Review: Wow, action packed and heartwrenching
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 20, 2013
This book started by breaking my heart and it ended with shattering it into tiny pieces. I hated how the monks attacked Rose to get to Gabriel and when she crawled over to him and laid her head on his chest right before they took him from her the tears were flowing so much I couldn't see the words to read any further. I don't like how Nicolae thinks she is such a monster when she has shown him over and over again that she could be around humans and not attack but then finally he begins to see her differently and even gives her his blood to rid her body of poison and then we have William, I was so hurt how he lashed out at Rose and not recognizing her as a friend anymore. Then what Rose had to do next to convince Sadie to go back to Chicago was so hard to read because you know it was one of the most difficult things she ever had to do and I was still not happy with William's reaction to her. It was great seeing Rose and Nicolae call a truce and team up to go find Gabriel. I liked how the author went back and forth between Rose and Gabriel so we could keep track of where they both were and what they both were doing. It was hard reading how much pain Gabriel was in when his body was still changing and he was missing Rose so much. I loved watching Rose use her "pull" to get them a place to stay and here Nicolae falls under this spell also, it was funny her having to fight him off and remind him of who they each were. I did get frustrated after reading about Gabriel suffering over and over again in that tiny room and then not knowing what he was doing there. I was excited that Fane was going to be joining the story and what happens at the Torrent is difficult to read because there is some disturbing bodily injury described but at the same time it was a great part of the book because of the end result. Then enters this new character to the story, Malachi and right away I don't trust him but she goes with him just because he mentions being able to help her find Gabriel. Here and there how the author writes about Rose and Malachi's interactions I was afraid she was going to have them get together which would have killed me. Over the next chapters we learn more about the past, some hidden revelations, and the prophecy. We get to meet some interesting people and Gabriel leaves with them to start on his quest which we read some details about here and there throughout the book. As the story progresses I become more and more suspicious of Malachi. Just as Rose thinks she is going to get ready to move out and start hunting for Gabriel again she gets news that tears her apart. Rose has to face Vladimir, I had a bad feeling about this, I just knew something terrible was going to happen in this battle. When they finally are in front of Vladimir it was awful how he treated people she loved but man did she kick butt lol. I don't want to spoil some of the best parts of this book so all I will say from this part forward is that my emotions ranged from being super scared, proud, happy even for just a second, angered, rage, then feeling pure devastation, and finally the last emotion I felt was despair. I can't wait to read the next book but wow this one was so good.