Book Review: Stargazer

Title: Stargazer
Series: Evernight (Book 2)
Author: Claudia Gray
Published: March 2009

Evernight Academy: an exclusive boarding school for the most beautiful, dangerous students of all—vampires. Bianca, born to two vampires, has always been told her destiny is to become one of them.

But Bianca fell in love with Lucas—a vampire hunter sworn to destroy her kind. They were torn apart when his true identity was revealed, forcing him to flee the school.

Although they may be separated, Bianca and Lucas will not give each other up. She will risk anything for the chance to see him again, even if it means coming face-to-face with the vampire hunters of Black Cross—or deceiving the powerful vampires of Evernight. Bianca's secrets will force her to live a life of lies.

Yet Bianca isn't the only one keeping secrets. When Evernight is attacked by an evil force that seems to target her, she discovers the truth she thought she knew is only the beginning...

My Review:
Can Bianca and Lucas' secret realationship survive the distance and the human/vampire problems? Or will Bianca give into temptation when she's forced to spend time with the nice and present vampire Baltazar?

In this book Bianca's relationships to both Lucas and her parents are placed under high pressure. Are they strong enough to survive?
Bianca is also dealing with her increased blood lust, and trying to find out why certain humans are allowed into Evernight. There were a lot of sub-plots and mysteries going on at the same time, but it was never confusing - just fun.

If you have read my review of Evernight, the first book in the series, you might remember that I disliked the plot twist midway through the book. This book had a small twist too, but one I was expecting so it didn't bug me at all ;)

In this book we were presented to a new threat, the wraiths. I loved the mythology behind those, and the well-written and vivid scenes about them.

The ending was very dramatic, and I loved the way this story took. It's going to be fun to read about the next part of Bianca's life!

Favorite sentence:
“Lucas, didn’t anyone tell you the emergency number isn’t to alert us to
your booty calls?”

Rating: 4 of 5

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Previous books in this series:
Evernight

Book Review: Evernight

Title: Evernight
Series: The Evernight Series
Author: Claudia Gray
Published: 2008


About the book: When the story begins in Evernight, Bianca has just left the small town where she's spent her whole life. She's a new student at Evernight Academy, a creepily Gothic boarding school where her classmates are somehow too perfect: smart, sleek and almost predatory. Bianca knows she doesn't fit in.

Then she meets Lucas, another loner, who seems fiercely determined not to be the "Evernight type." There's a connection between Bianca and Lucas that can't be denied. She would risk anything to be with him — but dark secrets are fated to tear them apart... and to make Bianca question everything she's ever believed to be true.


My thoughts: This book was full of mystery; what is the boarding school hiding? Why are all the students acting so weird? And, most important of all, what is Bianca and Lucas hiding from each other?

About halfway through the book there is a HUGE twist, and I was like whaaat? I did NOT see that coming. And the twist wasn't very well done. I would have liked to read some clues before the twist, something that made you go " A-ha, that's why that person did/said that, and that's why that person was reacting that way" instead it was built up like this. "And by the way, this is the way it is. Change everything you thought and read so far to the total opposite."
I felt like ther was two different books - one before, and one after the plot twist - and they didn't fit very well together .

I really liked the ending of the book though, it was full of suspense, romance and action. Bianca ended up in a situation where she had to choose between Lucas - her love - and her parents and their believs, and she solves the situation very bravely, and trustes her inner voice.

This book didn't blow my mind, but it was good. The twist in the middle of the book was annoying though, it wasn't well written at all, but other than that the book was well worth reading, and it leaves you wondering about what's going to happen in the next book in the series.


The second book in the Evernight Series, Stargazer, was published in March 2009. There will be two more books published in this series; Hourglass and Afterlife.


Rating: 3,5 of 5
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