Review: Beautifully written with fantastic world building and excellent character development.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 02 27, 2014
Have you ever read one of those books that you loved so very much that it was hard to put into words the plethora of feelings you experienced from the tale?  Well Absolution is such a book for me.  The tale is told primarily from two points of view, which took a moment to get used to, switching from Eve's present events to journal entries of historical events that took place in another character's life (I will not tell who's as it would be a spoiler and we cannot have that - oh no we can't) and back again finely converging at the present.  While this was at first off putting, primarily because I wanted to get back to what was going on with Eve, but as I continued to read the journal entries also were engrossing and heartbreaking and I was sucked into the story and could not put it down.  Absolution is beautifully written with fantastic world building and excellent character development.  It is not a happy or lighthearted tale, but rather is often dark, brutal, and full of injustice that will have you signing up for the next demonstration down in the square and raising your fist is protest.  I loved the characters and became completely emotionally invested in their saga crying tears with each act of brutality and emotional pain inflicted, as well as cheering on each act of rebellion.  The book's ending is satisfactory and a little open-ended without actually being a complete cliffhanger, but I can say that look out in the next installment because there is a storm on the horizon.  On finishing this read I had to hop over and find out more about book two and found Allegiance was released on Feb. 2nd, 2014 and I am so excited to be able to jump right back into the action.  I definitely recommend this book to those who enjoy the darker tales involving vampires and the supernatural, as well as a completely new and original take on the vampire mystique with that little bit of what if should history had a slight turn in a different direction from what is the norm and familiar.  This book was received from the author with a request for my honest review without any compensation whatsoever, other than the joy of reading a new book.