reason to not read series that are not finished!!
Can flint save Abel There are so many things going on in this series Chatswood normally overwhelm a storyline but each character has a distinct personality to the point that you fall in love, feel empathy for, and of course you want to turn into one of the "monsters" and make the queen pay for what she has done to Abel.
His own mother did this, but could she have actually done the right thing Why are the four horsemen of the apocalypse on earth and is there any connection to the facts that the main characters are named after these biblical names of the first man and brothers that God created Can not wait for the next in the series!! This one picked up where the first left off.
This is just as great as the first one, You really need to read this series!!!! When's therd one coming out!!!!!
This was an epic follow up to Forbidden! The world created by Charles was brilliant, immediately gripping me with its other series Crimson Night.
This slight spinoff to the CN series made me so excited, because I love the magic in the circus and the dark, twisted way she's made the stereotypical 'cirus' more appealing to the curious reader.
I absolutely loved the action, suspense and the temptation between well, I won't say lol but I will say that the stakes are raised and I
totally bought the third book.
I need to know what happened after that cliffhanger, This book is the second in the series, Book one is a must read first,
The book is as exciting and captivating as the first, I love reading books that make me feel as though i am part of the action albeit in the background.
We get to spend more time within the carnival grounds and we attend the prom at the school.
It is an explosive story, You will not want to put it down,
Better than the first, In fact, I can't wait until the next one is released, Great fantasy
Great continuation of series: Flint is now fully immersed in the monster world.
Unusual supernatural element, beserkers, hive, fae, combined with the circus, Looking forward to the final book, Mother f'er! Ehhh did she have to be the queen!! I didn't see that coming at all and what she is doing is completely wrong.
I feel so bad for Janet and Able and all the friends/family that are watching the horror, unable to stop it.
Do we really have to wait until the fall to see what happens next! Amazing second book of the Tempted series! This author is amazing!
The race is on to find Abel before his mom wins and turns him into a lethal Rager.
Slowly but surly flint starts finding out more of her other self,
I recommend anything from this author! A must read!!!
Another amazing book in this series!!l I just bought the next book so this is going to be short and sweet so I can get to the next one.
You will not be disappointed!!!! Really enjoyed it, full review to come! How can a book series get better and better.
. well let Selene Charles write that book, I would like to say that I absolutely can not wait for therd book to come out, I was left with the most chocking cliffhanger, Bookto me was a chance to understand better each character and what abilities they posses, It also gave me enough information for me to want more out of Flint, My only complain was that I felt that for a good part of the book Flint insecurity was holding the character back.
She was such a strong person on the first book and then all of the sodden she was this insecure and timid person.
Did I love the book : yes, Was the action great : absolutely, But please make Flint the secure strong character from the first book and give us more of who she is and her background.
Selene continues to amaze
This story will grab the reader and take them on a journey.
It is so hard to put down, once you start, I highly recommend reading the night series as well, Although completely separate, these stories are happening somewhat concurrently, It's interesting to get a bit fuller picture, This is the second book in a beautiful YA series first was "Forbidden", long awaited by me and devoured in a day.
I really like Flint, she is young but already a strong personality, has what it takes and at the same time is vulnerable and needs love and sympathy as all teenagers do but not whinily so.
She has a lot to endure in this part, and her friend Adam goes through even more, so it's not a book for very sensitive teenagers but for grownups it's just perfect.
I especially loved the figure of Carlito how Selene writes about him, you can truly picture him in your mind, very exotic, very cool, he's just great.
Thanks for including him and his story, Ms Charles!
The end of the book now, that's a cliffhanger that may torture some even I had to remember to breath deeply when putting it down but I can recommend to read the Night Series by RS Black her pen name for dark and grownup fantasy which is already completed and will help you over the worst fear as this story plays a small part there.
And it's the perfect read to tie you over until the next Tempted book comes out hopefully end of this year.
The day Flint DeLuca moved to Whispering Bluff, TN she thought her life was over, . . until she met the dark, brooding, and seriously hot Cain, And then things were epic, Until they weren't.
Prom night, her school is bombed by a pack of monsters known as hive, Flint's nearly killed in the explosion and her best friend Abel is kidnappedall of it orchestrated by Cain's crazy mother, Layla aka The Hive Queen.
The race is on to find Abel before Layla can turn him into one of her twisted creatures.
But when a sword keeps appearing and disappearing in Flint's room, one that bears strange markings on it and hints at a secret buried deep in her past, Flint's already chaotic life is turned upside down.
Now not only must she find a way to save Abel, but everything she thought she knew of her world and her life is about to change forever.
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RabidReads. comIts really hard to review a second book in a series without spoilersespecially when the first book ended with such a big cliffhanger.
Do I talk around what happened that was the catalyst for just about everything that happens in this second one Its a slippery slope for sure.
So if you have any thoughts about reading the first book and havent already, I will say that you really shouldnt read this review.
Oh, and dont read the blurb either! However, I will try and minimize any spoilerish aspects if I can.
The story picks up just minutes after the first book endsalways good when a cliffhanger is involved.
Flint has been injured and has been taken by the Queen of the Hive, The Hive is made up of minions that have been made into grotesque insect like humanoids by the Queen.
Abel has disappeared, and Cain is frantically trying to find Flint, And so this story continues,
Whereas the first book had everyone hunting the Queen with no knowledge of who she is or where she is hiding, this one is about finding herafter she has been unmasked.
Its also about Flints journey to discovery of what and who she really is in this paranormal world, If she thought Carnival Diaboliqueher new homewas strange, its nothing to what her life is becoming, By her side is Cain, her love and fiercest protector, Hes not exactly all human, but then neither is she, And they are not the same supernatural character, Flints dad has done a big change as wellhe, of course, is still human, but hes having an extremely hard time with Flint and her new lifeto the point that I was really unhappy with him at times, but then it was pretty realistic if this were really happening.
But its Abel that has the hardest time in this book, and because he was a favorite character for me from the beginning, this part of the read was extremely intense and dark for me, and really would be for any reader.
Paranormal aspects of this read were well executed by the author, and managed to surprise me at times with the unique world building.
As before, the characters were all well rounded and well written, nothing cookie cutter here, As far as pacing, it was a page turner from start to finish, and an extremely fast read,
The first book was definitely for young adults, but I would put this one more in the adult camp, mainly due to the dark subject matter and the brutal violence involved.
Brutal being the operative word here, It also jumps into sexual scene territorymore explicit than any young adult sexual scene I have ever read, So yeah, not for young teens this time around, I am not sure when the next book is being released, but I will be checking often to see when it comes outbecause these books are just that good!
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