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4.0
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Zoeker heeft in een bepaalde zin eenzelfde karakter als diens voorganger Riders. Ik vond Zoeker iets minder goed dan Riders, maar dat heeft vooral te maken met dat ik meer van de geweldige dynamiek tussen de ruiters had willen zien. Dit kwam namelijk veel meer naar voren in Riders; in Zoeker kwamen Marcus, Jode en Bas minder op de voorgrond. Uiteraard nam ook Daryn veel ruimte in beslag doordat ook vanuit haar perspectief werd geschreven. Dit bleek ik uiteindelijk minder erg te vinden dan ik had verwacht – waarschijnlijk doordat ze een interessant verhaal kreeg -, maar toch las ik liever vanuit Gideons perspectief. Hoe dan ook is het weer een goed boek, en een mooie afsluiter in deze stoere duologie.
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Zoeker heeft in een bepaalde zin eenzelfde karakter als diens voorganger Riders. Ik vond Zoeker iets minder goed dan Riders, maar dat heeft vooral te maken met dat ik meer van de geweldige dynamiek tussen de ruiters had willen zien. Dit kwam namelijk veel meer naar voren in Riders; in Zoeker kwamen Marcus, Jode en Bas minder op de voorgrond. Uiteraard nam ook Daryn veel ruimte in beslag doordat ook vanuit haar perspectief werd geschreven. Dit bleek ik uiteindelijk minder erg te vinden dan ik had verwacht – waarschijnlijk doordat ze een interessant verhaal kreeg -, maar toch las ik liever vanuit Gideons perspectief. Hoe dan ook is het weer een goed boek, en een mooie afsluiter in deze stoere duologie.
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jade_ls_lee's review
DNF @ chapter 19
Well this certainly fell flat on it's ass and then back into the hell hole it previously crawled out from.
As the author herself says in the acknowledgments:
Ha, that explains how this book basically was an infinite whining, few lame missions & Daryn and Gideon thirsting after each other. Not even halfway through it and I couldn't stand it anymore.
TOTALLY POINTLESS SEQUEL JUST IGNORE IT, TRUST ME I WILL
Well this certainly fell flat on it's ass and then back into the hell hole it previously crawled out from.
As the author herself says in the acknowledgments:
Seeker lived up to its name. This book was most definitely a search - for the story itself and for what it means to me.
Ha, that explains how this book basically was an infinite whining, few lame missions & Daryn and Gideon thirsting after each other. Not even halfway through it and I couldn't stand it anymore.
TOTALLY POINTLESS SEQUEL JUST IGNORE IT, TRUST ME I WILL
kerrycat's review
5.0
(Romantic Times Book Reviews, May edition, four and a half stars, top pick: https://www.rtbookreviews.com/book-review/seeker-3)
Daryn and Gideon’s relationship, complicated by daunting responsibilities to save their friend, as well as the world, is intense and compelling. You’ll be wishing for more of this couple, and the supernatural bonds between the riders and their horses, as this volume closes out the duology. Fans of Cassandra Clare’s Shadowhunters Chronicles and Maggie Stiefvater’s The Raven Boys series will especially enjoy the companionship between this close-knit group and the unique fantasy elements Rossi has created.
Eight months after losing her Sight, Daryn decides to reach out to the horsemen with the key that can unlock the portal to the realm where Sebastian is trapped. But, ultimately, she chooses instead to attempt to rescue him on her own. Gideon’s feelings for Daryn are complicated by his confusion over why she has been in hiding when they need to be focusing on rescuing Bas. When the horsemen find Daryn after her terrifying foray into the realm, Gideon and Daryn must move past their guilt and mistrust to save their friend before the damaged key no longer works. With the clock ticking, can they reforge their faith in themselves and each other before it’s too late?
Daryn and Gideon’s relationship, complicated by daunting responsibilities to save their friend, as well as the world, is intense and compelling. You’ll be wishing for more of this couple, and the supernatural bonds between the riders and their horses, as this volume closes out the duology. Fans of Cassandra Clare’s Shadowhunters Chronicles and Maggie Stiefvater’s The Raven Boys series will especially enjoy the companionship between this close-knit group and the unique fantasy elements Rossi has created.
