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A review by hannah_farnsworth_
Endless Knight by Kresley Cole
4.0
I'm impressed. So many of the series I've read lately have had sequels that have made me doubt that sequels should even exist anymore. Thankfully, this book proved my theory wrong! It was a fantastic continuation of Poison Princess!
Starting up right were we left off with Matthew, Jackson, Evie, Selena, and Finn just defeating The Hermit and having the story line flow so smoothly throughout the book was definitely a pro! Finn funny banter between the other characters here and there was a nice mood brightener when most everything else was pretty depressing. Also, seeing Jackson and Evie's relationship continue to take multiple hits in the wrong direction after he finds out about her abilities was a little heart-wrenching, but it fares well later on...after having to skip some pages due to questionable acts going on between Jack and Evie (...thought this was YA Cole???) we see things start going down hill shortly after for our little band of characters, and QUICK!
Here comes DEATH!
I have to say that my favorite character and parts of the entire book was/included Death! With his 'I could care less but I'm secretly pining away for you' attitude throughout keeps you wanting more and more! After you make it back to Death's house (totally AMAZING) you really start to see the relationship between Death and Evie bloom. I loved that you got to see Death open up (although extremely slowly) to Evie and her pestering until he tell her that in one of their past lives ...*pause for effect*... they were MARRIED!!! SAY WHAT!?!? And that he can never get over her 1) She is the only one that he can touch without killing 2) see #1. So yeah, things go up hill for them from there with Evie and Death actually getting along and getting to know one another.
Then Death has to go and crush Evie's heart by saying that Jack killed Evie's mother and all of these other completely shocking details until you think that there can't possibly be anything more! But there is and it leaves you absolutely loathing Jack to no end. (Enter Bella Swan like depression state for 1 month following the truth surrounding Jack.)
This is where I started getting frustrated with Evie. She keeps wanting Jack even after finding out all of the freaking horrific details about the things he's done and the reasoning behind those acts and I just wanted to B-Slap that girl! This continues for the remainder of the book. We do get to see some action between Death...or should I call him Aric now... and Evie UNTIL she starts thinking of Jack again and goes to screw everything up!
The books ends with a major cliff hanger in which Death is pissed after Evie breaks the mood between them after finding out that Jack has been captured by the evil Lover Twins who torture people to no end and decides that, whether Death likes it or not, she will go and save the ever betraying Jack. Death agrees to this, but not until he makes her his...
Overall, it was a great book (excluding those questionable parts) and one that I wouldn't mind reading again. I am definitely a Death/Aric fan and can't wait to see what will become of our friends in third book in this series 'Dead of Winter'.
Starting up right were we left off with Matthew, Jackson, Evie, Selena, and Finn just defeating The Hermit and having the story line flow so smoothly throughout the book was definitely a pro! Finn funny banter between the other characters here and there was a nice mood brightener when most everything else was pretty depressing. Also, seeing Jackson and Evie's relationship continue to take multiple hits in the wrong direction after he finds out about her abilities was a little heart-wrenching, but it fares well later on...after having to skip some pages due to questionable acts going on between Jack and Evie (...thought this was YA Cole???) we see things start going down hill shortly after for our little band of characters, and QUICK!
Here comes DEATH!
I have to say that my favorite character and parts of the entire book was/included Death! With his 'I could care less but I'm secretly pining away for you' attitude throughout keeps you wanting more and more! After you make it back to Death's house (totally AMAZING) you really start to see the relationship between Death and Evie bloom. I loved that you got to see Death open up (although extremely slowly) to Evie and her pestering until he tell her that in one of their past lives ...*pause for effect*... they were MARRIED!!! SAY WHAT!?!? And that he can never get over her 1) She is the only one that he can touch without killing 2) see #1. So yeah, things go up hill for them from there with Evie and Death actually getting along and getting to know one another.
Then Death has to go and crush Evie's heart by saying that Jack killed Evie's mother and all of these other completely shocking details until you think that there can't possibly be anything more! But there is and it leaves you absolutely loathing Jack to no end. (Enter Bella Swan like depression state for 1 month following the truth surrounding Jack.)
This is where I started getting frustrated with Evie. She keeps wanting Jack even after finding out all of the freaking horrific details about the things he's done and the reasoning behind those acts and I just wanted to B-Slap that girl! This continues for the remainder of the book. We do get to see some action between Death...or should I call him Aric now... and Evie UNTIL she starts thinking of Jack again and goes to screw everything up!
The books ends with a major cliff hanger in which Death is pissed after Evie breaks the mood between them after finding out that Jack has been captured by the evil Lover Twins who torture people to no end and decides that, whether Death likes it or not, she will go and save the ever betraying Jack. Death agrees to this, but not until he makes her his...
Overall, it was a great book (excluding those questionable parts) and one that I wouldn't mind reading again. I am definitely a Death/Aric fan and can't wait to see what will become of our friends in third book in this series 'Dead of Winter'.