Review: Love These Books
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 10 5, 2013
Blood and LightI started this book after supper and stayed up until 4am to finish reading it. I just couldn't put it down. I had to know what happens next.Rue is a teenage girl living with an absent father and a mother who hasn't been there in a little over a year. Living with her teenage brother all alone in a big house. Things start to change rapidly for Rue and her brother, they quickly learn that their lives are not what they seem and are thrust into a war they didn't even know was waging.Rue and Kai are born children of a race of vampires called the protectors. Their parents had escaped thier home long ago when Caine had turned the majority of the city into believing that humans where nothing more than cattle to feed them. Now the other protectors know about Rue and Kai and will stop at nothing to bring them into the city and into the fold of Valon.Amidst the training and accepting what they are. Rue falls in love with Johnathan who himself has secrets he has yet to discover. Then of course we can't forget he confusing emotions she has welling up for her protector and trainer Josh.This story will hold you on the edge of your feet. With men who are more human than supernatural. No perfect undying love here. They make mistakes, they fight and they feel real. The story will drag you through and onslaught of emotions. The end is such a cliff hanger I can't wait to sink into the second book in the series.I am in total love with all these characters.smoke and mirrorsThis book picks up right where the first one left off, with Rue trapped in Valon with who she thinks is her mate. She however doesn't feel anything for him and doesn't understand why. She keeps getting flashes of a memory she can't put together and it causes her great pains.Making her escape and return to her actual home proves to be almost more than her body can handle. Emotionally drained and trying to hold onto a sense of normalcy she fights for it. Just a normal plain human day.Rue's life with never be normal, with Rogues running around wanting to eat everyone in sight. Caine is on the loose again and trying to rage an army against Valon and the humans. Erik has left Valon and is sourcing his own rouges to kill Rue. She is humming with love for Josh, finally.Then as normal for poor Rue all hell breaks loose. The ending of this book left me in shock and tears. I love these characters so much. I felt the pain of the end in my very heart. I have to start book three soon because I can't bear to not know what happens next.oil and waterPicking up where Josh and Rue left off in book two this book takes you on a journey through the lost memories of Rue and the trials of the Lord of Valon Josh.Rue has no memories at all at this point. Trapped in an asylum and searching for her answers. She has is the crazy girl on the third floor. She starts to believe she just may be crazy when she keeps seeing the beautiful boy with the crooked canine teeth.Josh is stuck in the mirror in the tower in Valon. To be stripped of all emotions to make sure he emerges as the true Lord of Valon a protector with no emotions or feelings. Just the killing machine made to protect this town.But love has a way of never letting you go. He cant stop thinking about Rue and trying to see her across memory. He sends himself to her and she thinks she is losing her mind.Is love enough to save them this time? Can they survive the trials of Valon and the lost feeling of Rue's memories?I love Rue and Josh and yeah sometimes Johnathan too. They are amazing characters. This is a must read series. Full of whit, sarcasm and real characters who can feel rea lenough and just flawed enough to make you love them even moreclarity and reasonNew alliances shall be forged. New enemies shall reveal themselves. Old enemies will continue to gain power to bring about the destruction of Rue and Josh. Demon's shall emerge with vengence in their blackened hearts. Rue will continue to hold onto her love for her family and fight her way out of memory to save them from the demon's.Secrets shall be revealed and your out look on some of the characters just may change. Take a trip into the world and imagination of Rue Volley and see if you can hold onto your sanity long enough to determine wether or not things can be saved and if love really can conquer all.grace and beautyRue has yet another mess on her hands and it's seems she can not keep herself out of trouble. I cried in this book for I felt the hopelessness and the loss of Rue to my very core. How do you hold onto a love you cannot remember.New enemies are raised in this book, with a need for vengenance so deep it could mean the end of the world. Is Rue ready to accept all that she is and face the truth once and for all? Can love save them again? Even if you have a hole deep in your heart that is empty and black?If you cant remember your love or your family? Rue is a lost soul fighting to save everything she holds dear. How far would you be willing to go to attempt to save everyone you hold dear?hope and faithThis last installment in this series takes you on a wild ride into the truth of Rue Volley.The angel Michael has risen and he is full of vengence and hate. There is no love loss for him towards Josh or Rue. Entering into Rue's sleepy little world. Where she feels safe and loved with all of her family around he takes chaos to a whole new level, but Rue's love for Josh is deep enough and true enough to see through Michael's glamour.In her fight to save her love she must accept the truth about her life and her creation. The only way to save herself is through HOPE and letting go. Will it be enough? Is Rue finally strong enough to let go and find the hope that she needs?You will have to read for yourself for the answers. I loved this story and the hope and light it brings into Rue's world of darkness and torment. Acceptance is a strong motivation to change things to the way they are supposed to be. I laughed and I cried and I loved these characters full