A family destroyed. A love threatened. An enemy returns.
Grace Divine made the ultimate sacrifice to cure Daniel Kalbi. She was infected with th...
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Nov 12, 2011
Cillian
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Baaarf!
Half a Star, and I'm being generous.
Some authors have only one good book in them, and they're lucky if they find it.
Apparently, Despain found her good book in The Dark Divine-when I say good book I don't mean Count of Monte Cristo good, I mean enjoyable read with decent characters.
This is how I feel about the multidimensional catastrophe that was The Lost Saint and it's gallery of repugnant misshapen characters:
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Baaarf!
Half a Star, and I'm being generous.
Some authors have only one good book in them, and they're lucky if they find it.
Apparently, Despain found her good book in The Dark Divine-when I say good book I don't mean Count of Monte Cristo good, I mean enjoyable read with decent characters.
This is how I feel about the multidimensional catastrophe that was The Lost Saint and it's gallery of repugnant misshapen characters:
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Sep 11, 2011
Laianna
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Although an engaging follow-up to its prequel, The Dark Divine, I have to say, I was a little bit disappointed by this book.
Perhaps my expectations were just too high for this book, but I found the plot line rather predictable compared to the awesomeness of the first one. Daniel aggravated me until the very end of the book, and despite my unwavering support in The Dark Divine, I felt his withdrawn, secretive nature was a bit too much when applied to their situation here.
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Perhaps my expectations were just too high for this book, but I found the plot line rather predictable compared to the awesomeness of the first one. Daniel aggravated me until the very end of the book, and despite my unwavering support in The Dark Divine, I felt his withdrawn, secretive nature was a bit too much when applied to their situation here.
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Feb 26, 2011
WOW! Talk about an emotional roller coaster.
I was a fan of The Dark Divine, but I have to say that I think The Lost Saint may have topped it. And how perfect was the title "The Lost Saint" such perfect metaphorical use. It could have easily described several characters in the novel. Genius!
Despain does a wonderful job intertwining the mythology within the aspects of religion. It's a refreshing experience.
I must admit I was expecting the conflict between G More...
I was a fan of The Dark Divine, but I have to say that I think The Lost Saint may have topped it. And how perfect was the title "The Lost Saint" such perfect metaphorical use. It could have easily described several characters in the novel. Genius!
Despain does a wonderful job intertwining the mythology within the aspects of religion. It's a refreshing experience.
I must admit I was expecting the conflict between G More...
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Jan 20, 2011
Savannah (Books With Bite)
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Is there some kind of rule that say the second book has to be an emotional roller coaster?
This one was filled with drama and major emotions. Grace saved Daniel. Thinking everything was okay, things all of the sudden began to change. Daniel becomes more distant leaving a wide open space for a new boy to come in. Grace is lonely and that is bad. Grace begins to lies and falls into a trap that she doesn't see.
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This one was filled with drama and major emotions. Grace saved Daniel. Thinking everything was okay, things all of the sudden began to change. Daniel becomes more distant leaving a wide open space for a new boy to come in. Grace is lonely and that is bad. Grace begins to lies and falls into a trap that she doesn't see.
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Oct 10, 2011
Skye
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This review is also posted on my blog, In The Good Books.
The Lost Saint had an amazing plot - I could never see where the story was headed. Part of that unpredictability probably stemmed from being locked in Grace's head, with the first person narration, and having no idea which other characters you could trust or couldn't.
The werewolfism (I don't care if it's not a word - you know what I mean) in this series is so unique in lore to other werewolf books. I especially liked ho More...
The Lost Saint had an amazing plot - I could never see where the story was headed. Part of that unpredictability probably stemmed from being locked in Grace's head, with the first person narration, and having no idea which other characters you could trust or couldn't.
The werewolfism (I don't care if it's not a word - you know what I mean) in this series is so unique in lore to other werewolf books. I especially liked ho More...
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Apr 03, 2011
Thomas
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3.5 stars. Honestly, I do not know why I am giving this book a 3.5 rating when it deserves a slightly lower one.
Not to jump on the "let's bash paranormal romance by labeling it as a Twilight ripoff" bandwagon, but I have to admit, The Lost Saint was exactly the same as New Moon. Once in love boyfriend grows distant with a mysterious secret, girl is completely clueless and relentlessly questioning, new guy shows up to test the girl's affection for the original guy... yes, it More...
Not to jump on the "let's bash paranormal romance by labeling it as a Twilight ripoff" bandwagon, but I have to admit, The Lost Saint was exactly the same as New Moon. Once in love boyfriend grows distant with a mysterious secret, girl is completely clueless and relentlessly questioning, new guy shows up to test the girl's affection for the original guy... yes, it More...
