Novel Review: Endlessly (Paranormalcy, #3) by Kiersten White

Rating (Out of 5): ~4

Genre: YA Paranormal Romance

Publisher: HarperTeen (HarperCollins)

Release Date: 2012

Spoilers?: No.

Buy it here: Amazon. Barnes and Noble. Book Depository. Powells.

Teaser Tuesday.

Goodreads Synopsis:

Kiersten White’s New York Times bestselling Paranormalcy trilogy comes to a breathless conclusion with a signature mix of wit, romance, paranormal creatures, and a truly original heroine.

In Endlessly, pink-loving, butt-kicking Evie has way too much on her to-do list. Paranormals are begging her to open a faerie gate so they can leave the human world, something Evie’s not sure she has the power to do. The Dark Queen is torturing humans and must be destroyed.

On top of all that, Evie’s prom is coming up. She’s not sure what to wear, and, oh, yeah, her shape-shifting boyfriend, Lend, has been cursed so that he falls into an enchanted sleep whenever he and Evie are in the same room…and even Evie’s ex-boyfriend, the faerie Reth, can’t reverse the dark magic.

An epic battle is looming, and the choices Evie makes will determine the fate of whole paranormal world—and her own life.

The Cover:

I like this cover quite a bit. It's definitely pretty to look at, the way the wind is blowing her dress and her hair and then the flowers in front of her. It's a nice cover, the title and the font is nice. And I do think it gives a nice feel for the book, and that the model could be Evie.

Review:

This was a really good series, and this was a very nice conclusion to it.

I love Evie. She’s a strong character, and she’s conflicted and struggling, but she does really well with it. I also love Lend, he’s a sweetheart, and I love how there he is for Evie, how much he loves her. How he can be a bit defensive, but is obviously very caring and sweet to her. Their relationship is really sweet, and they matured together. Their chemistry is really nice, and they get along so well.

There were some surprises in this book, and some things that needed to be done. It was exciting and funny. It was a really good and really satisfying conclusion to the series.

I love White’s writing and her characters. As I’ve said before, I will be reading anything she writes, and most likely loving it. She’s an automatic buy for me at this point.

Teaser Tuesday[15]: Endlessly (Paranormalcy, #3) by Kiersten White

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB over at Should Be Reading! All you have to do to participate is:

Grab your current read

Open to a random page

Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page

BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)

Share the title & author, too, so that other TeaserTuesday participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

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Right now, I am having a big sense of how-can-i-read-anything-else-right-now,-after-what-i-just-finished. And this is the second time I’ve felt this way in, um, two weeks. Which is really weird, because I haven’t felt like that in quite a while. It’s kind of nice, but at the same time, a bit frustrating. Because, after I finished those books, I really wanted more, more of those stories and characters, maybe more to know what happens next. But I also have a bunch of other books to read that I really want to read, so I don’t want to take a break. So, instead of doing that, I’m starting another book while still fangirling over the one I just finished. And, trust me, there’s a lot of fangirling happening.

Anyway, here’s what I’m currently reading (and am very excited for):

Endlessly (Paranormalcy, #3) by Kiersten White

Publisher: HarperCollins/HarperTeen

Goodreads Synopsis:

Evie's paranormal past keeps coming back to haunt her. A new director at the International Paranormal Containment Agency wants to drag her back to headquarters. The Dark Faerie Queen is torturing humans in her poisonous realm. And supernatural creatures keep insisting that Evie is the only one who can save them from a mysterious, perilous fate.

The clock is ticking on the entire paranormal world. And its fate rests solely in Evie's hands.

So much for normal.

Excerpt:

“’Have you no loyalty?’

‘I do. I am loyal to myself and I am loyal to what Evelyn should become.’” (Hardback, pg. 246)

“’I’m not doing anything—anything—until one of you figures out how to fix Lend.” (Hardback, pg. 247)

What are you reading right now?

Review: Supernaturally (Paranormalcy, #2) by Kiersten White

 Rating (Out of 5): ~4

Publisher: HarperCollins (HarperTeen)

Spoilers?: Only minor ones.

Goodreads Synopsis:

Evie finally has the normal life she’s always longed for. But she’s shocked to discover that being ordinary can be . . . kind of boring. Just when Evie starts to long for her days at the International Paranormal Containment Agency, she’s given a chance to work for them again. Desperate for a break from all the normalcy, she agrees.