Eight months after losing her Sight, Daryn decides to reach out to the horsemen with the key that can unlock the portal to the realm where Sebastian is trapped. But, ultimately, she chooses instead to attempt to rescue him on her own. Gideon’s feelings for Daryn are complicated by his confusion over why she has been in hiding when they need to be focusing on rescuing Bas. When the horsemen find Daryn after her terrifying foray into the realm, Gideon and Daryn must move past their guilt and mistrust to save their friend before the damaged key no longer works. With the clock ticking, can they reforge their faith in themselves and each other before it’s too late?
keilamichelle's review
3.0
Felt like the message she was trying to convey drove the story instead of the other way around. Parts of it I loved but other parts felt trite.
desertlover's review
3.0
I loved Riders but this follow-up was slower paced. The end felt anti-climatic. I don't regret reading the duet, but feel a little disappointed. Still a Rossi fan and won't hesitate to read whatever she writes next.
sumayyaha's review
4.0
I found this one harder to get into than the first one. I guess I liked the format of Gideon retelling the story however, the book did pick up after the first 50 pages or so.
And I also didn't like the ending, well not the end result itself but how we got there. I just didn't like the whole Samrael situation, I thought it was full of naïveté at first and then I just found it cheesy. Otherwise I really enjoyed it.
And I also didn't like the ending, well not the end result itself but how we got there. I just didn't like the whole Samrael situation, I thought it was full of naïveté at first and then I just found it cheesy. Otherwise I really enjoyed it.
amybraunauthor's review
4.0
Solid ending to the series, and I liked it way better than the first book. There were a lot of surprises, some unexpected directions for the story, and a decent amount of character development. I enjoyed reading Daryn's POV for half the book as much as I enjoyed Gideon's perspectives. There weren't as many big action scenes, but the ones that were there were pretty intense. This was more a book about human emotion and acceptance and forgiveness and love (which was completely solid and honestly one of my favourite parts), which I appreciate even though I was hoping for a bigger, more intense ending. There were a few questions I have that I don't think were answered the way I was hoping, but all in all I'm glad that I read this book. It was something different, and I'm always looking for that whenever I pick up urban fantasy. Check it out if you want something different from your usual Young Adult books!
forsakenfates's review
3.0
3.5 Stars
Book 5 complete for O.W.L.'s 2019 Care of Magical Creatures - Land animal on the cover
Initial Thoughts: This book is conflicting for me. I wanted to love it because the world and the concept are fantastic and right up my ally. But there is just something about this book that I did love. It also suffered from the same fate of the first book, where the ending was rushed and I felt like everything happened in the last 1/4 or so of the book. I wanted an action-packed book that was filled with the quest of finding Bas but that was not what I got. However that being said, I did really enjoy the writing and I do love these characters. I just wish the execution was a little bit better.
Book 5 complete for O.W.L.'s 2019 Care of Magical Creatures - Land animal on the cover
Initial Thoughts: This book is conflicting for me. I wanted to love it because the world and the concept are fantastic and right up my ally. But there is just something about this book that I did love. It also suffered from the same fate of the first book, where the ending was rushed and I felt like everything happened in the last 1/4 or so of the book. I wanted an action-packed book that was filled with the quest of finding Bas but that was not what I got. However that being said, I did really enjoy the writing and I do love these characters. I just wish the execution was a little bit better.
celsius273's review
4.0
I was under the impression that this book would be a standalone, Daryn’s narration of the events in Riders from the Seeker’s perspective. If you’re under that impression too, well I’m sorry but this book is actually a sequel to the first book and is narrated by both Gideon and Daryn. In that vein, I think this book does a rather poor job of bringing you up to speed on the first book’s plot and I had to go back read my own review to get a quick synopsis.
Though now that I think of it, there are only like 2 events from the first book that actually matter for this book so technically you don’t need to know that much, but I’m sure you’ll agree with me when I say that it’s much more enjoyable to know what happened in the first book before starting a second book no matter how disconnected they are.
Anyways, onto the meat of this story. As I said, both Daryn and Gideon are narrators for this story, and for the most part their narrations corroborate each other and stick to a single storyline. So following the events of the last book, the four horsemen are down to three and have been separated from Daryn. Both parties are conducting their own searches for their missing member, Sebastian (famine), while simultaneously preparing themselves to move on with their lives. The mood is bleak and you can feel how badly everyone wants to bring back their missing brother.
Through a series of missteps, Daryn falls back with the horsemen and together they journey into the dark world where Sebastian has been stuck for eight months. I say dark because not only is the very world hell bent on mind fucking them all, there are terrifying creatures and the looming threat of Samrael, the demon locked in the world along with Sebastian. As the three horsemen and Daryn tromp around this evil dimension, they face their inner selves head on and in the end, it’s the psychological threats that will do them in. The ultimate battle of good vs evil goes down at the end, and it’s a nerve wracking and agonizing affair.
