Published:
July 2nd, 2013 by Point
Source: ARC
from BEA
Format:
Paperback
Genre: Paranormal / Romance / Mythology
Age group:
Young adult
Challenge(s):
Finish the Series
Grade rate: B
Death has her in
his clutches. She doesn’t want him to let go. Seventeen-year-old
Pierce Oliviera knew by accepting the love of John Hayden, she’d be forced to
live forever in the one place she’s always dreaded most: the Underworld. The
sacrifice seemed worth it, though, because it meant she could be with the boy
she loves. But now her
happiness — and safety — are threatened, all because the Furies have discovered
that John has broken one of their strictest rules: He revived a human soul. If the balance
between life and death isn’t fixed, both the Underworld and Pierce’s home back
on earth will be wiped away. But there’s only one way to restore order. Someone
has to die.
My Review
Even though I wasn’t impressed with Abandon (see my review here),
the first book of the trilogy, I’m glad I continue reading because it did get
better and better. Awaken a pretty good conclusion to the series.
Awaken starts
right after the end of Underworld (see
my review here)
and finds Pierce helping John with his work in the Underworld and of course,
the furies have not given up in making their life hell (pun intended). Pierce
and John continue to be very much in love and even though they have to deal
with a lot, they stick together and learn about each other in the process. Pierce grew a significantly from the
hesitant, whining girl of the first book, into a more confident and powerful
young woman. On the other hand, John
learned to compromise and taking Pierce’s feelings into account. I love his protectiveness of her.
Alex keeps being annoying, obtuse and egocentric and
quite frankly I dislike him to almost the end.
I’m glad that something good
happened to the poor guy. Kayla is also
in the Underworld (temporarily) and seems to be getting along very nicely with
Frank, a strapping pirate type guy from John’s crew. Pierce’s parents have a bit of the spotlight
in this one and I’m happy that the cat is out of the bag, it makes life a lot
simpler (to all the teens reading this, please take note).
I have to say
(it’s my civic duty!) that the blub doesn’t do the book justice. The fact that Pierce and John revived a soul
is not as significant and prominent as it sounds here. However, someone sort of dies, which was a
big unexpected surprise. As it happens
often in the series, the dead have a tendency of not staying that way and the
problem gets fixed shortly (and thankfully) after. The plot is action packed and
full of twists and turns and an overabundance of furies.
The ending was neat and all loose ends were tied. I’m happy with it and I hope that Pierce and
John are too :)
A few quotes for you:
“It isn’t funny,” John
said. “ You kissed him on purpose just to annoy me. So do you know what I get
to do now?” He stopped pacing and pointed to himself. “I get to kiss someone –
whoever I want – just to annoy you.” …
“All right,” I
whispered, rubbing his hand across my check. “You get one free kiss…whomever
you want.”
“What if who I want
to kiss is you? he asked.
“ I think that can
be arranged,” I said.
“You don’t know my
parents,” I said. “I’ve been trying to tell them the truth about you since the
day I died and met you, and all it’s gotten me is a lot of appointments with a
bunch of shrinks. They are not going to
believe the truth about you, and they are not going to let me be with you.”
On the landing,
John caught hold of my arm, then turned me around to face him.
“Pierce,” he said,
looking down into my eyes and smiling, as he smoothed a dark curl of hair from
my forehead. “They can’t stop us from being together. And they will believe you.
Because I’m here with you. You’re not alone anymore.”
About the cover: These covers are all beautiful
and this one is my favorite. It’s so soft, gentle and projects love.
