Afterlife by Claudia Grey

The last and final book in the Evernight series. I'm just going to let you know a head of time that there are going to be spoilers in the review. I found my self frustrated with this book a few times. In the start of the book Lucas is surprisingly not pissed off at Bianca for letting he become a vampire. I think that Lucas has done a lot of growing up in these books. I how ever get mad at Bianca for being upset with Balthazar. It was Lucas choice to go off with him. Both Lucas and Balthazar were mad with grief over her dying. I wanted her to understand that. Luckily she does later on become aware of that. I always have had a special place in my heart for him. There were times I found my self wanting him to be the one she ended up with when I found Lucas being a little child. When Lucas goes back to Evernight to seek help learning how to be a vampire I question if it was a safe idea. Which it turns out yes and no. It was nice to see him learn to control the blood lust in some form. When finally learning Mrs. Bethany's history and plan for the wraths I feel that everything got over way to quickly. It was great to see everyone from different sides banning together but it seemed it was over fast. Then ending was great but a little depressing. Having them have a happy ending but knowing their ending will end and Bianca will be with at Lucas at some point was a little depressing.

For this last book I give a C plus. I have to many questions of what happened to everyone else. I hope we get the answers in Balthazars book.

Hourglass by Claudia Gray

This is the third book in the four part series. Bianca and Lucas are now with the Black Cross. Of course the Black Cross are still under the impression that Bianca is human and that her vampire parents kidnapped her. So now hiding in the one group sworn to kill her kind she must hide who she is really is in order for her and Lucas to stay together. But getting caught in the act of drinking blood by her best friend who ends up telling the Black Cross her secret causes the couple to go on the run. They turn to their friend Vic who helps find them a place to stay for awhile. Bianca begins to find her self getting sicker and sicker with out knowing the reason why. Can her and Lucas' love keep her from dying?

*spoilers down below*

This book I did enjoy. I felt for both of them just trying to find a way to be together and live what life they can. I did get a kick out of the fact Vic knew everyone was a vampire and how calm he was about it. That even becoming besties with a vampire. I had a hard time watching Bianca die. It broke my heart knowing that she couldn't really touch her one true love. That is in till I learned she has major ghost mojo and can make her body really for a bit at a time. Charity confuses me though. I see her weird crazy logic of wanting to hurt Bianca and the going after Lucas because he is tied to Bianca but I still in a weird way feel like her character just comes out of left field a lot. Then her turning Lucas totally shocked me. I wonder though how pissed he is going to be when he wakes up.

I give this book a B.

Linger by Maggie Stiefvater (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #2)

If you have not read the first book then I would not read the summary of this book. As I do not want to ruin anything about the first book for you. With that being said.........

Grace and Sam finally have each other. Isabel's idea we found out at the end of the first book worked on Sam. Now our two love birds can finally plan a future together with out the worry of Sam becoming a wolf. What they do not realize is there will be some issues on the way that can stop there happy ending. First there is Cole, whom Isabel can not keep away from. He is one of the newly made wolves that Beck had bit. Then we have the problem of Grace herself. She is getting sicker and sicker but what is reason why?

I have to ask did the green ink throw others off too? Did the last book have blue ink to match the cover also? I had to shut my eye and then open them to double check and see if I was seeing things. If the last book has red ink I'm going to have to say that is pretty cool. I have not known anyone to publish a book that way unless it was a children's book. For this book I have a hard time really loving it. I don't hate it but I don't think its the greatest. I do think it is better then the first. Seeing some signs of anger from Sam was nice. I love Isabel's straight to the point thinking. She keeps everyone in check. I do enjoy seeing thing from every one's point of view but I also feel a little disconnected from everyone. I'm lacking that finally connection that keeps me from putting the book. I found I could walk away from this book. Actually I had to talk my self into finishing it. I can't place my finger on what exactly keeps me from fulling loving this book. Maybe I'll figure it out soon. 

The story is pretty original and its a nice twist with the science of things so I will give this book a C+