Review: Entice by Erica Crouch

Entice (Ignite 1.5)

by Erica Crouch

Publisher: Patchwork Press

Publication Date: Nov 19, 2013

Source: Net Galley

Rating: 2 of 5 stars

*I had not read any of the books in this series prior to reading and feel that doing so would have swayed me into liking this book more because I would have and emotional investment in the characters that I couldn't seem to find.
Pen is full of a quick wit that is all her own and is certainly shown in this novella. Although I loved her personality, I felt like I could not invest my self in the story.  I would like to know a little more about the sibling dynamic between Pen and Azael before the fall (why her brother was so important to her that she would do any thing for him, right or wrong) and also why they were fighting a war in the first place (other than of obvious need for power between Lucifer and Michel), what happened to cause such a battle?
I did enjoy how the story of Eden that many know today was incorporated in to the story and how Pen and Azael were merged in to such tale so smoothly, as if that may have been what happened in the tale.  Also, in the epilogue I was quite intrigued to find out about Pen's future and weather of not she would continue to do as asked of her by Lucifer in order to protect her brother and that struggles that would come along with doing so.

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Review: Breaking Sky by Cori McCarthy

Breaking Sky

by +Cori McCarthy

Publisher: Sourcebooks Fire

Publication Date: March 10, 2015

Source: Personal Copy

Rating: 4 out of 5 stars 

Chase "Nyx" Harcourt is pilot one of only two Streaker jets in existence, the very jets the American government of dystopian world in year 2048 is counting on to dredge them out of the Second Cold War.  The only problem, the only people able to man jets reaching such excessive g-forces are teenagers in prime condition.  With everything to prove, Nyx fully invests her self in her Streaker "Dragon" and the up coming trials to prove that machine and she, can beat their enemy, Ri Xiong Di.  Harcourt hits a bout of turbulence when she discovers that she and fellow wingman Sylph are not alone in the sky after catching sight of a third Streaker that shouldn't exist, one with a hot pilot who is also her completion.

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