Of course with all the mind trickery going on, all the characters have to deal with their flaws and fears and that’s where the strength of this book comes. I complained about Gideon in Riders because of his intolerable need to assert his masculinity and expressed hope that he was changing by the end and thank the lord because he has really matured in this book and has come to understand how to be considerate and how to actually care for others. It’s beautiful him and Daryn because now I’m screaming at the both equally when things go poorly - aka it’s not always Gideon’s fault that stuff is bad!
As for the others, Daryn is really the only one we get insight on, but I think her transformation was genuine and touching as well. We learn a lot more about her background growing up and how she fell into the life of a seeker and about the things that still plague her and we get to see her face those things down. I felt her suffering and why she felt the need to close off, and I rejoiced when she overcame it all and that’s all you can really ask a book to do: make you feel things.
I think the last 10% of the book was the best because - without giving spoilers - there’s tension and lack of information going around and as anguished as I was at how things were progressing, I completely understood why which makes it all the better. When I’m feeling annoyance at a book because I want to fix things but understand why the story is falling the way it is, I really can only admire the author for being able to make me feel things that viscerally. Needless to say, once you get to the end you’ll understand exactly. All I wanted to do was fast forward to make sure that everything would be okay in the end (which is not a guarantee in today’s YA) and it was rather agonizing waiting to actually reach the ending.
On the whole, Seeker is much more character oriented than Riders, but if you want a creepy and on the edge paranormal novel, you’ll find that here too. This duology is one I’d highly recommend both for it’s unique subject and for its execution. Really a job well done.
Though now that I think of it, there are only like 2 events from the first book that actually matter for this book so technically you don’t need to know that much, but I’m sure you’ll agree with me when I say that it’s much more enjoyable to know what happened in the first book before starting a second book no matter how disconnected they are.
Anyways, onto the meat of this story. As I said, both Daryn and Gideon are narrators for this story, and for the most part their narrations corroborate each other and stick to a single storyline. So following the events of the last book, the four horsemen are down to three and have been separated from Daryn. Both parties are conducting their own searches for their missing member, Sebastian (famine), while simultaneously preparing themselves to move on with their lives. The mood is bleak and you can feel how badly everyone wants to bring back their missing brother.
Through a series of missteps, Daryn falls back with the horsemen and together they journey into the dark world where Sebastian has been stuck for eight months. I say dark because not only is the very world hell bent on mind fucking them all, there are terrifying creatures and the looming threat of Samrael, the demon locked in the world along with Sebastian. As the three horsemen and Daryn tromp around this evil dimension, they face their inner selves head on and in the end, it’s the psychological threats that will do them in. The ultimate battle of good vs evil goes down at the end, and it’s a nerve wracking and agonizing affair.
Of course with all the mind trickery going on, all the characters have to deal with their flaws and fears and that’s where the strength of this book comes. I complained about Gideon in Riders because of his intolerable need to assert his masculinity and expressed hope that he was changing by the end and thank the lord because he has really matured in this book and has come to understand how to be considerate and how to actually care for others. It’s beautiful him and Daryn because now I’m screaming at the both equally when things go poorly - aka it’s not always Gideon’s fault that stuff is bad!
As for the others, Daryn is really the only one we get insight on, but I think her transformation was genuine and touching as well. We learn a lot more about her background growing up and how she fell into the life of a seeker and about the things that still plague her and we get to see her face those things down. I felt her suffering and why she felt the need to close off, and I rejoiced when she overcame it all and that’s all you can really ask a book to do: make you feel things.
I think the last 10% of the book was the best because - without giving spoilers - there’s tension and lack of information going around and as anguished as I was at how things were progressing, I completely understood why which makes it all the better. When I’m feeling annoyance at a book because I want to fix things but understand why the story is falling the way it is, I really can only admire the author for being able to make me feel things that viscerally. Needless to say, once you get to the end you’ll understand exactly. All I wanted to do was fast forward to make sure that everything would be okay in the end (which is not a guarantee in today’s YA) and it was rather agonizing waiting to actually reach the ending.
On the whole, Seeker is much more character oriented than Riders, but if you want a creepy and on the edge paranormal novel, you’ll find that here too. This duology is one I’d highly recommend both for it’s unique subject and for its execution. Really a job well done.