So, while the last book finally made it easier to keep up
with the different narrators by devoting a complete part of a book to each,
this book resorts back to each chapter is someone else. But instead of being
Schuyler, Mimi and Bliss/Deming – this time the third narrator is Allegra, and
it isn’t in the present time. Allegra’s chapters are all about how she came to
break her bond with Charles.
This was one of the reasons why this book was by far my
favorite of the whole series so far.
Schuyler and Jack are married now – the ceremony took place
in that awesome novella (that I didn’t
read) – and are still looking for the Gate of Paradise while Jack is on the run
from Mimi and the blood trial. While they are looking for this Gate, Schuyler
starts getting sick – vomiting with blood – and she thinks that she is pregnant
with Jack’s child but Jack knows that it’s because of their bonding, something
called the Wasting Disease. Hey, I thought she was pregnant too because yeah,
she’s a Blue Blood but she’s also human, it’s totally possible, right? Ha.
Apparently not. Since Jack broke his bond with Mimi to bond with Schuyler, the
bond is causing his love pain. The only way to break the bond? Is to either
kill Mimi or perform a service for his master – who you know, is Lucifer.
Considering my ‘love’ for Mimi, I’m thinking the first option is better.
Speaking of the Angel of Death, she’s down in Hell with
Oliver to look for Kingsley, the love of her life, who is the only reason that
she isn’t really going after Jack to extract her revenge. She does find him,
and after a month or so of playing games where he pretends not to want her or
to go with her, she’s about to leave when…well, they get a little racy. And I
do mean racy. Seriously most YA
authors hint or suggest that characters have sex, de la Cruz puts it out in
black and white. ‘He cried out as he
entered her.’ Sexy. He goes with her. The only problem is that for Kingsley
to leave hell, a soul has to be traded for his. AKA why Oliver is on this trip.
Just when things get dire, Mimi does the unthinkable and trades her soul for Kingsley’s. HOLY CRAP ON A
CRACKER! Okay…remember what I said about hating Mimi Force? I take that back
now.
Eventually the blood trial between Jack and Mimi does
happen, but neither can kill the other. Which means…yeah, that’s right ladies
and gentlemen. The Angels of Death and Destruction, who betrayed Lucifer to
help the Blue Bloods, return to their master. I’ll admit when I first read this
– before I read the book – I was scared shitless. Why would they do that? But
now that I know why they did this, I can’t wait to see what the final book has
in store.
Final Rating: 5 out of 5 stars. Now that I’m used to the
whole switching of narrators thing, it’s not as bad. The plot is as thick as my
hair – which is really thick – and everything is escalating quickly for an
awesome conclusion.
Bookshelf worthy? Yep, still own them.
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