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Dec 18, 2010
Katieb (MundieMoms)
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Oh how I enjoyed The Lost Saint! As I've said before, I'm not always a fan of the second books in series, as the characters sometimes make choice (that I know the need to make) that make me cringe and more often than not, it breaks the main character and it either breaks up the main love interests or leaves their relationship in jeopardy. This sequel has all that and more. Not only does Bree deliver a darker journey for Grace to take, as she learns to control her inner wolf, but s More...
Oh how I enjoyed The Lost Saint! As I've said before, I'm not always a fan of the second books in series, as the characters sometimes make choice (that I know the need to make) that make me cringe and more often than not, it breaks the main character and it either breaks up the main love interests or leaves their relationship in jeopardy. This sequel has all that and more. Not only does Bree deliver a darker journey for Grace to take, as she learns to control her inner wolf, but s More...
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Nov 06, 2010
Heather
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Giving away an ARC donated by Provo City Library on our site http://fireandicephoto.blogspot.com/2010... ends 12/7/10
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Last year I read the Dark Divine and was introduced into the world of Bree Despain which inspired me to create a ton of jewelry, make 10 blog posts and follow her around to several signings to learn more. I dare say I fell in love with the music playlist, the amazing cover and Daniel. This year we saw t More...
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Last year I read the Dark Divine and was introduced into the world of Bree Despain which inspired me to create a ton of jewelry, make 10 blog posts and follow her around to several signings to learn more. I dare say I fell in love with the music playlist, the amazing cover and Daniel. This year we saw t More...
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Jan 13, 2011
Jennifer
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I spent a lot of time during my reading of The Lost Saint wondering how Daniel could act like he was. At times, he irritated me to no end. Grace's love for him, her ability to save him, should have counted for something. And then I remembered, Grace and Daniel - they're teenagers. And everything made sense. They were acting their age, something we don't always see in young adult fiction, especially when it comes to relationships. That, along with all the other wonderfully realistic character tra
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Dec 13, 2011
Rae
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Dammmmmmmn... 0_o
4.5
*NO SPOILERS But it will ruin the first book. Just so you know.
I really have no clue why I love this series so much. I'm really not into the werewolf thing, nor am I cool with Church girls (Mainly because I love my cuss words and if you say fuck around a church girl they get all *Omigod you are like, going to hell!*) Anyways. These are like my guilty pleasure books because I just...well, love them!
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Jan 21, 2012
Miri
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Nach jeder schrecklichen Nacht, in der Daniel beinahe gestorben, Jude weggelaufen und Grace verwandelt wurde, geht das Leben langsam weiter. Daniel muss sich daran gewöhnen, wieder menschlich zu sein und trainiert mit Grace, damit der Wolf in ihr nicht die Oberhand gewinnt. Doch der Schatten von Judes Verschwinden liegt schwer auf ihnen. Mr. Divine verbringt seine Zeit damit, durch die Welt zu reisen, und ihn zu suchen. Gleichzeitig erschüttert eine Reihe der Verwüstung den kleinen Ort. Ist Jude
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Dec 29, 2011
Jill
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I bought this book last year when our local Border's was going out of business. I thought I would immediately remember The Dark Divine, but didn't feel like I did so I put the book to the side with the intention that I was going to find and reread the first one. That never happened and the other day I was inspired to pick it up again. It read so fast and was so full of action! Part of the first one came back to me, but even without knowing everything this was an enjoyable stand alone novel.
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Dec 27, 2011
Sarah
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I read this sequel with high expectations and wasn't let down. I wasn't sure where the author could or would go from her first book which ended on a pretty good note. She left this one on more of a cliffhanger which is too bad because there's a bit of a wait for the next one! I really enjoyed watching Grace grow into herself as a heroine.
There wasn't as much romance between Grace & Daniel so that was a disappointment but they were both doing their own things. There was still romanc More...
There wasn't as much romance between Grace & Daniel so that was a disappointment but they were both doing their own things. There was still romanc More...
Nov 20, 2011
Sunnykimmy
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I loved it!
Honestly, I was frustrated while reading most of this book. I constantly felt like shaking some sense into Grace. Don't get me wrong I love her. She's so sweet and she has a huge heart of gold. But she also acted naive a lot of the time.Everything just screamed DANGER! DANGER!Run for your life and she didn't seem to get the message.
But that's also what made this book awesome. Everything was so confusing and while my gut feeling about a lot of things was right, the More...
