Asylum (Causal Enchantments #2): Ebook Review

5/5 Stars

Asylum
(Book #2 Causal Enchantments)
By KA Tucker
December 29th, 2011
Genre: YA Paranormal Romance

Synopsis:

Opening a portal between Earth and Ratheus went even worse than Evangeline ever anticipated. In a panic to save her friend she had impromptu planned to transport them back with the council of Ratheus vampires hoping Sofia could deal with the devious hitch-hikers. What she hadn’t expected was every vampire that touched the statue to come also, turning 4 to 19, and from 19 to over 100! Nor for Caden’s prediction of his lust for her blood to come true upon portaling to Earth.

Now for her own safety Eve, the house hold staff, her faithful dog brigade, and two orphaned Colombians have been transported to a cabin in a snowy nowhere. With little to distract herself Eve is constantly worried for Caden, her friends, and Sofia.

Acting quickly Sofia sets the majority of Ratheus vampires ablaze, burning about 70 of them in her wake. But Sofia is far from safe locked in the walls of the Manhattan home with 40 ravenous Ratheus vampires to feed, and the irate Viggo and Mortimer over Evangeline’s disappearance before Veronique could be brought back. Equally concerning are Eve’s so called friends gorging themselves on human blood, and confessing that the used Eve to gain entry to their human plentiful world. Unable to get Caden alone Sofia cannot check if this is charade to save themselves from Viggo’s wrath or the truth. To make matters worse she must also deal with an impossibly powerful vampiress, Mage, who gives her cryptic messages of Earth trending towards the doom of Ratheus.

Can Sofia save Veronique without killing Eve? Or do so before Viggo finds her? Can 40+ vamps survive trapped under one roof? Or will Earth suffer the same fate as Ratheus?

What I thought:

Wow, when I thought I had this book figured out I was wrong. It was liked reading about a sinking ship and every time you tried to plug a hole the pressure would cause a bigger hole to rupture somewhere else! There were a lot of interesting things that Sofia kept hidden from everyone that we slowly see surface one piece at a time. When I finished this one I was surprised at how quickly I had finished (because I couldn’t stop myself from compulsively reading it!) Tucker really knows how to dangle to carrot in front of your face and have you running in circles trying to get it.

The only complaint I have about this book is that it switched between Eve and Sofia (which is fine) but she didn’t mark the chapters as such. You just figured every other chapter rotated between them on your own.


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