eve, Adam and Thor/Garrit/all her myriad husbands, is sensational to read. I thought I was firmly in Team Thor, and then she goes and makes Adam the better choice! Or not. Or Garrit. Or nobody. Or maybe. It all depends on which chapter you happen to be reading.
I think my favourite aspect of this series so far is Eve. All the Eves. Eve and Abby and Renata and Tora and Anessa and Evelyn, all the same woman, and yet... kinda not. All with slightly different personalities, easily distinguished. It's a particularly wonderful way of portraying a character, and I can't wait to see who Eve becomes in the next book.
Aside from Eve... Thor. Oh, Thor. Oh, oh, oh, Thor. I could write essays on this particular portrayal of the Thunder God, but I want you all to discover him without spoilers, so I won't. Suffice to say... OH, THOR. I'll leave the inflection up to your own imaginations, because NONE OF THEM are wrong. ;)
Bring on the next thrilling installment!!!
delphinbella's review
4.0
I'm a little bleary-eyed today, because I stayed up until midnight reading FATE FORGOTTEN. I had to finish it. I had to know what happened! And I'm so glad I did. At the beginning of the novel, even after reading TEMPTING FATE, I was a little sore with Adam for being such an asshole. Eve seems as if she's forgiven him a little quickly, even with the fact that he's been trying to change, but by the end of FATE FORGOTTEN my heart was breaking for him. His progression of character through the entire series, even with the flipping back and forth through time in each chapter, was so perfectly done that I just want to give him a hug and tell him it's going to be ok.
Not that I expect things to be ok. There is a third book I'm waiting on ;) And I seriously cannot wait for it!
Not that I expect things to be ok. There is a third book I'm waiting on ;) And I seriously cannot wait for it!
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