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Whisper The Dead (2014)

by Alyxandra Harvey(Favorite Author)

4.12 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

0802737501 (ISBN13: 9780802737502)

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

Bloomsbury USA Childrens

series

The Lovegrove Legacy

review 1: So much fun. I really like the Lovegrove cousins and this world. Some polishing issues that I feel could have been buffed out with a really rigorous edit. It was a bit confusing to jump back into the world since I read the first a while ago, but it smooths itself out as you go. I really identified with Gretchen, who has the majority of the focus in this installment and I appreciated her spirit and rebellion.
review 2: When I read the first book, Breath of Frost, I was totally clueless in the beginning to what all was going on, as I got deeper into the book, I started to figure things out. In the conclusion of book one, I just was starting to bond with a few of the characters, especially Emma and Moira. Emma's still present in this book. Her role is just much ... moresmaller. Moira continues to be a pretty big player and as always I admired her tenacity. So, at the beginning of this book, it didn't take me too long to settle back in to the characters. I still experienced a bit of difficulty following the plot and continued having trouble tracking all the characters, since there are quite a few. Plus, this one is told in a third person narrative, which is something I tend to struggle with if the book has lots of different players. Book one's main focus was on Emma. This book I focused on Gretchen, which allowed me to get to know a lot better in this installment. She's an exciting heroine who isn't afraid to break rules to help her loved ones. She's kind, but fierce. Anyways, I digress, lets backtrack a bit. Gretchen, Penelope and Emma are cousins who also just happen to be witches. They only recently discovered their powers in book one when Emma accidently released them when she dropped and broke her mother's perfume bottle at a debutante ball. Gretchen, who is a twin (her brother is called Godric) has special witch powers. She's a whisperer, a type of witch who can hear all the other witches talking in her head. Since she's so new to her powers the voices are driving her crazy, giving her headaches and making her ears bleed. Throughout the book Gretchen must learn how to harness on her powers because once again evil spirits and magic are plaguing the streets of London. If Gretchen can hone in her skills, the voices will help her rid the city of the evil magic. This is a great second book. It was so easy to read and get lost in the prose. I felt closer to the characters in this book, than in the first installment. I loved the romance in this story stayed in the background, but it was exciting how each witch cousin (Emma, Penelope and Gretchen) each were slowly falling for special guys. What I really liked about this story is there is so much originality. I also thought it was great how this book not only involved witches, but also shape shifters. This book was nothing like the first one. It did a great job to explore more characters. The plot advanced nicely. The only major disappointment was the nasty cliffhanger at the end of the story. That was just MEAN! Overall impression, this is a really fun, well written, original series. I can't wait to get my hands on the next book. I hate that I am forced to wait another entire year to read it! I would recommend this book to readers who enjoyed book one. I would go out on a limb and say this book is probably even better than the first. less

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