Review: Some Great New Insight
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 05 2, 2013
Die For Her is the eagerly-anticipated novella from Amy Plum's Revenant world. Plum asked her readers what topic they'd like her to write about for this short leading up to the publication of book #3 and they overwhelmingly chose to hear from Jules' POV about his feelings for Kate, the series' main character. Jules is the incorrigible rake, best friend of Vincent, Kate's boyfriend, in this series. Though I always suspected it reading the series, Plum confirms in Die For Her that Jules does indeed have feelings for Kate, and shows us how those feelings affected his actions and experiences during the events we read about in the first two installments.I have been a Jules fan from his first appearance. He is fun and flirty and added a streak of humor to what could have been a much darker series. In Die For Her, we see how there is a lot more going on under the surface. Not only does Jules fall for Kate, but we see how much he also loves Vincent. Jules is constantly wrestling with acting on his feelings and maintaining his friendship with Vincent, but also protecting both of them. He always takes the high road, which makes me love him even more. We see how decisions he made that looked like he was just being a good guy were also motivated by his conflicting emotions.Something else that I enjoyed a lot in this one was the image of Kate from someone else's eyes. I always found her to be a great "every woman," not super beautiful or remarkable in any other way, which made her easy to relate to. But through Jules' thoughts, we see her as this goddess, someone worthy of being worshipped, worth fighting your best friend for.Jules' affection for Kate and his vow to watch over her will no doubt color my impression as I read the last book in the series, If I Should Die, which is being published on May 7, 2013. I can't wait!