shelfaddiction's review against another edition
5.0
This was a strong second installment to a very promising series. It was entertaining, fast paced, full of emotional highs and lows and certainly didn't disappoint.
The Eternity Cure picks up a few months after the end of The Immortal Rules. Allie is having nightmares of her sire, Kanin being tortured by Sarrin, a vindictive and crazy vampire who wants to make him pay for his part in the creation of the rabids. While searching for Kanin, she finds herself in Old DC, where Allie discovers she inadvertently tracked Jackal instead. She reluctantly agrees to work with him to find the cure for the rabids and in return Jackal will help her rescue Kanin.
Jackal and Allie return to New Covington, and on their way into the vampire city, Allie stumbles upon Zeke. I'm not sure that I believe that Zeke made it alone all the way from Eden to New Covington. With all the rabids and bleeders out there in addition the the fact that he's just an average human, I don't know, it seems a long shot that he'd make it alive.
instead of immediately searching for the cure to rabid-ism, they discover something even more terrifying. Our heroine Allie, our quasi villain Jackal, and Zeke now have to deal with a new strand of the virus infecting the humans, which was released on the population by Sarren. The healthy are calling the newly infected humans, bleeders.
Not only did Ms.Kagawa do an amazing job with keeping the story consistently moving forward, she also kept the characters evolving as well. Like in the Immortal Rules, the romance took a back seat to the action and was mostly secondary, which I liked. Allie is growing up and so is Zeke, and they both see the big picture and realize that there are more important and pressing issues that need to be resolved before they can think about being together.
In the last book. Allie was determined to hold on to her humanity, at all costs, but in this book, we see her evolving. She knows that she must embrace her vampire side to save her sire and herself. She comes very close to crossing over to the bad side, sort of speak, but she doesn't cross the line. The only thing that keeps her hanging on by a thread to her human side is Zeke. I have hope for them. After everything is said and done, I'm convinced they'll get their happy ending, even if it's short lived.
Let me tell you, there was a serious cliffhanger at the end of this book. Just when you think one thing has happened, there's a twist in the very last paragraph that shocks you. I was sitting there saying "WHAT?! I knew it!" Haha, I love when a book evokes a verbal reaction. It doesn't happen often, but when it does, I love it.
I liked that Zeke is back in this book. I liked that I'm not 100% sure what to make of Jackal. I liked that Allie is growing into her new place in the world. I loved the ending. I didn't like of some of outlandish explanations for certain situations. Beyond that, there wasn't anything I could complain about. With that said, I was sad that I didn't have book three already waiting for me to read! I hope the wait isn't too long, because this series is amazing!
The Eternity Cure picks up a few months after the end of The Immortal Rules. Allie is having nightmares of her sire, Kanin being tortured by Sarrin, a vindictive and crazy vampire who wants to make him pay for his part in the creation of the rabids. While searching for Kanin, she finds herself in Old DC, where Allie discovers she inadvertently tracked Jackal instead. She reluctantly agrees to work with him to find the cure for the rabids and in return Jackal will help her rescue Kanin.
Jackal and Allie return to New Covington, and on their way into the vampire city, Allie stumbles upon Zeke. I'm not sure that I believe that Zeke made it alone all the way from Eden to New Covington. With all the rabids and bleeders out there in addition the the fact that he's just an average human, I don't know, it seems a long shot that he'd make it alive.
instead of immediately searching for the cure to rabid-ism, they discover something even more terrifying. Our heroine Allie, our quasi villain Jackal, and Zeke now have to deal with a new strand of the virus infecting the humans, which was released on the population by Sarren. The healthy are calling the newly infected humans, bleeders.
Not only did Ms.Kagawa do an amazing job with keeping the story consistently moving forward, she also kept the characters evolving as well. Like in the Immortal Rules, the romance took a back seat to the action and was mostly secondary, which I liked. Allie is growing up and so is Zeke, and they both see the big picture and realize that there are more important and pressing issues that need to be resolved before they can think about being together.
