Hourglass (Evernight Novels #3) by Claudia Gray
ARC review copy provided by Harper Collins.
PJV's QUICKIE POV: I thought Evernight (links take you to reviews) was a good YA book. Stargazer and OK follow-up, but Hourglass...blew both books away. Never before has a third in a series entertained and delighted like this book did? A third?? Can you believe it? This book had it all, tragic love, fights for their lives, a hint at a triangle, some life or death decisions, a little hanky-panky and an ending that had me throwing the book across the room than running over to it to reread and than cursing that I would have to wait like forever for the fourth book, Afterlife, to come out. Word on the street is that there will also be a Balthazar book, but hints at 2011 releases have me pulling out my hair.
The third Evernight book is stuffed full of suspense and heart ache. Lucas and Bianca are literally stranded in a world that they never chose to be a part of. Lucas was raised to hunt and kill vampires, Bianca was raised to some day become a vampire herself. They were never given choices, they were never even given another option, their life was fated before they were even born. Bianca's was filled with lies and half-truths, Lucas' was filled with misconceptions and bigotry. They are forced to remain in Lucas' world until they can finally save up enough money to escape...but what other options does a 17 and 19 year old have, especially with no education and no money?
The Romeo and Juliet connotations continue throughout this book...all the way until the end, and what a shocker that was! Oh I'm still reeling from that bomb that Ms. Gray threw at me. Thanks! Now I will go insane with wonder. Love those cliffhangers.
Recommendations: Recommended that you read Evernight and Stargazer before reading Hourglass. You don't have to but it forms the foundation of the relationship between Bianca and Lucas and Balthazar quite well. These book push the mature teen envelope, this is a maturing teen couple...there are sexual scenes in it. Nothing descriptive at all, I would give this to my teen. Fans of vamps, UF and YA paranormals read this series.
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4 comments:
These have been on my TBR for a while. I really need to get a move on and read them!
okay added to my read pile
OMG, I need to get my hands on HOURGLASS! The suspense is killing me *grrr*. I read the first book and enjoyed it. By the second book, I was like, "hell nah!" and now Claudia's had me waiting foreverrrr for the 3rd.
Thanks to your review, I will be reading HOURGLASS the day it comes out!!
Thanks!
♥Isalys
I have not read this series yet...Thanks
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