Ascendant
As much as I would love to write a full-review of Ascendant by Diana Peterfreund, there’s still a lot of months until it is out, so I think it’s more prudent to give a quick and dirty mini-review, and NO, not that kind of dirty.
Ascendant by Diana Peterfreund is a direct sequel to the super-awesome Rampant, which I actually really enjoyed. With Ascendant, the intros and exposition is pretty much out of the way so the book gets right on down to business. There is absolutely more sexual tension, more unicorns, more action, and a lot of moral dilemma. I loved it! What was so cool is how Peterfreund made her events grey areas. By this I mean things were taken out of a black and white context and given complexity and layers. I guess it’s awesome how we get to see two sides of a coin.
I actually enjoyed Ascendant way more than Rampant. I thought Astrid really came into her own. Confession corner: After I finished I really had trouble finding a book to read. I mean, what’ll measure up to that kind of awesome?
And this is the part where I frantically beg for another book in Astrid’s world. Seriously, I have a jonesing for more killer unicorns.
Disclosure: I got this book at BEA!
Be on the look out for a fantastic contest today featuring both Rampant AND Ascendant!!
*This post part of Zombies vs. Unicorns week.
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cool Rampant is on the bottom of a very high tbr stack
looking forward to it
I can't wait for this one to come out! Glad to see that it's great
Ah, these books sounds so awesome! I'm definitely ordering Rampant today.
Fiction State Of Mind- I know how it goes with a high TBR stack, lol!
Lea- OMG it is sooo good. I will be giving it away so you should def enter!
Jenn – Yay for ordering Rampant. The PB comes out on the last day of August!
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