I'm going to rate the Death Escorts story line, this would probably get four to five, But I'm not doing that, so, . . Upon first glance at the cover and description, Recalled seems like a knockoff of Rachel Vincent's Soul Screamers series, I only read it because it had a pretty high rating on GR, but boy, was I disappointed, After reading it, I can tell you it does read like a very poor copycat of that series, and I wish I hadn't wasted my time on this book.
The length could've been cut in half and still told the same story, It was longwinded, even though the book itself wasn't that long it was just repetitive and monotonous, I never got attached to any of the characters they were all very flat and generic,
And what's up with the tagline: Love or Death It is stupid and completely inaplicable in regards to this story, If Dex chooses love, saving the girl he loves, then it will result in his own death, which is the entire conflict in the book.
"Love or Life" would be more accurate, because his choice is to either save the girl or save his own life, This makes no sense. Talk about a crappy editor,
And the ending was terrible! If you are a fan of HEA's do not pick up this book, It has a horrible, anticlimactic ending where everyone suffers, The bad guys keep being bad, Dex stays dead, and Piper is alone forever, knowing the guy she loves is gone, but oh, it's okay because someday she will see him again in Heaven.
WTF. Worst. Ending. Ever. Can't wait to read !! I could stare at this cover all day long !
"Dying ceasing to live approaching death expiring: a dying man.
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This book was really good, I expected a lot more from it though,
Dex was once a poor boy on the streets who lived his life by stealing money, One day, he stole from a waitress and as he goes inside a diner for some food, a bus swerving crazily on the ice almost killed the waitress if it weren't for him.
He pushed her out of the way and died instead,
He died. And he made a deal with the Grim Reaper and became a Death Escort, He also got a new body,
In order to become an official death escort he as to kill someone, And that someone is the girl he had saved earlier,
Piper
Dex found it really hard to kill the person he had died for, I could understand that. His death would have been meaningless if he killed her now, But he had two months to kill her! Somehow he could have found a way to finish her off, But he couldn't! Oh, why
It became very frustrating hereafter, Dex would have been moments away from killing her and then, I honestly don't know what got into his head he changes his mind in the last second.
This was exactly what I wanted to do
Other than that frustrating part, the book was really good.
I wished the author made Dex kill Piper, it would have been a splendid twist, Instead, he had various doubts about killing her, I liked Dex despite the fact that he couldn't kill Piper, I liked Piper too. The characters were good to read about,
On the whole, I liked this book, It was different and a quick read,
"Alive possessing life, In existence active. " Based on the cover and the admittedly vague synopsis, it would be easy enough to assume that Recalled is just another formulaic paranormal book told from alternating POVs, but dismissing it as such would be a grave error.
When I signed up for this tour, I had no idea what to expect, Ive heard great many things about Cambria Heberts work, almost all of them positive, but I wasnt sure Id enjoy her style, I do.
Right now, off the top of my head, I could probably name about seven YA books that revolve around the theme of dying/crossing over/grim reapers, and yet, Cambria Hebert found a way to offer something new.
Her worldbuilding, although quite narrow, is very imaginative, She found a perfect balance between creepy and fun, and the tone of this entire novel was somewhere in the middle, with a healthy dose of sweet to make it even better.
Dex and Piper are both wonderful characters, completely unpredictable and fun, I enjoyed the many differences in their voices, and I enjoyed never really knowing what Dex would do next, He didnt make it easy for us to like him and he made some very questionable choices, but thats precisely what I loved about Recalled.
It kept me on edge,
Oh, but you have to meet the grim reaper! He is something else, In fact, nothing in this book is quite what youd expect, Its far from perfect, true, but I enjoyed every second of it,
The final part was where Recalled lost half a star, It was a bit all over the place, unfocused, like Hebert didnt quite know where to take it or how to get there, The switches between two points of view came far too fast and I was a tiny bit confused at times, Wow, I made it sound bad, didnt I In reality, it was just a minor thing that bothered me precisely because what came before was so good.
