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I gave this book 3.5. Stars.
It was a page turner, but I was still floored about the ending it seemed so colossal for a storyline that was so minimal in plot.
I will give a full review soon.
It was a page turner, but I was still floored about the ending it seemed so colossal for a storyline that was so minimal in plot.
I will give a full review soon.
I gave this play 2.5 stars
The play had the makings to be a really good piece, but it wasn't long enough to really get what was going on. This was literally a quick read. You could literally read it in 5 minutes or less if you wanted to.
The play had the makings to be a really good piece, but it wasn't long enough to really get what was going on. This was literally a quick read. You could literally read it in 5 minutes or less if you wanted to.
It's nice to finally see how Cinder came to be in New Beijing. I wish that Garan had been able to live longer.
I really love the Lunar Chronicle series however, the short stories are a little lacking for me due to my need for more full length novels from Meyers. The Queen's Army was more detailed than Glitches in the fact that readers were able to see how Z/Wolf made his transformation from human to animal soldier and even saw how the beef between Z and Ran started. I will definitely be picking up Cress when it comes out.
I received this book from the author for an honest review.
My initial reaction to this book is that it is very violent (to me) and graphic. This book follows Wake who is a hybrid demon, half-human and half-demon. Wake became a minion of Satan after he traded his soul for his mother's soul when she tried to commit suicide. Damned to do Satan's bidding for all eternity, Wake is sent on a special mission to retrieve the soul of a pregnant high school girl along with her unborn baby's soul. Unfortunately, God has his eye on the mother and child's soul as well. From here, the story speeds up until Wake is being confronted by all types of obstacles in the rush to win the two souls for Satan and outsmart God's angels.
It took me a long time to read this book. This has absolutely nothing to do with the author's writing style or story, but more to do with me being a sensitive individual. Initially, I thought this book would be a YA type of read where the demon vs. angel angel would be kept light and flowery, but when I was reading I found that Caruso gave a no holds barred narrative along with many graphic descriptions about Wake's job as a demon and the his carrying out of the tasks that Satan gave him. These images while good for telling the story were a tad unbearable for me since I have such a vivid imagination. However, I could totally see some of my favorite BookTuber's absolutely loving this book since they are highly into gorey type reads.
The characters in this book also gave off a realistic feeling. Never did I feel that Wake or any of his contemporaries were behaving out of character or contrary to who Caruso had pegged them as. Instead, Caruso's characters were full blown bad***es who set out to reach their goals of gaining the unborn baby and pregnant mother's souls for their Masters (i.e., God and Satan) by any means necessary.
While this isn't my favorite read of 2013 it is a book I'd recommend to anyone who can stand gore and large amounts of violence in their books. Caruso's work will definitely keep you on the edge of your seat...even if it is just to have you prepped for turning on the light to check for monsters.
My initial reaction to this book is that it is very violent (to me) and graphic. This book follows Wake who is a hybrid demon, half-human and half-demon. Wake became a minion of Satan after he traded his soul for his mother's soul when she tried to commit suicide. Damned to do Satan's bidding for all eternity, Wake is sent on a special mission to retrieve the soul of a pregnant high school girl along with her unborn baby's soul. Unfortunately, God has his eye on the mother and child's soul as well. From here, the story speeds up until Wake is being confronted by all types of obstacles in the rush to win the two souls for Satan and outsmart God's angels.
It took me a long time to read this book. This has absolutely nothing to do with the author's writing style or story, but more to do with me being a sensitive individual. Initially, I thought this book would be a YA type of read where the demon vs. angel angel would be kept light and flowery, but when I was reading I found that Caruso gave a no holds barred narrative along with many graphic descriptions about Wake's job as a demon and the his carrying out of the tasks that Satan gave him. These images while good for telling the story were a tad unbearable for me since I have such a vivid imagination. However, I could totally see some of my favorite BookTuber's absolutely loving this book since they are highly into gorey type reads.
The characters in this book also gave off a realistic feeling. Never did I feel that Wake or any of his contemporaries were behaving out of character or contrary to who Caruso had pegged them as. Instead, Caruso's characters were full blown bad***es who set out to reach their goals of gaining the unborn baby and pregnant mother's souls for their Masters (i.e., God and Satan) by any means necessary.
While this isn't my favorite read of 2013 it is a book I'd recommend to anyone who can stand gore and large amounts of violence in their books. Caruso's work will definitely keep you on the edge of your seat...even if it is just to have you prepped for turning on the light to check for monsters.