In the last book. Allie was determined to hold on to her humanity, at all costs, but in this book, we see her evolving. She knows that she must embrace her vampire side to save her sire and herself. She comes very close to crossing over to the bad side, sort of speak, but she doesn't cross the line. The only thing that keeps her hanging on by a thread to her human side is Zeke. I have hope for them. After everything is said and done, I'm convinced they'll get their happy ending, even if it's short lived.
Let me tell you, there was a serious cliffhanger at the end of this book. Just when you think one thing has happened, there's a twist in the very last paragraph that shocks you. I was sitting there saying "WHAT?! I knew it!" Haha, I love when a book evokes a verbal reaction. It doesn't happen often, but when it does, I love it.
I liked that Zeke is back in this book. I liked that I'm not 100% sure what to make of Jackal. I liked that Allie is growing into her new place in the world. I loved the ending. I didn't like of some of outlandish explanations for certain situations. Beyond that, there wasn't anything I could complain about. With that said, I was sad that I didn't have book three already waiting for me to read! I hope the wait isn't too long, because this series is amazing!
jennifervu's review against another edition
5.0
Oh my gosh that was incredible. This is the first book that I've read in a long, long time and it definitely has gotten me excited to read again. I loved the storytelling and I absolutely loved the characters even Jackal and I felt personally involved in everything. The book had me hooked from beginning to end and there's never a boring moment. The ending was so heart wrenching especially a few pages before I literally was sobbing for a good five to ten minutes. The end had me so shocked and it was such a brilliant cliffhanger. I am so excited for the third book. Eeppppp! I still can't believe it took me a month to start the book though.
aletolgirl's review against another edition
3.0
I still don't know what I feel towards this book and towards this series in general. I feel like it's between 2 stars and 3 stars. Anyway, for the first time, I don't ship the supposed couple in the story. Is this how it feels to ship a non-canon otp? Sigh. I don't know but I'm not really feeling Zeke, I think I'd rather ship Allie with Jackal or Kanin, but not Zeke :(
iphi_kc13's review against another edition
4.0
Oh Jackal. This was better to me than the first... Just hoping the third knocks them both out.
paradoxically's review against another edition
2.0
The Eternity Cure picks up where we left off with the last book, with Allison alone and searching for Kanin. She can sort of feel his general location and spends the first part of the book hunting him down, picking up a suspicious companion from the previous book, and finally coming full circle back to New Covington, where the past comes back to haunt her. In kind of obnoxious ways.
Not the biggest fan of the book, unfortunately. Ignoring the ending, which ended up in a scenario that always makes me want to throw something against the wall, and was a cliffhanger to boot, the story just felt rather extended for a plot that is fairly simple. I did enjoy the inclusion of Jackal, who brought a little bit of spark into the book, but even he never really deviated from what I imagined him to be. He was typical enemy turned into good guy (or is he? Dun dun dun!).
The plot was pretty straight forward--get Kanin, find a cure, and get away from New Covington and its master vampire. I just wanted a few more twists, a few more things that made me widen my eyes in surprise, and it just didn't happen.
Everything was just sort of the same. Allison is still struggling with being a vampire and her endless struggle gets a bit tired after a while. She does seem to be making baby steps, but it's inching along and I find that I don't have all that much patience for it. It also bugs me when people make a token protest about killing humans, but then end up doing it anyway? I'm all for them protecting themselves, but I don't know who they're trying to fool by pretending to have some moral dilemma about it for about .2 seconds and then chopping them up.
It's just... mediocre. It wasn't excessively bad, but it wasn't really great either. Just sort of there and just sort of bland. I actually didn't mind too much when reading it, but when I sit back and think about what I read... well. 2 stars. Almost 3 stars, but not quite.
Not the biggest fan of the book, unfortunately. Ignoring the ending, which ended up in a scenario that always makes me want to throw something against the wall, and was a cliffhanger to boot, the story just felt rather extended for a plot that is fairly simple. I did enjoy the inclusion of Jackal, who brought a little bit of spark into the book, but even he never really deviated from what I imagined him to be. He was typical enemy turned into good guy (or is he? Dun dun dun!).