Honestly, I was frustrated while reading most of this book. I constantly felt like shaking some sense into Grace. Don't get me wrong I love her. She's so sweet and she has a huge heart of gold. But she also acted naive a lot of the time.Everything just screamed DANGER! DANGER!Run for your life and she didn't seem to get the message.
But that's also what made this book awesome. Everything was so confusing and while my gut feeling about a lot of things was right, the More...
Nov 07, 2011
Dine
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Die Liebe ist die mächtigste Waffe!
Die gebundene Ausgabe ist dunkelblau und glänzt ganz leicht im Licht. Der Titel, der Autorenname sowie das Verlagslogo sind auf dem Buchrücken in einem helleren Blau gut sichtbar eingraviert.
Das Cover des Schutzumschlags zeigt, wie auch schon bei dem ersten Teil "Urbat - Die dunkle Gabe", einen weiblichen Körper, der mit Stoff umwickelt ist. Dieser Stoff ist bei dem zweiten Teil von Urbat in einem schönen Blau gehalten. Der Hintergrund More...
Die gebundene Ausgabe ist dunkelblau und glänzt ganz leicht im Licht. Der Titel, der Autorenname sowie das Verlagslogo sind auf dem Buchrücken in einem helleren Blau gut sichtbar eingraviert.
Das Cover des Schutzumschlags zeigt, wie auch schon bei dem ersten Teil "Urbat - Die dunkle Gabe", einen weiblichen Körper, der mit Stoff umwickelt ist. Dieser Stoff ist bei dem zweiten Teil von Urbat in einem schönen Blau gehalten. Der Hintergrund More...
Jul 20, 2011
Lizzie
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So I hadn't even been intending to read the Lost Saint after the Dark Devine; I wasn't really enthralled by the first one, but I picked it up at the library so I thought I may as well give it a go. I think story line wise, it was better than the first book: Grace training and what happened at Halloween, when you think Jude is good and Talbot is bad but then it turns out you've been double crossed twice - well I actually said 'oh my god' out loud at this part because I thought Jude was going to s
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Jul 07, 2011
Emma
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There are two types of books in the world: the ones you recall with an "ah, yes, that was good" and the ones you recall with a wrinkle of the nose and a "why did I pick that up?" Ratings have nothing to do with it; even the high ranked ones sometimes (or usually, actually) fall into the latter category.
The Dark Devine fell into that category. I'm not entirely sure why; reread my review and I didn't hate it. But if I ever think about it, I remember it being pretty More...
The Dark Devine fell into that category. I'm not entirely sure why; reread my review and I didn't hate it. But if I ever think about it, I remember it being pretty More...
May 19, 2011
Amanda
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So I actually enjoyed it... Talbot was a great addition to the characters. Graces struggle with herself and the wolf reaches heights that astound me... she a very strong character not just because shes a werewolf but because she refuses to backdown even supressing the wolf when she needs it the most. She'd die first. The end was awesome and reminded me of Maggie Stiefvater's books the endings of Shiver and Linger, so its risen to my top along with them. I was aittle touch and go with my confiden
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Apr 25, 2011
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Feb 25, 2011
fennie
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more like 3.5 stars, but i can't give it the same rating as the dark divine because it was exponentially better. after finishing the dark divine i wasn't even sure if i wanted to read the sequel, but some spoiler-less reviews said it was loads better and they were thankfully correct.
to begin with, i liked grace a whole lot more this time around. i enjoyed seeing her learn about her abilities and grapple with her feelings and struggle with the wolf in her. there's a fire in her that piq More...
to begin with, i liked grace a whole lot more this time around. i enjoyed seeing her learn about her abilities and grapple with her feelings and struggle with the wolf in her. there's a fire in her that piq More...
Feb 24, 2011
Manda
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I absolutely loved these books. They had an awesome mix of paranormal, romance and everyday life to not only make them believable, but to draw in anyone from page one.
In the Dark Divine, you meet Grace Divine, average everyday artist girl. She's a pastor's daughter, and living within that lifestyle. You also meet Daniel, a troubled teen from Grace's childhood and her one true love. These two characters just dragged you into the book. Between their relationship with each other and More...
In the Dark Divine, you meet Grace Divine, average everyday artist girl. She's a pastor's daughter, and living within that lifestyle. You also meet Daniel, a troubled teen from Grace's childhood and her one true love. These two characters just dragged you into the book. Between their relationship with each other and More...
Feb 13, 2011
Rosalie
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Okay, I am just going to flat out say this: I am going to have a really bad review. I wish I could do a good review, but for a book THIS GOOD, with such an awesome heartthrob guy and a killer cliffhanger ending, it's hard. And especially since I love love love werewolves. But The Lost Saint rocked.