But as one disastrous mission leads to another, Evie starts to wonder if she made the right choice. And when Evie’s faerie ex-boyfriend Reth appears with devastating revelations about her past, she discovers that there’s a battle brewing between the faerie courts that could throw the whole supernatural world into chaos. The prize in question? Evie herself.

So much for normal.

Review:

This was pretty good. I remember liking the first one more, but I did enjoy this one. Am annoyed with myself that it took this long to finally read it, though.

Evie is now living with Arianna, a vampire, and Lend is away at college (which, I completely forgot that he was of college age. I always thought they were the same age, so I was surprised. Not disappointed, though). She's trying to live normally, but IPCA wants her to work for them again, along with a hyperactive boy named Jack, who is human but can use the faerie paths. She's trying to work with IPCA, while also not lie to Lend and spend time with Arianna. She's not having a very easy time of it, you could say.

I like Evie. I really do, and I remember liking her a lot in the first book. She's fun, and adventurous, and a little conceited, but is also trying to find out who she is and what she should be doing, and is messing a little along the way. I did not like all of her lying. It really bothered me, and I was a bit disappointed that she lied as much as she did. She should have just been honest. I did like, though, when something happened with a boy that is not Lend, that some other characters would have fallen for and made it into a triangle, and made her doubt her feelings for Lend and start falling for another boy even though she should not be, that she did none of those things. She pushed the boy away, because she knows that she only wants Lend, and is confident in her feelings. That, I think, made me like her again.

I still like Lend. He has fun with Evie, is honest, and sweet, while he also has a bit of that overprotective, jealous boyfriend thing going on. Sometimes this is done well, to where you like it. Usually, even. But here it made him seem almost possessive and trying to take over some things, pushing his thoughts onto Evie, as well as that he jumped to conclusions way too easily. I still like him, just not as much as I would like to.

And Jack. I am so disappointed, you guys. I really liked Jack; like, a lot. I did get a wary feeling of him at some points, but I banished the thought. He had so much potential, still does. But instead of taking the sad, puppy kind of direction, hiding it behind his bright smile and happy-go-lucky mood, with what happened to him, he went another way. I don't want to spoil too much, so I won't say why, just that I'm upset over what happened.

I'm also wary of IPCA. I feel that they could do good things, but instead are still not doing them, and aren't being honest about what they are doing. Something's still up with them, and I want to know what it is.

This book focused quite a bit on Evie's lying and dealings with the IPCA, and a bit on the faerie world. The faerie world was really interesting, and I liked finding out about Evie's past and her parents. Although I'm a little skeptical on how, exactly, that was supposed to have worked; it didn't seem very plausible to me.

Also, not nearly enough kissing. But, you know, that's not what this book is about.

It moved along very easily, though, and it didn't take me long to read through (as in, I read over half of it in a day) once I finally set my mind to it. I like White's way of writing though, it's fun and light, with cute little comments in Evie's head throughout it. Also, it's a bit refreshing, if a little disappointing, reading about her version of the creatures, what with seeing beyond their glamours.

Nonetheless, I'm looking forward to the next, and final, one of the series.

Teaser Tuesday[2]: Supernaturally (Paranormalcy, #2) by Kiersten White

 Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB over at Should Be Reading! All you have to do to participate is:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

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I've been a little slow lately when it comes to reading. Err, young adult books, anyway. I started this one a while ago, though, and am a bit bothered that I haven't finished it yet. Especially since I really enjoyed the first one, and am a huge fan of the author. But anyway!

Supernaturally (Paranormalcy, #2) by Kiersten White

“I could feel Jack's eyes on me and deliberately avoided looking at him. I was going to sell this lie. The only one who could contradict me was the vampire. Maybe I should have drained him... But, no. Raquel would take my word over his.” (Hardcover, pg. 176)

“Sighing, I slid down the wall to sit on the ground and winced as pain stabbed through my lower back, radiating outward from my tailbone. A few painful shifts and I was comfortable, in a not-going-to-die-right-now-but-maybe-later sort of way.” (Hardcover, pg. 176)

 Happy reading! :)