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erazonasarah's review against another edition
5.0
This second book in the series is much more complex than the first, and I really enjoyed it.
moonlit_mystic's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
daniwho's review against another edition
2.0
Die Männerprobleme haben 80% vom Buch übernommen, der Rest war der eigentliche Plot.
Es war langweilig.
Vorhersehbar.
Und ganz ehrlich: dieser Lovetriangle der kein wirklicher Lovetriangle ist nervt mich nur.
Außer Spence gab‘s in dem Buch nichts gutes.
Es war langweilig.
Vorhersehbar.
Und ganz ehrlich: dieser Lovetriangle der kein wirklicher Lovetriangle ist nervt mich nur.
Außer Spence gab‘s in dem Buch nichts gutes.
kristid's review against another edition
3.0
it's been such a long time since i've read book one.... i remembered the gist of the story, but some of it took me a while to pick up on from context clues. i really wished i would have had a copy of book one to skim through and read the last few chapters!
anyhow.
this one was fun to read. loved the new characters. especially Spence! thank goodness for him! i struggled with Violet and Lincoln's relationship, for some reason I'm still holding out for Phoenix, even though he is like a super villain in this one. i just KNOW he has to still have feelings for Violet. i felt like we were all over the place! so much happens in this book. wowzers. didn't know where it was heading the entire time. although i did pick out the betrayer right away. well.... i had it narrowed down to a few and figured it out a few chapters before Violet did.
interested to see how the next book is going to go. please don't be evil Phoenix! :P
anyhow.
this one was fun to read. loved the new characters. especially Spence! thank goodness for him! i struggled with Violet and Lincoln's relationship, for some reason I'm still holding out for Phoenix, even though he is like a super villain in this one. i just KNOW he has to still have feelings for Violet. i felt like we were all over the place! so much happens in this book. wowzers. didn't know where it was heading the entire time. although i did pick out the betrayer right away. well.... i had it narrowed down to a few and figured it out a few chapters before Violet did.
interested to see how the next book is going to go. please don't be evil Phoenix! :P
andreathereader's review against another edition
4.0
Entice takes place shortly after Embrace left off: Violet is getting stronger with training and she is learning more about Grigori and exiles. She and Lincoln are still fighting their mutual affection, with little success. Violet is looking forward to the new Grigori arriving in town, and hoping Onyx will just leave her alone.
I liked Violet, she was strong and spunky. She had pretty much accepted that she was Grigori, for better or worse. Though she still struggled with her feelings for Lincoln, she realized a relationship with him would be impossible and tried to do the right thing. One thing that bugged me was her seeming unconcern about her doors being unlocked, even though she knew she had locked them. She would think “that’s odd,” then just move on. She never thought to tell Lincoln or Griffin or, I don’t know, the police? For someone who had exiles trying hard to kill her, she didn’t seem to mind the fact that someone had obviously tampered with her doors.
Lincoln seemed to waffle with his feelings for Violet, and I was getting just as frustrated as she with trying to figure him out. He seemed to care about her, then he would run off with Grigori Magda for some secret mission he wouldn’t tell Violet about. I thought we were through with the secret keeping, Linc? Magda seemed to hate Violet even more in Entice than she did in Embrace, and never really gave a reason.
I especially liked Violet’s best friend Steph. She was another strong character, and a wonderful friend to Violet. As much as she was in the novel, I’m surprised by how little we knew about her. Onyx, the big bad from Embrace, was back to torment Violet, but his character also went through some surprising changes. We learned just a bit of the history of the Grigori in their little group, but I would have liked some more backstory and personal histories of them as people.
Jessica added a lot of new information and Grigori/exile lore to this story, but it didn’t seem as confusing to me as the previous book. The one aspect of the writing that bothered me were the unfinished thoughts. For example (just a made up example, this never actually happened in the book), Violet would look at someone and think to herself “That can’t be who I think it is.” Then she’d move on to something else and I would be left wondering who the hell she thought it was.
The dialogue was the same, lots of snark from Steph and Violet, with a few chuckle-out-loud moments. There were still some unanswered questions (some of them even leftover from Embrace), and I really hope the answers show up in Emblaze. The gang did some traveling this time, and if you suspend your belief that a young woman could travel halfway around the world without her dad knowing, it’s a nice change of pace from Lincoln’s house, where the majority of the book takes place. There were a few surprises, but the big bad was not one of them. The signs were there throughout the entire novel, and frankly I’m surprised it took everyone as long as it did to figure it out.
