Review: Amazing second book! Definitely worth the read.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 08 20, 2012
Resurrection is the second book in the series The Guardians of Vesturon written by A.M. Hargrove.The Review:Wow, what a huge improvement over book one, Survival. I really liked this book! I was truly impressed with both the writing and the story.Likes:I loved Vesturon! I want to live there! The author does a beautiful job describing the planet, its inhabitants, their culture, rituals and their technology. This story took a huge leap from book one, with lots of excitement, action and fun!I loved that we get to see a completely different Maddie in this book. She's stronger, more willful and develops into a terrific heroin. Her need to become independent sent her on a long journey of self discovery and training. The conflict that resulted from these actions between her and Rayn was dramatic and well done! I loved every minute of her time on Vesturon and I loved her and Rayn together! In book one, I was barely tolerable of the characters, finding them immature and poorly executed. Not in this book. There was some serious character development with all the mains and I loved the introduction of new the characters as well.Dislikes:I still had issues with the dialogue. I mentioned in my review for book one, I found it "contrived, long winded and sappy." That was still the case in this book although not nearly to the extremes as book one. I also mentioned in my review of book one that I thought Maddie's klutziness was just too much, too ridiculous and too silly. I still think that some of Maddie's klutzy antics were over the top but at least we get an explanation in this book as to why. The only other issue I had with this book was how the story was "told" to the reader. Things were glossed over and you were told from a narrative POV instead of reading the action as it happened and Im not a huge fan of that style of writing. I want to experience the events of a book as they are happening to a character, not read about it after the fact or have it narrated in short form.The Wrap Up:I really enjoyed this book! I wasn't a big fan of book one, but Im glad I read it because it lead me to this book. I loved the story, I loved the characters, I loved the time on Earth, the time in space and the time on Vesturon. This book was filled with action, laughs, scary moments and lots of fun. I would definitely suggest this book to my friends. Im excited to read book three, Determinant.NOTE: I read this as a R2R with Making Connections YA Edition at Goodreads. As always, a special thank you to the mods and author for allowing me to participate.