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Dawnkeepers (Nightkeepers #2)

by Jessica Andersen (Goodreads Author)

4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 · rating details · 930 ratings · 70 reviews

The countdown to the end of days has begun—and Only the Nightkeepers can stop the annihilation of all mankind...

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Though a Nightkeeper, Nate Blackhawk refuses to allow others to control his fate. The gods have even tried to influence his love life, sending him visions of Alexis Gray, a sleek blonde who is everything he’s eve...more

Mass Market Paperback, 455 pages

Published January 6th 2009 by Signet (first published December 24th 2008)

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Jan 04, 2009 K.B. rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: erotica, urban-fantasy

The second book in the Final Prophecy series was just as good as the first. This thing has it all, a little sex, a little romance, a lot of action, some urban fantasy, and a hella good plot-line that's filled with obviously well-researched background. Some people have complained about the large cast and the seemingly random way Anderson jumps from POV to POV but frankly I think that's the beauty of the tale. She's got a cast with life and you're curious about all of them even as you know she's n...more

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Jan 26, 2009 Angela rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: paranormal-romance

It's weird getting the ARC of a book two weeks after it came out, and weirder still finishing it more like three weeks after. But all in all, even in ARC form, I was quite pleased to get a chance to read Jessica Andersen's Dawnkeepers.

What we've got going on here is a Secret Magical Society that has to save the world from imminent destruction--in this case, the 2012 end of the world foretold by the Mayans. And the Secret Magical Society is the Nightkeepers, whose modern-day descendants are the l...more It's weird getting the ARC of a book two weeks after it came out, and weirder still finishing it more like three weeks after. But all in all, even in ARC form, I was quite pleased to get a chance to read Jessica Andersen's Dawnkeepers.

What we've got going on here is a Secret Magical Society that has to save the world from imminent destruction--in this case, the 2012 end of the world foretold by the Mayans. And the Secret Magical Society is the Nightkeepers, whose modern-day descendants are the last remaining handful of a once-mighty people. They're up against a rival order seeking to bring seven demons into the world, and they've got to find seven artifacts to do it.

If you think this reads a bit more like a fantasy scenario, you're right. And in fact this novel read for me almost more like a fantasy novel than it did a romance. Yes, there's a love story here--in fact, in addition to the primary one on camera in this book, there's the one clearly having been established in the first one, as well as glimmers of another one taking shape. There's quite a bit of sex. And, of course, the hero declaring True Love for the heroine in this particular installment is part and parcel of winning the day (at least as far as this part of the plot is concerned).

But there's enough worldbuilding here too to satisfy any fantasy fan. I don't know how much of Andersen's mythology in use is actual mythology and how much of it is her own invention, but it all holds together well. The fact that the cast of this series is an ensemble, too, gives the action a bigger and more global feel. Nate and Alexis may be the love story du jour for this particular novel, but several of the other Nightkeepers and side characters get significant POV time as well. I liked this quite a bit, and this is specifically responsible for making me interested enough in the overall story that I'll be going back to pick up Book 1 too.

It's not entirely perfect; I did read it in ARC form, so yeah, the copy I've got is a bit ragged around the edges. But it was a good solid read nonetheless, and I'll be going to pick up Book 1 as well. For Book 2, four stars.(less)

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Feb 08, 2013 Leya rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: library-book

Let me start by saying that it was not a waste of time reading this book. I enjoyed it. Now, that being said, I didn't think it was as good as the first book. But from experience, seconds books never are.

The beginning of the book had an action/adventure feel to it, and that got me hooked. I was so enthralled with it that I read uninterrupted for several hours. The setting was amazing (as usual), the characters are believable (their feelings) and likable (well, some of them at least), the rituals...more

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Apr 30, 2009 Amanda rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: guilty-pleasures

Book #48 of 2009

I'm think that I like this series and the saving the world and all. There's enough good/bad conflict that it doesn't feel overly ... convenient is the word that comes to mind. Not so much superficial conflict that resolves itself into a happy ending... there's a little of that, a little of good winning, but taking enough hits too keep it from being too contrived. But. If I thought Strike/Leah were an annoying pair in Nightkeepers - WOW - Nate and Alexis are even more annoying. Or...more

