Hunt the Moon (Cassandra Palmer, #5) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Nov 14, 2010 Kristina rated it liked it · review of another edition

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...Which leads to this book. I'll be honest, I don't like Pritkin. I'm not on team Mircea either but at least when Cassie is with the vamps she has some kind of backbone. Since she grew up around them she has built up a defense/defiance to them that makes her seem like the kick ass heroine she should be. Whenever she is around Pritkin she just seems to be a weak, jello-ish blah with no backbone. The scenes (even the batt full review (more rants) on my blog:http://newborrowedused.blogspot.com/2...

...Which leads to this book. I'll be honest, I don't like Pritkin. I'm not on team Mircea either but at least when Cassie is with the vamps she has some kind of backbone. Since she grew up around them she has built up a defense/defiance to them that makes her seem like the kick ass heroine she should be. Whenever she is around Pritkin she just seems to be a weak, jello-ish blah with no backbone. The scenes (even the battle ones) when she was with him are the ones that made me put the book down. She cannot make a decision when she is with him without questioning herself ad nauseam. I also can't get it out of my head that he is half Demon. People seem to forget this. That means he is not as great as everyone thinks and he is hiding a large part of himself from everyone. Just because he says one thing does not mean it's true (he is part demon, who lived in the demon realm for a long time).
Character wise, I think the only one left that I like is Marco. I did like Fred. How can you not like a vampire accountant named Fred. One of the best moments in the book (which is not a good thing). Also, what happened to Billy. He was around for like two sentences in this whole book. Seemed very inconsistent with what we know of these characters.
Story wise, I liked where the author was going. The battle with the children of the Gods, finding out who/what Cassie's mother was (I cannot be the only one that was thinking "this is how I want Cassie to be in this series"), and Cassie finally accepting who she is and the power that goes with it. All of this worked for me. The battle scenes were a little chaotic. I had trouble following the one that took place in Vegas. Kept thinking I missed something.
Overall, I'm torn. Parts worked and others didn't. The ending made me think that we are going to be filled with lots of Pritkin in the next book so I can't say that I'm looking forward to it. I want Cassie to win in the end but I don't really want to see her with either of the men she is with now. I will probably read it but we'll see. This review is way to long so I'll stop now. ...more

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Feb 11, 2011 Jenny rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, fantasy, fiction, series, vampires, immortals, demons, dragons, faery, witches

I struggled with this book for a while. Not that it wasn't good because in the end it was great but I just wasn't in the right frame of mind and I found there was so much happening that every time you turned around there was something else happening to Cassie. I love the developing relationship with Mircea (please forgive the spelling). Even the relationship with Pritkin that is taking a turn. But I think I really enjoy the relationship between Cassie and Marco her chief bodyguard I don't know s ...more

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Aug 20, 2010 Jackie M rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: books-read-in-2011, sept-2011

I am feeling a bit guilty giving this only three stars because I gave the first four books of the series all solid 5 stars.
I did enjoy this book, just not as much as the first four. It was action packed as usual, but for some reason I just didn't enjoy it as much.( maybe not enough Mircea for me) In this book Cassie is still fighting for her life while trying to live her life at the same time. Trouble just seems to follow her everywhere and she is quick on her feet when it comes to her survival ...more

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Nov 06, 2010 Samantha wickedshizuku Tolleson rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: reviewed, 3-stars, not-manga, 2011, paranormal, title-h

I waited and waited and waited all to be let down. I honestly thought there was going to be more to this. While there is plenty of action, there just isn't enough structure to the author's style. ...more

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