I always highly await the second book in a series like this, but dread it at the same time. Why? Because a second book normally means the awesome couple i More...
Okay, I am just going to flat out say this: I am going to have a really bad review. I wish I could do a good review, but for a book THIS GOOD, with such an awesome heartthrob guy and a killer cliffhanger ending, it's hard. And especially since I love love love werewolves. But The Lost Saint rocked.
I always highly await the second book in a series like this, but dread it at the same time. Why? Because a second book normally means the awesome couple i More...
Feb 05, 2011
cecilia
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First and foremost, if you can manage to hold off on The Lost Saint for a little while longer, this is one of those books where you definitely want the 3rd book on the ready before you swallow the sequel whole! This will not be kind to those of us who dislike hanging off cliffs...literally.
I am sad to say that I have mixed feelings for this sequel to The Dark Divine after my raving review last month. It just did not move me as much - I was not too impressed with Grace and felt a little More...
I am sad to say that I have mixed feelings for this sequel to The Dark Divine after my raving review last month. It just did not move me as much - I was not too impressed with Grace and felt a little More...
Feb 02, 2011
Cleverly
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I think I guessed the ending to The Lost Saint 15 times. I was wrong every time. I am usually pretty decent about guessing the ending but I was in shock with this . The flow of the words reached every page leaving you with an easy read. Despain has a way of writing a good ending. There was a cliff hanger ending so now I am desperate for the next in the series.
Grace was annoying in this one. I don't remember her being so lost and whiny. It felt sort of forced. Yea, she was a little disap More...
Grace was annoying in this one. I don't remember her being so lost and whiny. It felt sort of forced. Yea, she was a little disap More...
Feb 01, 2011
Jean
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I will write the same review for the Dark Divine as well as
the Lost Saint.
I do not like it when the author plays dumb and when the Publisher uses Marketing Ploys to string the reader along with 'Cliff Hangers'.
I detest them .
Ending a book abruptly is unfair to the Readers, especially if one has to wait a whole year to find out what happens next.
The book's description should clearly state:
if there will be another book to follow,
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Jan 29, 2011
Michelle
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In The Lost Saint Bree Despain has created a book that definitely does not suffer from the sophomore slump. In fact, it is one of several occasions where I’ve found book two far superior to the first.
Like it’s predecessor, The Lost Saint meandered slowly down a path of plot and character development. Once again, I was struggling with how slow the story moved through the first few chapters and then BAM it got going. Man, can I say that once it got there it got there in a big way. Th More...
Like it’s predecessor, The Lost Saint meandered slowly down a path of plot and character development. Once again, I was struggling with how slow the story moved through the first few chapters and then BAM it got going. Man, can I say that once it got there it got there in a big way. Th More...
Jan 29, 2011
Rindi
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Wow. I loved the first book but this one put The Dark Divine to SHAME!!! It was such a fun read for me and turned a good book into an AWESOME series! I think what I liked so much is that I was expecting just another good story (like the first one) but found an entirely different world was created as the story developed. I enjoyed the relationships. I especially enjoyed the fact that the flow of the story line was credible (well, as credible as a "werewolf" book can be). I liked that th
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Jan 28, 2011
Ashlie
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This book was really very entertaining. It has danger, faith, hope, love, and dynamic relationships of all kinds that are created, tested, broken, and trying to be salvaged. The twists in this story are like choosing a fork in the road; you have options, but only one will be right, so what are you willing to risk?
Grace is one of my all-time favorite YA characters, because she is so real. She is a teenager struggling with balance of all things in her life: family, school, a boyfriend More...
Grace is one of my all-time favorite YA characters, because she is so real. She is a teenager struggling with balance of all things in her life: family, school, a boyfriend More...
Jan 19, 2011
Brenda
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Bree, Bree, Bree. What were you thinking?!?!?
I really wanted to love this book. I did. It started out right where The Dark Divine left off and had me going strong right from the start. Then, the dreaded second-of-a-series-curse stepped into play. Things go awry and characters we love start making stupid choices. Stupid. Stupid. Choices. By midway in the book I had to put it down and pull out a light fluffy read to lessen my anxiety...Okay, I'm talking about only an hour or so, then right More...
I really wanted to love this book. I did. It started out right where The Dark Divine left off and had me going strong right from the start. Then, the dreaded second-of-a-series-curse stepped into play. Things go awry and characters we love start making stupid choices. Stupid. Stupid. Choices. By midway in the book I had to put it down and pull out a light fluffy read to lessen my anxiety...Okay, I'm talking about only an hour or so, then right More...
