Book Review: Soar

In the city that never sleeps the Chronicles continue…

Serving coffee is temporary, just like Casey's year off from school. She’s going to come up with a plan to stay in New York City and go back to college, and that plan does not involve dating a paranormal creature—let alone two.

Running the supernatural society of New York is not as fun as it sounds, especially when you still have to answer to your ex-girlfriend’s fiancé. Toby doesn’t mean to bring Casey into the chaos of his life, but he can't resist the girl who makes him smile when he thought no one else ever could.

Jared's in New York checking out a security risk for his best friend, the king. He plans to return to New Orleans quickly, but not if it means losing his chance with the brunette who pretends she wants nothing to do with him.

In over her head with a bunch of winged creatures who most definitely are not angels, Casey has to figure out who to trust with her life and maybe her heart.

This is the companion/sequel series to the Crescent Chronicles. If you remember, Flight was my first book of the month, way back when. When I heard that she was writing another series using Toby and Jared as main characters (and newcomer Casey) I was aboard. Unlike the first series this one switches narrators between the three characters I just mentioned. Each was interesting, although Jared wasn’t as fun to read about as I had hoped, and my heart certainly went out to Toby. This book was twice as entertaining as the original trilogy and it had me captivated from the very start.

We see a ton more shifters in this book than we did, really, for the rest of the series, and this is where the main threat is held for the series. I don’t want to spoil anything, but like with Allie, Casey is a wanted woman. Trust me when I say you won’t see the terrible little cliffhanger coming. I was so caught up with the book I didn’t even realize it was over until I turned the page and there were no more (reading on my kindle certainly didn’t help!). I shrieked when I realized we were going to be left dangling like we were. In a good way. I think it will please many people to see the direction Rose Ivy takes us in.

Now, this is a New Adult book and it really should be taken at that value. The romance was intense. It also drags out through the whole story and one of the reasons I kept reading as closely as I was, was for the love story. I was just dying to see how it played out and my nose was glued to the screen. 

Overall, it was a pretty amazing book. I’m giving it four stars.

Book of the Month: Sequels and Three-quels

Continuing on with my Book Of The Month posts, today I'm reviewing the second and third books in the Crescent Chronicles series.  Beware, there may be spoilers.

The second book in the series takes place a couple weeks or so after the first one.  Allie is now in college and attending Tulane.  She's still getting used to the idea that she's the mate to the prince of paranormals and what this position entails.

Allie and Levi's relationship seemed to stall and then grow very suddenly.  It still remains a little unrealistic, but you also got to peek in deeper and see how much they really cared for each other. 

Speaking of growth, none of the characters really seemed to grow.  Except, maybe Jared.  There was more of the paranormal society, which was fun and interesting to see, and got a closer look at how things are run.

The ending was the best part.  It was romantic, exciting, and a cliff hanger that isn't too bad but still has you wanting the third.  Better then the first one for sure.

 This is the final and best book in this trilogy.  The characters became extremely believable and I felt like they were finally taking everything with the right amount of seriousness.  Honestly, the most action happened in this book and I feel like that was the secret ingredient the other two were missing to make them perfect.  Levi remained rather annoying with his over-protectedness, but that is his character so I can't really be too angry.

The ending was perfect.  PERFECT.  Not everything was wrapped up, necessarily (no worries, there's a spinoff trilogy about... Toby!  can't wait.), but everything clicked into place- the only place they should have gone.  I really liked this one and it makes the whole series desirable.  It actually just came out so it was nice to read it so soon.

Series rating: 3.45 stars

Book of the Month: Flight

Book of the month is something new I'm going to be doing.  Every month I will be highlighting a different book or series to introduce other reader's to it.  Every Monday (or so) of the month will have something dedicated to this book or author.  The idea originally came from Danny Marks' youtube channel (he's awesome) when he made a propping video.  Go check it out.  Basically he was talking about how some books aren't showcased enough and get left in the dark, so I'm trying to remedy that.

This month I'll be focusing on Flight, by Alyssa Rose Ivy.

This book isn't great.  It's good, at best, really, but there is so much potential.  It's an Indie book, and as far as I know, you can only purchase it in eBook form.  Because it hasn't been through as professional an editing process it has several flaws, particularly with the ways character's respond to certain things and character's not being completely fleshed out.

The writing makes for a fast read (less then 24 hours) and it is a captivating idea.  The "creature" in this story is a Pterons, which means they're basically humans with wings (think Maximum Ride, but with a paranormal aspect).  For the record, it's been my dream to be able to have wings, so it was fun to just live in this world for a bit and enjoy it.

The characters are decent besides the fact that they're rather shallow, and I did like Levi, he was fun and really sweet.

I must warn you, though.  This may be YA, but it borders on NA (New Adult).  There are some scenes that may not be suitable to younger readers (not that I would ever listen to those warnings when they were given).  Nothing R, but make sure you know what you're getting into when you pick this one up.

Also, did I mention the cover?  (Phat Puppy Art did it, and I think she does the most amazing covers in the whole entire world!)

Another fun little thing about the book is that it takes place in New Orleans (where I would love to live someday).  In the story there are other shifters and also vampires, although the main idea doesn't belong to those types of characters.

There is so much potential to this book and it is a very enjoyable read regardless of its flaws.  I will be reading and reviewing the next two (the third comes out mid-July), so look for those soon!


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