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Dec 12, 2012 Aurian Booklover rated it 4 of 5 stars

Having defeated the demons in the first book in the series, the Nightkeepers face the next task: to retrieve the seven ancient Mayan artefacts with hidden clues to help them to counter the next prophecy. Lots of research is needed, and Nate is send after the first artefact. Unfortunately, he arrives to late. The statue is missing, and the woman willing to sell it to him, is dead. He doesn’t believe she died of natural causes, someone murdered her. And he swears revenge. But who knows what the Ni...more

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Feb 02, 2010 Merica rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 10th-grade, advisory, quarter-3

They're two opposites of the same coin. Alexis is someone that had always hoped to be part of the warriors called Nightkeepers from the stories told to her when she was young. Nate had lived a life of hardship and doesn't believe in destiny or things that seem more than just a coinsedence, especially when it comes to his life. When he first got to Sky Watch, the first person he met was the spitting image of the video character he "fell in love with." Though there are some differences in the two,...more

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Jul 04, 2011 Christi Snow rated it 4 of 5 stars

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My Review:
This book moved a lot slower for me than the other two that I have read in this series. I don't know how much of that was the story line and how much of that was because I didn't personally connect with the 2 main characters in this one.

Alexis has been raised by her very aggressive and opportunistic winikin. As a result, she comes across as a very fake, brown-nosing, and power-hungry person which is not appealing in a character t...more

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Jan 30, 2009 Lara rated it 4 of 5 stars

I kind of wish I could give half stars. I would rate this 3 1/2 stars. I love Doc Jess' writing. Dawnkeepers is the perfect follow up to Nightkeepers. I enjoyed the history and theory involved in the book...but sometime they took over the story. I would have loved to see more of Nate and Alexis - but then I don't know how...but just that I craved more of them. The story definitely set up the next book - Skykeepers. I think the story line with Rabbit is going to awesome...and hope that it is the...more

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Oct 27, 2009 Dorri rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: magic-ties

Alexis, a Nightkeeper who was raised on the lore and embraces her destiny and all the promises of prestige and power that come with it, and Nate, who grew up with no family, not belonging anywhere or to anyone and who has no intention of giving up his freedom and submitting to the notion of destiny, find themselves drawn towards to each other even as they spark each others tempers. Once again it seems fate is trying to forge them together to become a Godkeeper and protecter, as Nate is in Alexis...more

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Apr 12, 2011 Molli (at Once Upon a Prologue) rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2011

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. The Nightkeepers are the modern-day descendants of the Maya, and although there should be hundreds of them ready, trained, and waiting to stop the foretold doomsday in 2012 (the group in this series believes a magical barrier will thin, and their task is to stop demons from pouring through), due to a past king mistakenly leading his group in an attack he believed would shut down the barrier forever and thus, the 2012 end date would not matter, there are only a little over a dozen.

Nate Blackhawk...more The Nightkeepers are the modern-day descendants of the Maya, and although there should be hundreds of them ready, trained, and waiting to stop the foretold doomsday in 2012 (the group in this series believes a magical barrier will thin, and their task is to stop demons from pouring through), due to a past king mistakenly leading his group in an attack he believed would shut down the barrier forever and thus, the 2012 end date would not matter, there are only a little over a dozen.

Nate Blackhawk is the most suspicious of the Nightkeepers. Each of the Nightkeeper children who escaped was meant to have a winikin, or guardian who would act as a surrogate parent; Nate's winikin died leaving him alone, and shunted into the foster care system. Nate grew up tough and alone, and though he is willing to accept some of the Nightkeeper's beliefs and missions, he is utterly closed off to love, much less to the idea that the fates could be telling him he is meant for fellow Nightkeeper Alexis Gray. For the first half of the book, this emotionally stunted man does everything he can to push away Alexis, playing the part of a jerk so to speak, which only serves to hurt her again and again.

Alexis wants the power that her mother had, as an adviser to the king. She wants to believe that she can be more, a warrior, a lover, a magic user. She keenly feels the pressure she places upon herself to step up, and that more than anything, holds her back. Alexis keeps giving Nate chance after chance, and can't understand why she can't let him go.

