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With My Last Breath (2011)

by Courtney Cole(Favorite Author)

4.2 of 5 Votes: 2

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English

genre

Romance

publisher

Lakehouse Press

series

The Bloodstone Saga

review 1: Let's start with the cover again. Unlike the first two books in the series, we get to see the face of the girl on the cover this time. Like the first two, the cover portrays the setting of the story, but it's a little less obvious this time around. Personally, as the series progresses, I enjoy the covers less and less. It's pretty, but kind of meh.Getting to the story, it's set in a time period that I'm familiar with again, so following the characters is much easier. Which setting? Camelot with King Arthur and his knights. Such a majestic and magical setting.My favourite character this time was Hecate. After being scary and mysterious in the last book, she is a solid ally and friend in this book. I love when characters grow and change, and her character definitely fits int... moreo this trend.The other characters were decidedly less memorable this time. Harmonia/Macy is beginning to get annoying. She doesn't really seem to be growing and evolving like I'd expect. She persists in maintaining a huge weakness for Cadmus, to the point of damaging herself for his sake. It's not really the picture of a strong woman who has to save the world as she knows it. And speaking of Cadmus, he's beginning to feel a little like empty eye candy. He always seems to be incapacitated and helpless. Yet he is still arrogant and thinks very highly of himself. Could he be a bit self-deluded?Like the second book, this one has the dreaded cliffhanger ending. Again, not a complete book on its own, but part of the bigger story.
review 2: Reviewed by Megsly*Warning: possible spoilers ahead.*I just have to say this author keeps blowing me away with these books. I’m totally and completely infatuated with them. I’d even go as far as to say that they may just be my favorite series of the year, so here is my short, spoiler-free review because I soooo don’t want to give this plot away.With My Last Breath picks up where Fated left off, with Harmonia (formally known as Macy/Charmaine…but now we know her true identity. Harmonia, daughter of Aphrodite and Ares, the Goddess of Peace and well, basically harmony!) is faced with the daunting task of bringing her beloved, Cadmus (formally known as Hasani) back to life. The Fates and their sisters, the Keres are imprisoned and are no longer a direct threat on Olympus yet their one last blow could be Harmonia’s downfall. Cadmus lies basically dead, his soul trapped in the Wastelands and essentially un-restorable unless Harmonia can find the lost sword of Zeus.Let me just say, without devulging ANY of the actual plot because it is just that awesome, that I think this is the best book in the series thus far. Harmonia finds herself having to be thrust back into a past life she’d once lived and what a life it is! Cadmus is still there, as the soul he was long before and completely ignorant of his role in the world of Olympus, but she knows she still has to save him in the present day reality or all will be lost. The twists and turns in the plot, and in the actual history are completely unexpected and keeps you on your toes. The history that the author pulls into this segment of the series is by far one of my favorite historical mythos of all times, and it’s familiar to everyone who’s ever stuck their head outside of a box, and that is part of the reason I think this author rocks so much, she takes a story that is such an deep-rooted part of the world’s history and turns it into this epic fictional adventure and you find yourself completely and totally enthralled with every second of it.The characters, both fictional and real are so believable in their roles. They’re developed thoroughly in such a way that you can’t even define fiction from real history, I find myself now going, “Well, so and so totally did that thing because he was under the influence of the Greek Gods,” even though…well…the Greek mythos was in no way originally related to the history. It’s mind boggling how thoroughly she weaves her worlds, her characters and her plots. The writing is flawless, the characters believable, the mythos and history blended like no-other, and well…let’s just say that I’m absolutely dying to buy the final installment!Below is my rating of With My Last Breath by Courtney Cole. These are reflective strictly of my opinion of the novels I’ve read and reviewed, and not necessarily reflective of the other staff members of MVF.Plot – 10Character Development – 9Grammar and Punctuation – 9Prose – 9Paranormal Element – 9Total Score: 9.2/10(Total score is derived from the average of the 5 individual scores) less

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