Woon, Yvonne Life Eternal, 416 pgs. Hyperion, 2012. $16.99 Content: Language: G (1 God); Mature Content: PG-13; Violence: PG-13.
This is the second book in the Dead Beautiful series. Renee is a Monitor, a person who can feel the Undead around her, and she goes to a special school so that she can learn how to take care of reburying the Undead. The problem, in this second book, however, is that Renee has died and been brought back to life as well, and she should also be Undead, but is not because the person who brought her back to life, Dante, also shares her soul. Dante and Renee love each other but can’t be together, and they are searching for a solution for their shared soul. Renee has two new friends from her new school, Noah and Anya, who help her follow clues that should lead them to the secret of immortality, which Renee hopes will allow her and Dante to be together.
This is a typical second book in a series, in the fact that it feels like a bridge between the first book and a conclusion. The ending totally leaves the reader hanging and annoyed that the third book isn’t out yet. The characters are okay, but the story is creepy and exciting, making it hard to put down. This is a good book for girls who like supernatural trilogies set in boarding schools, along the lines of the Hex Hall and Haven series.
MS, HS-ADVISABLE. Reviewer, C. Peterson.
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