Embrace the Night Eternal
3.5 Stars

A man with a dark and murky past, Simon Japp is one of the men who survived the apocalyptic Change in stasis. Endowed with the ability to cloak himself in invisibility, Simon swears to assist the citizens of Envy in their struggle against the Strangers. Together with Sage Corrigan, the resistance’s resident computer geek, Simon travels to the polygamist settlement of Falling Creek to search for the man who may hold the key to saving humanity from the Strangers, and along the way discovers that there is more to life than simply existing…

The mythology of Ware’s post-apocalyptic world is fascinating and the on-going storyline involving the Remmington Truth, the Strangers and the Cult of Atlantis is captivating.

The dark, brooding and enigmatic Simon is my favorite type of tortured hero and the slow revelation of his personal story is intriguing. Sage is a sweet heroine with a troubling past of her own and her romance with Simon is intense and satisfying.

Two problematic issues arise, however, including the annoying love triangle, which is completely out of place in a paranormal romance, and Sage’s irritating tendency to allow Theo’s patronizing and condescending attitude toward her - she needed to grow a back-bone much sooner.

There are also tantalizing glimpses into Quentin and Zoe’s ongoing relationship, which has only whet my appetite for the next book. ( )

its a paranormal romance I can't get into it ( )

its a paranormal romance I can't get into it ( )

2.Teil der Envy-Chroniken: Simon + Sage
Sollte ich meine Lieblingsserien aufzählen, so gehört diese ab sofort dazu. Colleen Gleason aka Joss Ware schafft es, mich in eine unvorstellbare Welt zu entführen. In diesem Teil geht es um Simon und Sage. Beide sind Helden nach meinem Geschmack. Die Hintergrundgeschichte aus dem ersten Teil zieht sich auch durch dieses Buch und so wurden z.T. schon einige Fragen beantwortet, die ich mir beim ersten Teil gestellt habe.
Nun bleibt für mich zu hoffen, dass die Autorin auch die nächsten zwei Teile ins Deutsche übersetzt. Darüber würde ich mich echt freuen. ( )

The world-building of this dystopian future was solid and the primary characters were sympathetic and believable.

The incredibly beautiful, brainy and kind virgin heroine was a little more Mary Sue-like than I generally prefer, but her back-story made all of that make sense and she was overall quite likable. I liked the hero quite a lot--he was on a quest for redemption before he met the heroine and their relationship development included a nice mixture of angst, trust, respect and sensuality. One of the villains indulged in some scenery chewing, but given the way that character was developed as a whole it made sense.

Some of the plotting for the overall series story arc was a little confusing, but that's probably because I didn't realize it was the second book in the series when I started.

I could see this appealing to fans of Ava Gray (and vice versa). ( )