Publication
Date: Sept 1, 2015
Series:
Earthbound (bk. 3)
Genera(s):
Paranormal Romance
Subjects:
mystery, supernatural, abilities, love, mythology, gods and goddesses, past
lives, memory
Setting: Phoenix,
AZ, and various places around the world
POV/Tense: 1st
person POV, present tense: Tavia Michaels
Age/Grade
Level: Teen
Length: 356
pgs.
HC/PB: Paperback
(On Amazon)/E-Book
List Price: $9.99/$5.99
Publisher:
Imaginary Properties LLC (NOT Penguin: Razorbill)
Summary/
product description:
“Even with the power to create and destroy at will, Tavia Michaels couldn't
save her parents. She couldn't save the boy she's loved for countless
lifetimes. She barely managed to save herself from the treachery of supposed
friends. So how can she save the world from a deadly plague--and the immortals
spreading it? As the events of EARTHBOUND and EARTHQUAKE reach their thrilling
conclusion, no one is safe--Tavia least of all!”
My Review: As the final book of the Earthbound Trilogy,
Earthrise is an awesome, romantic finish. I couldn’t have asked for a better
ending to this series. Now I’m just sad it’s over. I love Aprilynne Pike’s
books, though I’ve only read this series and the Wings series. She write really
interesting, compelling characters. She does a great job of creating a world or
society within the real world.
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.
The Rediciata creates a virus that can not only kill people, but Earthbounds
too, permanently.
At the
beginning of Earthrise, Tavia’s mission to create and distribute vaccines to
the world and involves help from a doctor and her friends. She travels to
different country, trying to avoid the Reduciata Earthbounds Daniel and
Mariana. Tavia exhausts herself and has to create high-caloric foods just to
keep her energized enough to create vaccines. Some Earthbounds are dying and
catastrophes are occurring. The Rediciata gets of the their tale and tries to
discredit the vaccine. Bad stuff happens, but the ending wrap ups nicely.
Also, Tavia is
back with Benson. I love Benson. Logan is okay, but Benson is just a regular
guy who’s father is an Earthbound and they got caught up in everything. Benson
really cares for Tavia. He’s smart, funny and sweet. Logan seems a bit arrogant
in believing that Tavia has to love him. They’ve had so many lives together,
many of which Tavia’s unable to remember. I think she and Benson deserve a
chance to be together for their life.
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: Saundra Mitchell designed this cover? The author of the Vespertine?
Really? Why wouldn’t Penguin publish this final book?
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