The journeys these two make, both alone and together, is especially poignant. Both of them have a lot of growing up to do, when the novel starts out, and by the end, it's truly rewarding to see the people they have become. Both have their respective stumbling blocks, and it's real and meaningful to see them make progress in fits and starts, because this way the end results mean so much more than they might have.

While I loved their romance, I also love that it is not the entire theme of the novel. Finding one's partner is important in these books; however, the main mission is saving the world. We see the various Nightkeepers working together in this book, struggling to maintain a sense of teamwork as they do so. This group may be bound by magic, but they have not automatically become best friends. If anything, their internal conflicts make the story all the more interesting. We follow Rabbit, the Nightkeeper with wild magic, and we learn the source of his different powers, as we see him struggle to find his place. We learn a little more about the elusive Michael (whose story is told in the third book, that I plan to read soon.) We see the main characters from the first book, Strike (the reluctant King) and Leah, his mate. We see Brandt and Patience, the only Nightkeepers who are traditionally married, and their attempts to juggle their marriage with the needs of the Nightkeepers. Everyone is involved in the quest.

Jessica Andersen has created a broad, believable world. These people strive to win the day, they fight for the good, and with each book, I find myself cheering for them a little more.(less)

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Nov 19, 2011 Jennifer rated it 4 of 5 stars

Andersen's clearly got an agenda, and she herding her characters through plot points to get to the end goal. Which, if we're lucky, will be many, many books away. Like J.R. Ward, whose style and structure she somewhat resembles, Andersen clearly plays favorites with her characters, and you kind of get the feeling from all the attention she plays to the subplots that the leads here don't make the list. I'll cop to not being that interested in Nate, either - the Nightkeeper world the author's bui...more

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Feb 04, 2011 Courtney rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Okay, if it were possible, I would give this 4.5 stars. The reason being is that it took quite a bit longer for me to get sucked into the story than the first book in the series did. That being said, once the ball got rolling (so to speak) I couldn't put it down!

Again, there is a lot of history being thrown at you through the book - so if you're hoping that most of the stuff was explained in the first book and this one would be more action-romance, you'll be sorely disappointed. Granted, there w...more

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May 09, 2012 The Window Seat rated it 4 of 5 stars

Dawn Keepers continues the story of the Final Prophecy. In the previous book, we are introduced to the band of warriors known as the Night Keepers who are prepared to save the world from the apocalypse of the end time. We have met all the men and women of this band, but of course very few are paired up! :) The series will continue with the mate pairs becoming a part of the greater Night Keeper landscape.

In this installment, we are reunited with Alexis and Nate. Alexis Gray is a member of the smo...more

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Jul 22, 2009 Barbara rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: vampires-werewolves-oh-my

This is book 2 in the Final Prophecy Series. I must admit, this book didn't grab me as quickly as book 1 which disappointed me since I really loved the first book.

Book 2 follows Alexis and Nate in their battle against the prophecy. For a bit chunk of the book Alexis and Nate are forever going back and forth..do I love you. no. yes. At one point, I'm thinking enough already! Make a decision.

The author drags things out quite a bit by making it very wordy where I don't think it matters. yadda yadda...more

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Apr 23, 2010 LibraryLass rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2010, para-romance, library-book

Great series. Would have scored 5 stars, but I felt at times the flow of the story and dialogue was abruptly halted by a wee bit too much "information" detail (for me). Having said that it is completely obvious that this author has put in the hard yards in the research department.

The other reason this got a solid 4 stars only was because I felt the author belaboured the point of Nate not wanting to be controlled by the gods so-to-speak. It just took a wee bit too long to get to his acceptance....more

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Apr 22, 2012 Lauren rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fated-mates, paranormal-romance, warriors, prophecy, dreams, bird-shifter, mayan-mythology

Dawnkeepers
3.5 Stars

Synopsis
Nightkeepers Nate Blackhawk and Alexis Grey are destined to be together but Nate finds it difficult to surrender himself to fate while Alexis wants all or nothing. Can they reconcile long enough to fight beside each other at the next battle against the evil sect working to bring about the 2012 apocalypse?

