Okay say it with me--irony, thy name is Evernight. Obviously there will be spoilers for book 1, hell the synopsis gives away all the good stuff. When we last left our young Shakespearean would-be lovers Lucas and Bianca--things were kind of bad for them. Sure her parents forgave her, Lucas' mother and family were still pretty in the dark about Bianca's true nature and no one died...but like Romeo and Juliet the course of true love was really bleak.

Reassurances are not mine to give about the second book either. There are happy moments, but that's all they are, moments. Amazingly Lucas' clan remain the dark about who/what Bianca is. So much so that for all of us in the know, the ending pages are probably darkly humorous. Its an odd reversal of roles for the two and the stakes are supremely worse.

There are more secrets to tell about Bianca, about who/what she is, about her role and her life. Lies and betrayals hurt, even more this time around when Bianca thought she knew what she needed to know. Her relationship with Lucas hits a couple of snags, big snags, because they both have to fess up to pent up feelings and opinions on who they are. The end...like I said darkly humorous (for those of us who like that sort of thing) and hopefully doesn't end badly. I hope and hope and hope.

Pacing goes more smoothly this time around, which made me happy and we learned more about the secondary characters. Vic and Raquel (though I'd be happy without Raquel), Balthazar and his family (his sister I could do without as well), Lucas' clan (who aren't really bad, per say, but just...well bitter enemies are bitter enemies). There's an amusing part near the end, during a battle, when both sides call out to Bianca to save herself and there's that moment of 'But wait! I know you!' which I laughed at.

Hourglass, the third book, in case you haven't heard has been pushed back to March of 2010. Sad news for me as I want it now. I will wait, and like a few other series I'm waiting for the next book in (looking at you The Immortals, Night World, Soul Screamers and The Darkest Powers) I will wait with impatience. ( )

This book was better than the first. There was more action in it and more mysteries. There wasn't so much Lucas in it and that was the only negative part of the book. Stargazer was also a little bit more complicated, there were many new details in it. I enjoyed it though and I am going to read the third part as soon as I can. ( )

11/14/2012:

(And this was being nice after I had to come back and edit the previous review I had done because I had been so mean!)

Ok, well, I am still struggling to get through this book. And I've been trying to read it for two weeks now...I even put the book down for a few days to read something else. Well, I looked ahead to books 3 & 4 and well, it doesnt look like it gets any better..So, when I finally do finish this book...This will be it...and as I stated on someone elses review....I feel like I am about to just bust from boredom! The only reason I went on to book 2 was because I had hoped it would get better..sigh...Oh, how I was wrong.

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11/16/2012
Edit~Finished

How I felt about this book




I could not take it any more....This book was just not for me...With some few good moments....but after those moments were over...It just drug for me...And I wish I could have found a volcano to throw the book in....




This would've been less torture!





Now, I know I may get quite a bit of flack for this personal opinion of mine but hey...We're all entitled to our opinion. And my opinion is: This book was just not my cup of tea...

I definitely will not be continuing on in this series....




I really do feel how he looks




(Yaaayy...I Finally Learned How To Do The Pictures & Got Them Right!!! I'm getting the hang of it! The only highlight of this book!) ( )

Okay... firstly: YAY, VAMPIRES!
secondly: there is the thing that's called 'jumping into the action'. that when at the beginning of a story, they start at the climax or some big battle and then go back in time and work their way up to it. and I HATE IT when they do that.
unfortunately, it happened in both Evernight and this book, so probably the next one, too.
*Sighs* I guess I'll have to live with it.
thirdly: there is one point in the story in which she and lucas are making out, like, really really hard. and then, we know what Bianca does when they start making out real hard, and then they have this big argument I'm not going to get into right now. All I'll say is: if Lucas thinks that they'll ever be able to have sex without the both turning into vampires, his head is IN THE FREAKING CLOUDS.
Fourthly: the fact that Lucas can pick a lock is SOOO sexy.
Fifthly: this book definitely had me feeling sad for Balthazar, which reinforced my being on his team. I"m sorry, Lucas is badass with a stake and picking locks and being a vampire hunter in general, but Balthazar's story is so SAD. of course I'm going to side with him.
And I'm still telling you, when the Black Cross finds out Bianca's a vampire (which they will) it will all go to SHIT and HELL from there. ( )

Enjoyable, wanted to keep reading...but feel a little cheated by the romance. Seems a little too over-wrought. ( )