Well, as much as Julie and I love each other, we don't always agree about the books we read. We already have the Edifying Meets Edgy Halfway posts that allow us to come together and gush about the books we both love, but....like I said, we don't always agree.
Recently, Julie read a book that she really didn't like. As you'll see from her in just a minute, she almost didn't finish it. The thing is, I really enjoyed it when I read it (back in December 2008). When we were discussing what we wanted to post on E & E next, Julie came up with the brilliant idea that we should highlight the books we disagree on too. So, here you go!
Recently, Julie read a book that she really didn't like. As you'll see from her in just a minute, she almost didn't finish it. The thing is, I really enjoyed it when I read it (back in December 2008). When we were discussing what we wanted to post on E & E next, Julie came up with the brilliant idea that we should highlight the books we disagree on too. So, here you go!
At last, Miranda is the life of the party: all she had to do was die. Elevated and adopted by none other than the reigning King of the Mantle of Dracul, Miranda goes from high-school theater wannabe to glamorous royal fiend overnight. Meanwhile, her reckless and adoring guardian angel, Zachary, demoted to human guise as the princess's personal assistant, has his work cut out for him trying to save his girl's soul and plan the Master's fast-approaching Death Day gala. In alternating points of view, Miranda and Zachary navigate a cut-throat eternal aristocracy as they play out a dangerous and darkly hilarious love story for the ages.
I'm not one to give up on a book easily. But this one I came close to setting aside. The main thing I didn't like about it was the whole "guardian- angel- living- a -life -of -debauchery" scenario. Zachary(the guardian angel) also admits to watching Miranda(the girl he is guardian over) shower and dress etc etc which kind of creeped me out about an angel. His casual references to "the man upstairs" was offensive to me. The ending of the book was exciting and redeemed it just a bit.
ETERNAL was a fast and enjoyable read. The pages fly by and the end comes too soon. I didn't mind seeing Zachary's "human" side coming out as he fell in love with Miranda while acting as her Guardian Angel and I loved watching him struggle to find a way to get into Miranda's life after he was made human. It was also nice reading about vampires that actually fed on humans. ETERNAL is the companion to TANTALIZE. The third book in this series is called BLESSED (2011) and the characters from both TANTALIZE and ETERNAL will cross over and I can’t wait to see what happens when they meet.
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