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The detailed mythology surrounding the 2012 apocalypse and the Mayan civilization as well as the search for the Mayan artifacts are the highlight of the book.

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Apr 02, 2012 Filipa rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: english-books, own, urban-fantasy, 2012-reads

Yes! Nate Blackhawk is just the kind of character I like! And this book was everything I hoped to be. Jessica Andersen is creating a wonderful universe and her research of Mayan culture is wonderful. I'm seriously hooked. I can't stop reading her final prophecy's novels.
They are amazing, truly!

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Sabem aqueles personagens que sabemos desde início que nos vão marcar? Ora pois bem, o Nate Blackhawk foi um deles. Não sei explicar, mas simplesmente quando o Strike (gosto mais do nome verdadeiro - e...more Yes! Nate Blackhawk is just the kind of character I like! And this book was everything I hoped to be. Jessica Andersen is creating a wonderful universe and her research of Mayan culture is wonderful. I'm seriously hooked. I can't stop reading her final prophecy's novels.
They are amazing, truly!

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Sabem aqueles personagens que sabemos desde início que nos vão marcar? Ora pois bem, o Nate Blackhawk foi um deles. Não sei explicar, mas simplesmente quando o Strike (gosto mais do nome verdadeiro - eu sei, sou chata sempre a dizer o mesmo) pega no Nate e o mete suspenso naquele telhado - [i]that was it for me[/i], diria a Alexis e digo eu. Sinceramente, não consegui largar o raio do livro. O Nate fascinava desde o início por várias razões: a primeira por ter sido o único que não tinha sido educado por um [i]winikin[/i], o que fez com que eu pensasse mais na vulnerabilidade dele e os passos que ele teria de dar a mais para se pôr a par dos outros. Depois ele tem aquela aura de bad-boy, mas que ao mesmo tempo é um homem com honra e que pode fazer qualquer mulher sonhar. Acho que o Nate e a Alexis foram um casal deveras bem conseguido e todo o caminho de evolução do Nate foi fantástico para mim, adorei ler. Mais do que aquelas indecisões do Strike quanto a ser ou não rei. Eis a questão, parvinho. Sê homem, caramba - era o que apetecia dizer.
Também me apeteceu muitas vezes dizer isto ao Nate, mas pronto, faz parte de toda aquela coisa de criar um clímax no enredo o que é bom para os leitores no mundo em geral, mau para a minha tensão arterial. Claro que a autora foi muito óbvia naquela coisa do Hawk e achei que ela estragou um bocado o ambiente por fazer o resto dos habitantes de Skywatch de parvos e especialmente, acima de tudo elementos dispostos a julgaram a estranheza do Nate ser um shapeshifter. Quão irónico haveria de ser isto quando eu própria lesse o livro do Michael... com ele é que deviam fazer xixi pelas cuecas abaixo, não com o pobre Nate. Mas considerando tudo, acho que está ao mesmo nível que o anterior. Teve esses tais pormenores que eu não gostei assim muito e achei aparvalhados, outros um bocado confusos e não claros como foi a cena em que a Alexia e o Nate tentaram fechar a barreira. As consequências do acto e o pós-batalha não ficaram claros senão após o terceiro livro e isso não é bom em termos de clareza de escrita. Mas a mitologia e os aspectos históricos estão lá, excelentes sem nada a apontar. O carácter sério e sóbrio que a autora dá à série é espantoso e eu quase que podia imaginar isto tudo a ser realidade. O que me fez saltar por sua vez para o livro do Michael, mais por causa da Sasha, do que o próprio Michael - que só acendia os meus alertas vermelhos.(less)

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Apr 12, 2012 Barb Lie rated it 5 of 5 stars

I just finished Dawnkeepers, which is book two of Jessica Andersen’s the Final Prophecy. Since this is a continual storyline, with much the same characters, I will probably not do a full review until the end. However, I will discuss my thoughts on each book.

