Goodreads Book Description: The world is covered in
darkness. A constant gray pall reminds the Setti that reapers are still
here—watching, waiting, hunting. Gabe, Clara, and their clan must leave
the relative safety of Beau Chêne, Louisiana, in order to train with
others gathering in the north. No one knows what lurks when night falls.
Yet, Gabe and Clara both know that they must chance the danger in order
to fulfill a dark destiny.
While Gabe grows in confidence, Clara
begins to doubt everything, including her feelings for Gabe. Looming
between them is a growing chasm. Clara’s constant defiance against Gabe
begins to sever the bond between them. New clansman and fellow Guardian,
Michael, steps in all too willingly to take Gabe’s place as her
confidant and more. Good-looking and self-assured, Clara finds his
charms difficult to resist. She wonders why she should resist at all.
Jessie,
now a shadow scout, defies the reapers’ malevolent power. She reaches
out to Clara, yearning for the impossible—to be free of the reapers’
enslavement.
Beyond Clara’s battle to save a lost loved one and
to keep Gabe close to her heart, another threat stirs, whispering to
Clara in the dark. Something evil hunts her. Will she listen to the one
who calls to her in nightmares and eventually finds her in the flesh?
Will she succumb to his will or will she cling to her human soul and her
human heart?
My Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
My Review: I was approached by the author with the second installment of the Setti
trilogy, which started with the Rising. I thought Judice was promising
then, but was waiting to see what else she would come up with. I was not
disappointed. These two books have the same number of stars awarded by
me, but I believe this second book is stronger than the first.
In
Resistance, we meet up with our band of Setti again, after a confusing
and long first chapter (I'll get to that in a moment), and it's a great
reunion. I loved the characters in the first book, and we get to see
them all again in the aftermath following the first book. We still get
alternating perspectives of Clara and Gabe. Clara is still grieving and
Gabe tries to give her space. Soon the gang travels and finds another
band of Setti, which makes everything more difficult, once the
characters realize they have a connection with those Setti with the same
power. This leads to some romantic twists and turns. It's interesting
because I was not that enamored with Gabe in the first one, but this
book (mostly because of some plot twists) has me firmly in his camp.
He's still not the most enigmatic character-- that title goes to Jessie,
and I hope none of you remembers who she is yet, because I love how she
comes back into the story.
So the things I loved: the plot
twists, getting to see familiar characters that I really enjoyed the
first time around, some solid writing, and a re-introduction of a
terrific character and side plot. I love the world building of the Setti
and their different powers. I have to say, I rarely get sucked into a
book to the point that I don't put it down. This was one of those.
That
said, this isn't a perfect book. The first chapter is very distracting
because it is a long flashback to their ancestors, and honestly, that
was the point where it was hardest to get into the story. If you get
stuck here, just scan to the next chapter where you get the characters
back. Secondly, I totally do not like Clara at this point. That's okay,
it's the second book, she has some time to redeem herself-- but can be a
dangerous move, since she was so awesome in the first book. Lastly,
Judice falls into a partial trap where a lot of authors do-- since her
character numbers are tripling with the meeting of other Setti, it's
hard to keep everyone in scenes for us to remember who they are and what
their power is. I found myself not remembering or caring that much, but
she does do a good job centering the story on the two main characters.
Overall, Judice gets stronger with every book, and if the trend continues, the third should be the strongest of all.
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