The cover is perfect and matches the first book in tone and color. If I didn’t know anything about the book, the cover would definitely grab my attention.
The sum up:
Just as good as the previous book, this one furthers the overall plot and the characters’ relationships. It will leave you eager for the next one.
I liked Violet, she was strong and spunky. She had pretty much accepted that she was Grigori, for better or worse. Though she still struggled with her feelings for Lincoln, she realized a relationship with him would be impossible and tried to do the right thing. One thing that bugged me was her seeming unconcern about her doors being unlocked, even though she knew she had locked them. She would think “that’s odd,” then just move on. She never thought to tell Lincoln or Griffin or, I don’t know, the police? For someone who had exiles trying hard to kill her, she didn’t seem to mind the fact that someone had obviously tampered with her doors.
Lincoln seemed to waffle with his feelings for Violet, and I was getting just as frustrated as she with trying to figure him out. He seemed to care about her, then he would run off with Grigori Magda for some secret mission he wouldn’t tell Violet about. I thought we were through with the secret keeping, Linc? Magda seemed to hate Violet even more in Entice than she did in Embrace, and never really gave a reason.
I especially liked Violet’s best friend Steph. She was another strong character, and a wonderful friend to Violet. As much as she was in the novel, I’m surprised by how little we knew about her. Onyx, the big bad from Embrace, was back to torment Violet, but his character also went through some surprising changes. We learned just a bit of the history of the Grigori in their little group, but I would have liked some more backstory and personal histories of them as people.
Jessica added a lot of new information and Grigori/exile lore to this story, but it didn’t seem as confusing to me as the previous book. The one aspect of the writing that bothered me were the unfinished thoughts. For example (just a made up example, this never actually happened in the book), Violet would look at someone and think to herself “That can’t be who I think it is.” Then she’d move on to something else and I would be left wondering who the hell she thought it was.
The dialogue was the same, lots of snark from Steph and Violet, with a few chuckle-out-loud moments. There were still some unanswered questions (some of them even leftover from Embrace), and I really hope the answers show up in Emblaze. The gang did some traveling this time, and if you suspend your belief that a young woman could travel halfway around the world without her dad knowing, it’s a nice change of pace from Lincoln’s house, where the majority of the book takes place. There were a few surprises, but the big bad was not one of them. The signs were there throughout the entire novel, and frankly I’m surprised it took everyone as long as it did to figure it out.
The cover is perfect and matches the first book in tone and color. If I didn’t know anything about the book, the cover would definitely grab my attention.
The sum up:
Just as good as the previous book, this one furthers the overall plot and the characters’ relationships. It will leave you eager for the next one.
trinsreading's review against another edition
5.0
Wow! I loved this book so much, I enjoyed it much more than the first book in this series. I just love Violet and Lincoln. There was so much that went into this book that I really enjoyed. The romance, the action scenes were just so well played out. There were so many twists that I never saw coming and I can't wait to read the next book in the series.
- Violet
I love Violet's character. She is just so badass and one of the best female heroines that I've read so far. She's very strong and determined and she isn't as annoying as I remember her in the last book. She does act a little childish in some scenes but she makes up for it because she's just simply amazing. I loved watching her power grow and grow and seeing her take charge was really nice to read.
- Lincoln
I love Lincoln so much. Ah Violet is just so lucky. I didn't like how distant he was being at first but I couldn't stay mad at him because it just got so freaking cute between the two.
Overall, I just really loved this book. I'm feeling a little lazy today and don't want to go over each character because there are a lot I could talk about. But I really loved the book and I'm excited to get onto the next book in the series.
- Violet
I love Violet's character. She is just so badass and one of the best female heroines that I've read so far. She's very strong and determined and she isn't as annoying as I remember her in the last book. She does act a little childish in some scenes but she makes up for it because she's just simply amazing. I loved watching her power grow and grow and seeing her take charge was really nice to read.
- Lincoln
I love Lincoln so much. Ah Violet is just so lucky. I didn't like how distant he was being at first but I couldn't stay mad at him because it just got so freaking cute between the two.
Overall, I just really loved this book. I'm feeling a little lazy today and don't want to go over each character because there are a lot I could talk about. But I really loved the book and I'm excited to get onto the next book in the series.