I enjoyed the first book, with Strike and Leah, but Alexis and Nate were equally good as the destined romantic couple in this story. Though Nate fought his love for Alexis almost the entire story, you knew they belonged to one another right f...more

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Jun 10, 2010 Jill Dunlop rated it 3 of 5 stars

Dawnkeepers is book two in Jessica Andersen's The Final Prophecy series. Finding out that he is a Nightkeeper came as something of a huge shock to Nate Blackhawk. He grew up orphaned and was in and out of foster home after foster home. He even spent some time in juvenile detention and then cleaned up his act and became a success business man, running his own video gaming company. Now, however he is spending his time trying to save the world. To say he doesn't believe in all the prophesy nonsense...more Dawnkeepers is book two in Jessica Andersen's The Final Prophecy series. Finding out that he is a Nightkeeper came as something of a huge shock to Nate Blackhawk. He grew up orphaned and was in and out of foster home after foster home. He even spent some time in juvenile detention and then cleaned up his act and became a success business man, running his own video gaming company. Now, however he is spending his time trying to save the world. To say he doesn't believe in all the prophesy nonsense is an understatement.

Alexis Grey wants desperately to live up to the expectations she has set for herself. She wants to become advisor to the king and she wants to hunt down the seven Mayan artifacts that are going to help the Nightkeepers protect the world from complete annihilation. She and Nate will have to work together for the Nightkeepers to be sucessful, but that is easier said than done. Nate and Alexis don't see eye-to-eye on anything.

I like Jessica Andersen's writing style. She has a way of weaving a story by using good characters who seem all too human. She also crafts multiple story lines that will be converging together at some point in the series. The world building and plotting is top notch and one of the better aspects of the series. However, I still think she is perfecting her craft. There were a few minor things that annoyed me. Everyone in the book refers to having a conversation as a 'convo'. I could see maybe one character calling it that, but all of them? It was too much. Also, the Nightkeepers where having a difficult time deciphering what the prophecy meant, when as a reader I figured out the twist fairly early on. These are intelligent people. Someone else should have been able to figured it out too.

My main problem with this story was Nate. He was a big asshat and Alexis truly deserved better. I suppose by the end of the story he finally wakes up and gets with the program, but until that happened it was brutal. Nate doesn't want to be attracted to Alexis and he doesn't want to be a Nightkeeper. He is in denial, denial, denial and after a while it can grate on a readers nerves. Alexis on the other hand, is constantly allowing Nate the power to hurt her. I just felt like she deserved better and really should have given Nate a proper slap down. I generally prefer my heroes to know what he wants and go after it.

I like that there is almost a ring of truth to this series. It doesn't seem all that far fetched that something like this could happen. With the Mayan calendar and ancient artifacts, it almost makes one wonder. This is an interesting series, I just wish the romance was a little more to my taste. I will keeping my eyes open for the next installment Skykeepers that releases this August.(less)

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Jun 07, 2011 Melindeeloo rated it 4 of 5 stars

Well I certainly got my money's worth with Dawnkeepers, Jessica Andersen's second installment in her Nightkeeper Mayan 2012 end of the world series. With 455 pages (of small print too) this one kept me out of mischief for a good long time.

The romantic leads in Dawnkeepers are Alexis, who was raised on Nightkeeper lore and who embraces her destiny and all the promises of prestige and power that come with it, and Nate, who grew up with no family, not belonging anywhere or to anyone and who has no...more Well I certainly got my money's worth with Dawnkeepers, Jessica Andersen's second installment in her Nightkeeper Mayan 2012 end of the world series. With 455 pages (of small print too) this one kept me out of mischief for a good long time.

The romantic leads in Dawnkeepers are Alexis, who was raised on Nightkeeper lore and who embraces her destiny and all the promises of prestige and power that come with it, and Nate, who grew up with no family, not belonging anywhere or to anyone and who has no intention of giving up his freedom and submitting to the notion of destiny. Alexis and Nate hooked up last book during the heightened sensual needs that resulted from their Nightkeeper initiation ceremony, but despite a mystic connection between them - Nate is in Alexis' dreams and Alexis is the spitting image of a video game character Nate created years before meeting her - Nate has rejected Alexis because he won't accept that the gods have chosen her as his mate.

