I have finished Eternal by Cynthia Leitich Smith. Zachary, a fallen guardian angel, is sent on a mission to try to gain his powers. The girl he once guarded, Miranda, is now the dark princess of the underworld. Zachary learns Miranda’s fate and is determined to fulfill his mission along with saving her life. But he asks a daring question to himself and his best friend, Can something that dark and evil be saved? Zachary is continuing to think twice about where his allegiances lie between Heaven and the Angels and Miranda and the vampires he works for.
After all that has gone wrong, Miranda is started to think she’s a failure. She can’t keep the house and staff together, there have been attacks on her and the castle staff and she isn’t even drinking human blood anymore. She believes she’ll never be the perfect heir her ‘father’, Radford the modern Dracula, has envisioned. She also has to plan the party in his honor, but she can’t even keep herself together, so how is she going to plan a party? She has no idea what to do, barley a vampire for a year, and is more confused than ever. And Zachary isn’t helping her with her focus either.
Miranda is falling in love with Zachary and its causing her to be humanized. She has started drinking animal blood, sleeping in a bed, and not hunting anymore. She can tell that she loves him, but is too proud and it’s too dangerous to admit it aloud. They spend a nice day in the city, going to stores and being human. Then, they go to a restaurant where they meet friends of Radford, and talk. Afterwards, they decide to get a room at a hotel in town. After spending some time together, ordering room service and watching an old movie Miranda loves, they really bond. Too bad being with a vampire is with the ‘Thou Shalt Not’ category, in Miranda’s words. They get in a heated argument and well, he gets fired.
Opps, he did it again. Zachary has done something rather rash, and is determined to complete his mission and save Miranda. First when he arrives, he sets the prisoners in the dungeon free. Brenek, the leader and were-bear, decides to help the others escape. Zachary arms them and just when the start to head out, the cook and chauffeur catch them, but being human, decide to help. They start to get them to the door when Zachary stays back to get Miranda and kill Radford, who has returned. It’s too bad though, because nothing ever works out the way it’s supposed to. What would a book be like if it did?
Not nearly as interesting as it is. This book was very interesting. I love the way it is expressed through the point of view of both Zachary and Miranda, but for simple readers it may be confusing, so be sure to pay attention to who is speaking. It should be clear, but it can be strange reading in the point of view of someone and them changing. But I liked it, and I think good readers will like it too. The ending went a little differently than I first expected it too when I first read it; the mark of a good book because it’s not predictable. I give a thumbs up.
RED’S ALL STAR RATING: 3 out of 5 stars. It was good; not the best book ever, but it was well written and keep me reading.
MASS APPEAL: I still think this is for girls more than guys. It’s a little mushy and isn’t bang-bang excitement, but it’s good for a light read.
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