Series: Earthbound
(bk. 2)
Genera(s): Paranormal
Romance
Subjects: mystery,
supernatural, abilities, love, mythology, gods and goddesses, past lives,
memory
Setting: In a
secret underground facility in a desert
POV/Tense: 1st
person POV, present tense: Tavia Michaels
Age/Grade
Level: Teen
Length: 365 pgs.
HC/PB:
Hardcover
List Price:
$17.99
Publisher: Penguin:
Razorbill
Summary/
product description:
“Tavia Michaels has discovered that she’s an Earthbound—a fallen goddess with
the power to remake the Earth—and that a rival faction of Earthbounds, the
Reduciata, has created a virus that is literally wiping swaths of the planet
out of existence.
Tavia
is captured and imprisoned before she can act on this information, along with
her eternal lover, Logan. Huddled in a claustrophobic cell, they lose track of
the days, their attempts to escape proving as ephemeral as Tavia’s newly
gestating powers. But then Tavia and Logan are mysteriously rescued. . . .
They’re
brought to the underground headquarters of the Curatoria, another group of
Earthbounds that Tavia doesn’t fully trust. There, she’s told that she can save
the Earth before it disappears. She agrees.
Tavia
quickly realizes that she isn’t like other Earthbound, and as her abilities
continue to awaken, they begin to threaten her centuries-long relationship with
Logan. When Benson—Tavia’s former best friend and romantic interest—appears at
Curatoria headquarters, Tavia will again have to make a choice about who to be
with even as she tries to stop the virus that is destroying the world and
uncover the truth about the two Earthbound organizations that have her tangled
up in their webs.”
My Review: When I read Earthbound, I had no idea what to
expect. When I read the sequel Earthquake I got something pleasantly unexpected
too. I loved Aprilynne Pike’s Wings series, so now I’ve read 6 books by her,
and all of them are pretty awesome. Aprilynn Pike is a talented writer and
amazing at narration. Wings was in 3rd person POV, and Earthbound in
1st person POV. I like 1st person better. I like Tavia’s
voice. She’s relatable and smart.
To recap, In
Earthbound, Tavia suddenly has the ability to create things out of nothing, but
they only last temporarily. She is living with an aunt and uncle after her
parents died in a plane crash. Tavia was injured in the plane crash too and had
to under go brain surgery. Some people are out to kill her and a guy named
Benson, who works at the local library, helps her. She’s seeing this blond guy,
which turns out to be Quinn, her lover in a past life. At the end of the book
she meets Quinn’s current incarnation, Logan. She also finds out she’s a
goddess, an earthmaker.
In Earthquake
Tavia tries to convince Logan of what he is, and then his house explodes and
they are both captured by the Rediciates and taken to their facility. Logan
later receives his memories when they are taken to the Curatoria facility in
the Death Valley area. Their powers resurge, but Tavia still only has memories
from her past lives as Rebecca and as Sonya. Logan can remember everything and
he’s kind of disappointed that Tavia’s brain is damaged, but he loves her so
deeply.
Tavia’s mad at
Benson, having discovered a tattoo of the Reduciate symbol on his back. He does
make a come back later and I never for a second believed her could possibly be
on any side other than Tavia’s. I root for Benson because Logan/Quinn may be
her soul mate, but Benson shows Tavia how much he cares. The romance gets a
little pushed back because there’s just too much going on. Tavia got more
important matters than her love life.
Most of the
book revolved around the virus that’s killing people and earthbounds. The crazy
thing about it killing earthbounds was that whatever they created disappeared.
I’m not sure what that mean for destoyers, but can you imaging mountains,
island, anything large going poof? This book has a dystopia/apocalyptic aspect
in it along with the paranormal. The two brotherhood that are supposed to be
opposing. The secrets, mysteries and betrayal.
There are times you wonder what the heck it going on. Tavia can’t trust
anyone, but maybe Logan.
I recommend
this series to fans of: Fallen by Lauren
Kate, The Immortal series by Alyson Noel, Halo by Alexandra Adornetto,
Starcrossed by Josephine Angelini, any books with mythology, gods and
goddesses, angels, demon, magic or abilities. Paranormal Romance in general.
Try this book. Also if you liked any Aprilynne Pike books, such as Wings, Spells,
Illusions, Destined, Life After Theft or Sleep No More, read Earthbound.
Cover Art
Review: It looks more dystopian than anything. I was guessing the paper will be
velvety or metallic, but it’s just gloss. The high-speed shot of a cracked
frozen flower is interesting.
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