Review: Thrilling Follow-Up for Survival!
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 12, 2012
Disclaimer: The fact that I received this book for free in exchange for an honest review has not affected my rating.To be honest, I disliked Maddie in the beginning. She seemed immature, naive, and a little annoying. For example, when the Yarristers are telling Maddie about Rayn's upcoming obstacles and his imprisonment, she focuses on Sharra's "Sharrababble" instead of Rayn himself. Moreover, her klutziness and choice of decisions made her seem annoying to me.As said in some of my status updates however, the book did get better and included much more action. For example, Maddie decides *spoiler* to become a Guardian *end spoiler*, obviously resulting in more endurance, fighting, monsters, etc. Her struggles and achievements were probably the most remarkable parts of the book, although sometimes I thought her troubles were resolved a little to easily. But nonetheless, I liked the fact that Maddie had to struggle to earn her place and respect with some people. Another especially entertaining part of the plot that I enjoyed is when *spoiler* Rayn must be rescued *end spoiler*. It was interesting to see Vesturons' various technology and people to work together and use their wits in order to accomplish their goal. However, as I said before, this may feel a little rushed, but is still full of action c:I also like the fact that Rayn *spoiler* finally got mad at Maddie for once *end spoiler*. I know, it might sound mean, but it shows that Rayn isn't perfect. Earlier in the book, Rykerian mentions that Rayn was the best at everything. In addition to that, he's good looking, plays the piano, and is extremely tolerant towards Maddie. His actions show that he does think for himself sometimes and does have the potential to be at least a little less than perfect.Voldruk's role in the story was also interesting. Although his part was relatively small, the chapters he was involved in made me think a little. My only complaint is that it seems like *spoiler* Athyna's grief seemed short-lived, or it wasn't mentioned much. *end spoiler* This might have been because Athyna is a relatively minor character, but I hoped for a little more development.AND THE SEXUAL TENSION asldfjadsklfjads;klfja. As a partially hormone-driven teenager, I reserve the right to be slightly gushy about this.My only other complaint is that Rykerian's interest in Maddie seems to have disappeared. I was hoping for more of a development, although I think this issue is mentioned in Determinant (the third book!), so I look forward to reading that someday c:Overall, if you're a fan of paranormal romance and like futuristic situations (their technology is pretty cool!), try Resurrection c: Of course, you would have to read Survival first, although in my opinion, Resurrection is different in terms of the style of the plot and amount of action.