Source: I received a copy to facilitate my review.
The opinions expressed here are my own.
From Goodreads:
When Evangeline's best friend and "almost"
boyfriend Raphe is kidnapped by a sinister, supernatural being, she must use
her magical powers and wits to try to save him. Her journey takes her into a
mythical underworld where she battles furious spirits, her own self-doubts, and
ancient, cruel Gods, as she struggles to find Raphe. In the end she will be
forced to make an unbearable choice. Either save Raphe, or condemn him, and
others she cares about, to be tortured for eternity...
My
Review:
How far would you be willing to go to save a friend. Would
you go to Tartarus, the pit below hell? Evangeline, the latest descendant from
Pandora does just that. She has already
lost so much. She lost her best friend who belonged to a secret sect that
exists to protect her and all descendant of Pandora. When people stopped believing in the Gods
they began to wither away. Zeus has never forgiven Pandora for trapping
annihilation in the box. He will do anything to make that happen. If he can just
kill the one who holds Pandora’s key, then someone else will be able to take
the key and open the box.
Zeus earns Evangeline’s trust. As an old man receiving chemo,
he has convinced her to read to him. She is a volunteer at the hospital where
her current guardian, a doctor works. This is the same doctor who is helping to
keep her mother alive as Evangeline tries to find a way to break the curse Zeus placed on her and her
ancestors. When he convinces Evangeline
to bring her best friend Raphe to the hospital things are set in motion. A gate
to the underworld appears in his room. He grabs Raphe and goes through the
gate. Even though it may cost her the
life everyone is trying to save, she goes anyway. The only other way to enter the underworld is
to die. Many will be willing to sacrifice their lives so that she can live.
Zeus is sure to change the rules if Evangeline is to survive.
This is the second book in the trilogy. The third book “Fate’s
Key” will be out this spring. This series is a definite must read. The first book sucks you in, the second book
thrusts you forward into her life and adventures, making you want her to
succeed for all of mankind. What will
the third book hold? I guess that in some ways we are all like Pandora,
curious. It is this curiosity that will
drive you to read this series.
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