Though there is a romance here, it is not as much the focus of the story as the one between Nightkeeper King Strike and his former Police detective mate Leah in the first book. Nate and Alexis' thread is but one of several, we also follow: the half-blood eighteen year old Rabbit as he begins to discover more facets of his power, Strike's seeress sister Anna as she is pulled from the normal life she desperately wants back into the Nightkeeper fray, and Anna's graduate assistant Lucius who is tainted by the evil magic born of his unquenchable curiosity and need to prove that Nightkeepers are not just legends.

I have to admit that I was actually glad the story wasn't just about Nate and Alexis, they are both pretty annoying for the first third of the book. At the start, Nate is a real jerk and Alexis is very needy and focused on the superficial trappings. Thankfully both of the pair actually do some real growing up in the course of the story - Alexis learns to stand on her own and gains her own power, and Nate learns how to be part of something bigger than himself - so despite some poignant moments when all seems lost, everything works out the way it should for the pair.

There was plenty going on in this book beyond Nate and Alexis quest for a happily ever after. More pieces of the end of time prophecy come into play in the form of magic artifacts that the Nightkeepers are desperately trying to obtain, though they are foiled at every step by a new enemy, powerful magi belonging to a legendary evil offshoot of the Nightkeepers. So overall I still enjoyed the story even with a few little side nits that bothered me: Strike's whole bug up his you-know-where about humans knowing about the Nightkeeper home base Skywatch when - hello- the enemies know the location, and Anna's keeping secrets and lying to her husband - a betrayal not on the same order as his affair - both irked me a bit for some reason. But nothing major enough to keep this from being an interesting read. And as in the previous book, Andersen uses her ponderous amounts of research - you have to check out the references on her website to believe how much - to bring elaborate detail to every aspect of the story, from settings to history to rituals to the creatures that the Nighkeepers must battle to keep doomsday from coming even sooner than prophesized.

I am so looking forward to more of Rabbit and I'm hoping that poor Lucius - both possessed and enslaved - catches a break when the series continues with Skykeepers (Final Prophecy, Book 3) in June. (less)

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Aug 22, 2009 Mojca rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: series-final-prophecy, jessica-andersen, paranormal-romance-fantasy, part-of-a-series, e-book, own, gr-author, suspense-mystery-adventure-thriller, urban-fantasy, shape-shifters, bitchslapable-heroine

I'm giving this one four stars instead of three based solely on the second half of this book. The first half majorly sucked, if you ask me.
It was extremely hard to get into this book and the pace seemed (I'm using this word, because maybe it was just me) so slow that any slower and it would've moved backwards.

It started almost right where the last one ended, but the first half definitely lacked the "polish" of Nightkeepers. There was no action, only speculation, no particular suspense, no spark...more I'm giving this one four stars instead of three based solely on the second half of this book. The first half majorly sucked, if you ask me.
It was extremely hard to get into this book and the pace seemed (I'm using this word, because maybe it was just me) so slow that any slower and it would've moved backwards.

It started almost right where the last one ended, but the first half definitely lacked the "polish" of Nightkeepers. There was no action, only speculation, no particular suspense, no spark between the characters...And it had the biggest flaw this book could brag with. The heroine.

I disliked Alexis with a passion from the get go. The initial description, done by Alexis herself, of her being a klutz and severely magically deficient, was probably used with the purpose in intention of endearing her to the reader, making her someone we "normal, average-looking, average-weighing women" could relate to, sympathize with, but it achieved the complete opposite for me.
I still can't get over the fact, she was really a materialistic, "overachieving brown-noser" (if I use Nate's own thoughts), incapable of having any lasting relationships, because she always went for the wrong guy, but she still blamed everyone and everything else but herself for it. She hadn't a single thought that was her own, but simply parroted the rather dysfunctional and potentially ruining teachings of her over-ambitious (occasional) man-hater of a winikin. I felt acutely sorry for Nate and the screwage the gods did on him with such a mate.
Lucky for me, Nate and the whole story, Alexis left the bitch-train after page 290, got a brain, got a spine, sorted out her problems (sort of), and it was pretty smooth sailing from then on.

I have absolutely not objections to Nate. He was great, completely misunderstood by his "team" and his mate, though he had a clear and consistent point throughout the story. Well, he smoothed Alexis out, she smoothed him out a little in the end, so I'm a pretty happy camper.

