I honestly worry about how this book will be recieved. In the wake of the Twilight/Stephenie Meyer craze, I strongly suspect that this book will be picked up and loved simply because it is a vampire/nonvampire romance.
Loved, may I add, undeservedly.
The thing is that, vampires? They're old-world terrors, and they have style. Or they're supposed to have. Not these ones; not the dark denizens of Eternal. They are...wrong. The eternal aristocracy is there, yes; the lavish, brutal parties, yes; the c More...

After reading "Tantalize" I didn't know what to expect from "Eternal". I didn't expect for vampires and guradian angels to be thrown in a novel together, that's for sure.I really enjoyed this story and loved how Zachary's and Miranda's relationship unfolded.
I would have given this book a five-star rating if it weren't for the lack of emmotion during certain times in the book where emmotions should have been so high that the reader's heart's ache for both Miranda and Zachary.
Overall, I loved how More...

It was okay. Miranda was made into the princess, left home and that's it. No , oh I wonder how Mum and Dad are doing now that I have left them forever out of the blue. She doesn't even mention home , apart from one time where she mentions her friend that is writing an online blog trying to find her. I can't believe she didn't mention her parents' or even miss them. They were out of the picture so fast and that was it. I was like...okay, like that's believable. Zachary is a good guy, and I liked More...

Without a doubt, this is the worst book I have ever read.
Even as I was reading this, I could not stop thinking about how much it reminded me of stories that you'll find on Quizilla. That's how bad it was. It felt like a twelve year old had written a self-insert story.

Why was it bad?

1. Slow paced and very little plot. My edition was 307 pages and you could have quite easily shaved off 100-150 pages.
2. There were no subplots or twists. If I had to think about it, there wasn't even a quest. I know More...

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Eternal, like its parent Tantalize, draws tirelessly on the four senses (sight excluded because it is a given in most books). It gets down to business quite quicker though.

Miranda, it seems, we only know for a couple of hours before she is flung into the barbaric and bureaucratic world of Cynthia Leitich Smith’s vampires. This seemingly instantaneous vampirization leaves plenty of Miranda’s past conveniently out of bounds.

Because of its heat-seeker setting, I would recom More...

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This book had a really peaceful ending, and I liked it better than Tantalize, but I am curious about Eternal in relation to Tantalize. They don't have the same character cast, nor do they even handle the same species of paranormal. Eternal deals with Angels, and Tantalize deals with Werewolves. It can be noted that both include vampires, though.

But confusion is a terrible thing. I really want to know how they connect in the next book! For Angels, More...

Zachary's pretty new to the guardian angel gig, but he's doing well enough. Sure, he's fallen in love with his current charge, but what's the worst that could happen? He could save her from a broken neck only to usher her into the arms of a fate worse than death. Not that Miranda sees it that way - she's now beautiful, powerful, and respected. All she has to do is deal with her periodically abusive "father."

I remember TANTALIZE coming out because users on a forum I frequent (Sheroes Central) kep More...

The writing style definitely seemed geared more towards young adults than adults, but this was one of the most sad yet inspiring romance stories I've ever read, in mostly a good way.

The story opens as young Miranda, unpopular and awkward, tries to live life a little more dangerously in order to impress her more popular and edgy friend. They creep into a graveyard at night to meet some guys they have just met, and, unfortunately, this is her entry way into the life of the undead as she is attack More...

6 or 7 months ago I ran across this book and instantly felt the need to read it, unfortunately (as would be my luck) there was no Kindle version. So there I was… watching it taunt me from my wish list until finally I decided to put my big girl panties on and actually purchase the physical book. This final shove into adulthood however, did not come without reservation, after 7 months of updated comments and crap reviews, I was a little bit doubtful of how good it was actually going to be.

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I wasn't sure what to expect when I picked up this novel, and was pleasantly surprised. Vampire fiction is among my favorite kind, but angel fiction, with the rare exception, are mainly badly written and make me want to vomit. Not the case here, lets make that clear!

The story was interesting, and like none I've read before. Zachary is the guardian angel to the shy, Shakespeare loving Miranda. But all that changes when Miranda accompanies her best friend to the cemetery one night so Lucy can meet More...

I had read this book a while ago, and decided to write this review as I am currently reading the "Diabolical" ARC, which is a kind of continuation to this book.
I really enjoyed this book. It was so cute, and so romantic. Kind of like a .... gothic Romeo & Juliet (which is what sold me when it came to deciding whether or not to give this book a go). Who doesn't want to have their own Guardian Angel...even after death? Guardian Angel in love with a vampire. As if that concept doesn't just mak More...

Yes, I know, I know - I have said before and will continue to say it even though hordes of angry teenagers (and their mothers) would cut off my head for it - but I dislike Twilight. With the exception of Anne Rice way back when, I find vampires a very dull, lifeless (excuse the pun) subject. HOWEVER, I was the reader and reviewer of a wonderful teen book called Tantalize by this author and loved, loved, loved it. It went past the regular, mundane ooey-gooey vampire story. (Yes, ooey-gooey will b More...

It doesn't matter whether you read this one or Tantalize first because they are companions so they have different characters and they actually both have entirely different concepts and story lines too.


So, I thought this one was average. I'm still annoyed at the lack of character development because seriously, character development is very important. I got through about half of the book before it was even mentioned that Miranda was part asian. So, my whole idea of what she looked like was complet More...