Recalled is an excellent book, fun and at times surprising, and if youre into paranormal romance but have been craving something original for a very long time, trust Hebert to deliver.
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He knew that he was going to hell since he was, Murdering a person definitely wouldnt look good on his life application, But when an unexpected turns of events happens and he dies, he is faced with a decision of life and death with no other but the Grim Reaper.
Agreeing on working for G, R. , Dex will have everything. Money, power, and eternity to live, All he needs to do is take someones life, But when he meets his Target, he doesnt know if he can do it, Piper is beautiful, smart, and she is the first person who actually cares about him, Now he would have to decide if saving her would be worth being Recalled,
”Id done a lot of crappy things in my life, but lying here in this bed felt like the worst.
I didnt deserve her trust, yet I had it, I wasnt fit to breathe the same air as her, ”
Recalled has been a very interesting and fastpaced read, I thought that all the “incidents” were too close apart and there were just too many of them, But I loved Dex and the way his thoughts worked, With Piper it was a little different, Her character made me wince sometimes and I just wished that I wouldnt even listen to her thoughts, But with me being a girl as well, I can understand where she is coming from,
I am definitely looking forward to read the second book in this series “Charmed” which was recently published and has gained a lot of buzz around it.
Quick review:
Cover: Very Pretty
Rating: PG
Thumbs Up:
Overall: Interesting
Characters: Solid
Plot: Are you willing to die for someone
Page Turner: Sure
Series Cont.
Most likely
Recommend: Sure
Book Boyfriend: Dex
SUMMARYwords or less
In life you have to make a choice, and sometimes you might surprise yourself.
Dex is our reluctant hero, who doesnt at all feel worthy of hero status, And there are times in the book where we as readers question it to, Imagine what Piper felt. Interesting read.
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I got a copy for review in exchange for an honest review,
When I first heard about this book I was really intrigued by the blurb and the awesome cover and I knew I had to read it.
The concept is good, but I think the book couldve been better, My main problem with this book is that it lacks feeling, whatever happened I couldnt feel it and I didnt care about what was going to happen.
I really liked the idea behind the story and even though the blurb was vague it did sound awesome, So as mentioned before I thought the story lacked feeling, I like it when reading a book I feel with the characters and care about what is happening.
I like to know how the characters feel and what they think and there was just too less of that in this book, Most of the time I had no idea what they were feeling or why they were acting a certain way, This resulted in me not really caring about what happened to the characters, I did want to know how the story ended, because so many things happen that I wanted to know how it all will end and be resolved in one book.
I also think there is too less story, there are so many opportunities for it to be more more before and more after and more during the story.
There were so many times I was wondering things like why and how and I felt like these questions werent really
answered, The ending was nice and surprised me, but it still fell a little bit flat for me,
The characters basically are characters I could like, but for some reason I didnt, Piper is a really nice girl who does things for others and cares about them, Dex is a bad boy and soon you get a glimpse of his character that makes him likeable, I think there wasnt enough insight in the characters thoughts and feelings and I couldnt understand why they acted the way they did, Also many of their actions were a bit unbelievable and especially with the lack of inside thoughts, Also I didnt feel the romance, I just didnt get why these two characters fall in love, because I couldnt connect with them or get an idea what and why they are feeling.
The thing I really missed in this book was world building, There are paranormal elements in this book, but there is almost no attention for this, I did like the idea of the story and world and I think it was interesting, which is why I wanted to know more about it.
At the end of the book I didnt know much more then I knew after the first few chapters, Even though from the blurb you get the idea it will be a paranormal book, the book really doesnt focus on this, It is an important part of the story, but there is almost no world building, The basics are there, but not enough details to make it feel real,
To conclude: the concept behind Recalled is nice, but the story fell flat for me, I couldnt connect with the characters and felt like it all lacked feeling and emotions, I just didnt feel it, The characters act unbelievable sometimes and there is almost no world building, .