The plot was pretty straight forward--get Kanin, find a cure, and get away from New Covington and its master vampire. I just wanted a few more twists, a few more things that made me widen my eyes in surprise, and it just didn't happen.
Everything was just sort of the same. Allison is still struggling with being a vampire and her endless struggle gets a bit tired after a while. She does seem to be making baby steps, but it's inching along and I find that I don't have all that much patience for it. It also bugs me when people make a token protest about killing humans, but then end up doing it anyway? I'm all for them protecting themselves, but I don't know who they're trying to fool by pretending to have some moral dilemma about it for about .2 seconds and then chopping them up.
It's just... mediocre. It wasn't excessively bad, but it wasn't really great either. Just sort of there and just sort of bland. I actually didn't mind too much when reading it, but when I sit back and think about what I read... well. 2 stars. Almost 3 stars, but not quite.
novelesque_life's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 STARS
After finding Eden and leaving Zeke behind Allie does not feel all that happy. Things get worse when her creator, Kanin is kidnapped and is being tortured. After all that Kanin has done for her she knows she must save him. As she heads back to New Covington and the Fringe she meets up with her big bad brother, Jackal. She does not know if she can trust him but needs him to defeat the crazy and powerful vampire, Sarren. If things could not get worse there is a new strain of the Red Lung that threatens vampires and human.
I love that the second novel only gets better! Although it is about vampires, this novel is more Hunger Games than Twilight. My favourite kind of young adult novels are those with adventure and suspense. Yet this novel is not strictly for teens and I would recommend to any reader who likes paranormal novel or even suspense.
After finding Eden and leaving Zeke behind Allie does not feel all that happy. Things get worse when her creator, Kanin is kidnapped and is being tortured. After all that Kanin has done for her she knows she must save him. As she heads back to New Covington and the Fringe she meets up with her big bad brother, Jackal. She does not know if she can trust him but needs him to defeat the crazy and powerful vampire, Sarren. If things could not get worse there is a new strain of the Red Lung that threatens vampires and human.
I love that the second novel only gets better! Although it is about vampires, this novel is more Hunger Games than Twilight. My favourite kind of young adult novels are those with adventure and suspense. Yet this novel is not strictly for teens and I would recommend to any reader who likes paranormal novel or even suspense.
kk221b's review against another edition
4.0
An incredible sequel which picked up right where it left off. Will make a review of this soon! I do admit that the first 90pgs ish were slow and the reason why I put the book down for so long, however, I consumed the rest of the book in one sitting. The character's were engaging and interesting as the plot took twists and turns that I didn't expect. THE CLIFFHANGER! How Can I wait for another year?! :(
lindaunconventionalbookworms's review against another edition
5.0
*I received a free ARC of The Eternity Cure via Netgalley in exhcange of an honest review*
ARC received on February 28 2013
The Eternity Cure is filled with awesome! It is both heartwrenching, full of hope, and also filled with despair.
This and other reviews can also be found on my blog (un)Conventional Bookviews
The Eternity Cure starts a few months after the end of The Immortal Rules, and Allie is on a mission! She wants to make sure she can save Kanin from Sarrin’s death-grip, and follows his blood call on a whild chase through places where she’s never been before. All alone, and learning how to take care of herself, and what kind of monster she wants to be, she travels at night. Allie asks the right questions, and gets what she needs from the people who wouldn’t mind hurting her – if she was a human girl – and she’s not afraid to get after what she deems necessary in this quest to save her maker.
ARC received on February 28 2013
The Eternity Cure is filled with awesome! It is both heartwrenching, full of hope, and also filled with despair.
This and other reviews can also be found on my blog (un)Conventional Bookviews
The Eternity Cure starts a few months after the end of The Immortal Rules, and Allie is on a mission! She wants to make sure she can save Kanin from Sarrin’s death-grip, and follows his blood call on a whild chase through places where she’s never been before. All alone, and learning how to take care of herself, and what kind of monster she wants to be, she travels at night. Allie asks the right questions, and gets what she needs from the people who wouldn’t mind hurting her – if she was a human girl – and she’s not afraid to get after what she deems necessary in this quest to save her maker.