This book will have you not only reading it, but thinking, dreaming, and talking about it wherever you go! However, the two main characters are only described in each others eyes, and not very vivid at that. The characters personalities are definitely there, but they are not being expressed as they would be in our world because of the unusual situations they are thrown into. The world in this book is filled with surprises, such as unnatural things and things that are based on faith. So, in a way More...

There seems to be an angel theme to the books I've picked up at the library recently, though sadly Eternal was the worst of the lot. If I could give a book 2.5 stars on here I would because I don't think it's technically worthy of 3 stars but it's not that bad I would give it 2 either.

The idea of putting guardian angels and vampires together is quite an interesting and original one. And the synopsis on the back sounds really intriguing as well. Therefore, the author did have a creative idea at More...

Zachary is an angel – literally. He’s had many charges over the years but being Miranda’s guardian angel is his toughest gig yet. See, he’s in love with her and love just complicates everything. Deep down Zachary knows that he would do anything to keep her safe – he’d even risk his own position in heaven. When Miranda heads out one night with her friend, Zachary sees trouble coming a mile off – trouble of the vampire kind. In the process of trying to protect Miranda from becoming a meal, Zachary More...

The story is told from two different point of views, both Miranda's and Zachary's. This is something I enjoy in a book of this genre because there is usually so much going on you never see the whole picture from only one person. Even though each chapter states who we are following, it would have been easy enough to distinguish each character and they talk and act in completely different ways. What I think made this work so well in this case, was that each character both have completely different More...

Zachary is a guardian angel who is protecting Miranda, an average teenager growing up in Dallas. He knows that something bad is going to happen to Miranda, but he is not quite sure. Miranda had originally made plans with her best friend Lucy to spend the night before Valentine's Day as a movie night, but when her friend gets a chance to go out with the hot guy from the video store she has been crushing on, all plans go out the window.

The guy has Lucy meet him at a local cemetery, and Lucy wants More...

This one was a chance taken from the online library. I'm not sure what made me want to read it, but it was actually not too bad. I'm surprised, because I picked up the... I don't know if it's actually a prequel or not... preceding novel, Tantalize at Borders, and had to promptly set it down before I threw it, because the blurb reads thusly: "Quincie Morris has never felt more alone. Her hybrid-werewolf first love threatens to embark on a rite of passage that will separate them forever. And just More...

ETERNAL is a dark, intriguing story about falling from grace, and redemption.

The book alternates between two POVs – Zachary and Miranda. Even though each chapter is titled with the name of the character who is currently ’speaking’, so you don’t get mixed up, I wouldn’t have needed it. I found it easy to distinguish between Miranda’s and Zachary’s voices. Each of them had their own distinct personality and style of thought, and I really enjoyed getting to see events from both their perspectives.

I More...

This is a supernatural book revolving around a fallen angel and a new vampire princess. Zachary has been Miranda's guardian angel her whole life and protected her each day since. When he crosses the line of thier worlds to save her one last time, he "falls" from Heaven and ends up causing Miranda to become a vampire. Now, to earn his way back to Heaven he must accept "a mission from God" and infiltrate Miranda's new, evil world and aet things right. Along the way, Miranda fights within herself t More...

Well, I read 100 pages of this drivel and it is still trite. I have also used more advanced words in the first sentence of this review than the author used thus far in her book. I highly doubt she has ever heard of, much less used a complex sentence. I realize this book is YA, but I am a devout YA reader and this book could be read and understood by a third grader, no insult to third graders, you are above this book, believe me.

Perhaps I should have read the first book of this series, Tantalize More...

Girl has guardian angel who loves her.
Girl is turned into a vampire against her will.
Her guardian angel breaks the rules to try and save her.
Her guardian angel is stripped of his wings and radiance.
Hence the story of a fallen angel who loves a vampire princess.

I love the concept of this. I really do. It's like a middle finger to Stephenie Meyer: "You think it's cool to have a vampire fall in love with a human? Let me show you the kind of extremities you can really indulge in, you half-wit pseudo More...

Like Cynthia Smith's last book, Tantalize, I was captivated by the story-line that unfolded over the first several chapters, learning the story of what would become the main characters of this book. I must say, its quite refreshing having a good solid story line built into a book for once and not so much flip flop (if that makes any sense).

Miranda is a girl who just wants to fit in and wants to be loved. Miranda and her best friend, Lucy, have been best friends for years. When Lucy decides to d More...

Cynthia Leitich Smith improved with this novel. I'll be honest with you... I did not enjoy Tantalize, the first book in this triology, one bit. I thought it was boring and very uneventful for the most part. This book, however, was entertaining to an extent and the characters weren't as annoying as they were in the first book. I was actually quite surprised to see myself liking this one because I didn't think it was going to hold up seeing as how the first one was kind of toturous to get through. More...

I read Tantalize a while ago and was disappointed. I just didn’t get into the plot- at all. But I was lured in by the cover of Eternal and wound up being pleasantly surprised.

Miranda has a Guardian Angel who watches her all the time – yes, even in the shower though he firmly denies that. When it’s Miranda’s “turn” to die, he intervenes and changes the course of both their lives. Through the events that follow Miranda (not surprisingly from the title and tag line) ends up a vampire and Zachary (h More...