Review - The Reckoning By Alma Katsu

"I turned to Luke and reached for him. My blood felt as though it had seized up in my veins.
"Lanny, what is it?" Luke asked.
I clutched his lapel desperately
"It's Adair. He's free."

FOR 200 YEARS SHE'S BEEN HIDING

He gave her immortality.
She tried to destroy him.
Now he is searching for her.
They must not meet.
Or there will be a RECKONING" taken from Goodreads

Last year the only 'adult' fiction I read was The Taker.  I was utterly enthralled by it.  At times it was so brutal that I had to put the book down, but that just made me more eager to pick it up again.  I was so eager to read the sequel, so imagine my excitement when it finally arrived.

The cover although utterly beautiful, I kind of don't get the relevance of it to the book.  I don't even think Lanny is a brunette?  I loved the original tattoo style of the first cover and was hoping to see something in that design again.  I kind of missed the black edged pages too.

My initial reaction to starting this was that I didn't feel as anxious as I did with The Taker.  Generally I am more scared of the unknown, so you would assume that this booking being set in real time as opposed to flash backs would be a hell of a lot more scary.  Somehow I had a completely different reaction to what I expected.

I did love the use of different narrators for this instalment.  I didn't expect some characters to have the thoughts they did, so this gave me a great new insight.

Some of the story was a little repetitive for me.  Especially the thoughts of Adair.  I felt he just kept thinking and saying the same things and by repeating them it didn't change or accomplish anything.

I didn't feel any great connection to any of the characters.  For me they were weak, twisted, unpleasant in some cases all of the above.  I didn't feel I was routing for anyone in particular, but it enabled me to read it in an unemotional way.

All that said the conclusion was brilliant, I am so excited to see where the next book will go.  I actually have no idea what will happen next!

Overall I didn't enjoy this as much as The Taker, but I know understand why its necessary to bridge to the conclusion which I have very HIGH hopes for!!

Rating 3 1/2 Out Of 5

Published In The UK By Century Books

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So I honestly meant to post last week but kinda went to a Vampire Diaries convention and didn't leave myself enough time to write up my post - Ooops!  That does mean time for a double bill this week.  I got some amazing surprises - HUGE THANKS to the lovely publishers that sent them my way!!

RECIEVED

 I got these Awesome sweets from Rosi At Harper Collins for taking part in their Insurgent reviewing.  Not only was the book a joy to read, but the sweets were a joy to eat too!

 I got two packages from Scholastic, the first was this nifty pen, that I got through their Twitter group - its a fab pen!

 I also got this incredible package from Scholastic.  I am a HUGE Maggie Stiefvater fan, so you can imagine my joy on recieveing a SIGNED sampler of The Raven Boys and a Wicked Keyring!!

 I was very fortunate to be invited to the Random House bloggers brunch in June, but sadly I wasn't able to attend.  The lovely people did send me this brilliant goodie bag containing - 

Time Between Us By Tamara Ireland Stone

Now Is Good By Jenny Downham

Muddle And Win By John Dickinson

Alices Adventures In Wonderland By Lewis Carroll

Never Fall Down By Patricia McCormick

From Orbit

 God Save The Queen By Kate Locke

From Century

The Reckoning By Alma Katsu

 I got these from the wonderful people at Quercus books. I was lucky enough to attend a little gathering that was amazing

Shadows By Ilsa J. Bick

Summertime Of The Dead By Gregory Hughes

GIFTED / BOUGHT

 The Fabulous Laura over at SisterSpooky and I had a post for her & pre for me Birthday celebration this week, which meant early presents for me :D  The star that she is gave me a £10 Waterstones voucher, which would have been rude to not spend so I bought these goodies

Someone Elses Life By Katie Dale

Eve By Anna Carey

Books That Make Me Go Oooooh (45) The Reckoning By Alma Katsu

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The Reckoning By Alma Katsu
Published In The UK By Century
Due For Release In June 2012
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"I turned to Luke and reached for him. My blood felt as though it had seized up in my veins.
“Lanny, what is it?” Luke asked.
I clutched his lapel desperately.
“It’s Adair. He’s free.”

FOR 200 YEARS SHE’S BEEN HIDING 
He gave her immortality.
She tried to destroy him.
Now he is searching for her.
They must not meet. 
Or there will be a RECKONING"

The Taker was the only adult book I read last year.  I tend to find YA books the right comfort level for me, but something about The Taker fascinated me and made me long to read it.  It was an interesting reading adventure as I certainly hadn't read anything like it before and was totally addicted to it.  Now I eagerly await the second round of new reading when the sequel The Reckoning is released - I CAN'T WAIT!!!