The suspense grew exponentially with the lack of days to the equinox, with a new super-villain thrown in for the chills and thrills, giving us a new and extremely interesting reason for keeping our fingers crossed and cheer for the can of whoopass the Nighkeapers are bound to deal...Can't wait.

And the ending, ain't that a cliffy. It simply crashed through everything we thought we knew, sending the Nightkeepers back into the "Nightkeeper stone-age" with no hope for the future...

So, the second half definitely redeemed the first. Good writing, good dialog, good character interaction, great suspense, great final twist. I can't wait for the next one, which, according to the reviews on this site, is the "best in the series so far".(less)

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Jan 04, 2009 Celeste rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: paranormal

Book 2 in Jessica Andersen's Final Prophecy Series pretty much starts right up where the first book left off. It was a roller coaster of a read and I loved every dip and turn! This is one paranormal romance series that gets you thinking. I love all the mini/side stories. Usually, I find mini/side stories distracting and annoyingly taking time away from the main characters, but in this series, she really makes you come to care about everyone. My only complaint is that it was a little too tame. I...more

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Nov 17, 2011 Darcy rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2011, e-book, pnr

I had hoped that this book would go better than the last book as the world has been set up, but this book was bogged down with all the mythology too. At times I think the author has made the world too involved and not spent enough time with the characters. But even with that said I will keep reading the series, just not one right after the other like I usually do.

I also had a big problem with Nate and Alexis as a couple. It seemed like all they did was fight and argue, and sometimes have sex. Th...more

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Jul 27, 2011 Reika rated it 4 of 5 stars

The second installment of the Final Prophecy series was much, much better than the first. I enjoyed Nate and Alexis's story much more thoroughly than Strike and Leah's. The story was much more tighter and Andersen focused more on the hero and heroine than jumping around like she did in Nightkeepers. The pace of the action was much smoother and the side stories didn't bog the main story down at all compared to the first book. Definitely looking for to the next book now!

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Jul 25, 2010 Amber Williams rated it 5 of 5 stars

I love everything about this series. It's fantasy elements are unmatched and you can tell the author has a passion for the subject matter because it is so well-researched. I learn a lot about the ancient Mayan while getting an edge-of-the-seat read. I liked Book II in this series marginally better than the first, Nightkeepers. It packed the same heat, but there was something so satisfyingly romantic about Nate and Alexis, plus lots of great internal conflict between them

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Aug 23, 2012 Cátia Santos rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2012-reads

Mais um bom livro desta série! Apesar de ficar cansada "psicologicamente" quando leio estes livros, pois em cada capítulo do referido existe muita informação importante para a compreensão de todo o enredo envolvendo as profecias envolvendo o final do mundo em 2012, ainda assim é uma leitura interessante e que me faz "virar as páginas" para saber sempre mais.
A escrita e o enredo apesar da sua complexidade mantêm-se envolventes e bem estruturados.
Gostei muito do protagonista e consegui identific...more

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Apr 22, 2009 E. rated it 3 of 5 stars

Nice complex story involving the end of the world in 2012 and interweaving Mayan and other ancient legends but didn't quite have the gripping quality of some series although all of the standard elements are present. Might be better if one starts with the first book in the series although the tone is somewhat geared toward a younger slang oriented reader.

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Feb 26, 2009 Stacie added it

A fantasy type romance with two people who have special powers to fight evil and the doomsday scenario of 2012. The main characters fight against their relationship because they believe that they are fated mates. They do not just want to have to be together because the fates tell them to do so.

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Mar 01, 2010 Missy Ann rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: romance-parnormal

Feh... I don't know, I'm not liking this series. It just seems to drag. Characters are acting silly. Some of the plotting is silly.

I've got book 3. I'm going to give it a go. I already own it & I've invested 2 books worth of reading in the series already. But unless something changes in book 3 I'm going to quit on the series.

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Aug 02, 2012 Belinda rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: nightjeepers

Another that I took a while to warm to but once I got into it I couldn't put it down. I think having so long between reading the first and second book in this series made it hard to keep up at first but the author writes really well so things click back into place without being repetitive.

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