Review: Exciting sequel!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 8, 2012
Totally enjoyed this 2nd book! Great sequel to continue the story of Julia and Cayne, right from the last chapter of STAINED.  Both have been kidnapped by and take to the `Chosen' compound/headquarters; though Cayne is being held prisoners in one of their cells, and is to be put to death...unless Julia can save him somehow.Julia is introduced to other `Chosen' who are around her age, and others are younger or older. It's not really a school-type environment, but they do have their routines, like group `meditation'; where all those `chosen' get together in a group and this is supposed to re-energize their abilities. `The Chosen' seem like a cult to Julia, as they all seem to be in sync with each other somehow; everyone has some kind of "gift", and are `candidates' to be "The One" - for what, she's not sure. She learns a cool neat trick: walking or passing through walls. While in the facility, The Chosen keep telling her Cayne is bad and cannot be trusted, yet she can't help feeling that she DOES know him, and he'd never do the things they tell her he's done. They let her visit Cayne in the prison cell & she confronts him on the allegations. What she finds is difficult to bear for her. She feels a bit betrayed that what she was told is correct about him; but another part of her still has strong feelings for him, the Cayne she got to know before they were taken and brought to the compound.While Julia has tried to think of ways to get Cayne out of the prison cell (even though she does feel hurt by what she learned of him), some luck goes her way. A break-in ensues and Nephilim begin fighting Chosen, and Chosen fighting Nephilim; it turns into complete chaos, and while trying to flee out of the compound, Cayne snatches her and flies her out of there! Yay! They do escape, though not easy. Julia can't believe they are now `running from' her own kind - those who told her they'd keep her safe and were supposed to protect her. So... now on to the third book!!