Review - Die Once More by Amy Plum

Title: Die Once More

Author: Amy Plum
Series: Revenants
Pages: 100
Release Date: February 3rd 2015

Genre: Fantasy
Publisher: Epic Reads Impulse
Source: Amazon
Format: Kindle

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Synopsis: This one-hundred-page novella picks up where the international bestselling Die for Me trilogy ended and follows the eternally irresistible Jules Marchenoir as he leaves Paris behind for a fresh start in New York City.

Jules is a Revenant—an undead being whose fate forces him to sacrifice himself over and over again to save human lives. He's spent the last century flirting his way through Paris and, most recently, falling in love with his best friend's girlfriend. Loyalty and heartbreak have led him to choose a new life in NYC.

Separated from his friends and his home, Jules is adrift in this dangerous new world, facing unknown enemies . . . until he meets a Revenant named Ava. Though the battle for France has been won, an epic war between good and evil has just begun in the Big Apple, and Ava needs Jules's help to uncover the key to an American victory. Jules finds himself in the same position he crossed an ocean to escape: at risk of losing his immortal existence as well as his heart.

My Review: This short novella tells us about Jule's life after he has joined the NYC Barda. at first he is still pining after Kate who he knows that he cannot have and living in her hometown isn't helping him as much as he thought it would.

He decides to go on his first walk with the NYC Barda and while he is on his first walk looking for Numa he realizes how different it is to France because there are more Barda walking the streets at one time than there is in France but there are many more Barda in NYC compared to those in France.

While he is on his walk he meets Ava and he forgets all about Kate and is now only interested in her, the only problem is there is a war coming and he needs Kate's help to keep Ava save so that he doesn't lose her too because she is just as special as Kate.

The Revenant series have gotten better with each book and I am really going to miss the characters.

Review - If I Should Die by Amy Plum

Title: If I Should Die

Author: Amy Plum
Series: Revenants
Pages: 408
Release Date: May 1st 2013

Genre: Fantasy

Publisher: Atom
Source: Amazon
Format: Paperback

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Synopsis: An enthralling and unique paranormal romance, Amy Plum's DIE FOR ME series introduces a new version of the undead with revenants, beings who are fated to sacrifice themselves over and over again to save others' lives.

The final thrilling installment of Amy Plum's DIE FOR ME series.

I will not lose another person I love. I will not let history repeat itself.

Vincent waited lifetimes to find me, but in an instant our future together was shattered. He was betrayed by someone we both called a friend, and I lost him. Now our enemy is determined to rule over France s immortals, and willing to wage a war to get what they want.

It shouldn t be possible, none of it should be, but this is my reality. I know Vincent is somewhere out there, I know he s not completely gone, and I will do anything to save him.

After what we've already fought to achieve, a life without Vincent is unimaginable. He once swore to avoid dying - to go against his nature and forsake sacrificing himself for others - so that we could be together. How can I not risk everything to bring my love back to me?

My Review: If I Should Die was the 3rd and final installment in Amy Plum's Revenants series. It was jam packed with anger, sadness and loads of action.

The story starts where the last one ended, Kate distraught, Vincent dead and in the hands of Violette a girl whom the Barda believed and treated as one of their own because they believed that Vincent was the Champion.

Throughout the story we see Kate grieving for her lost love, somehow Kate manages to be able to hear Vincent. Kate's grandmother finds out all about the Revenants and like her husband she wants Kate to stay away from Frances Barda, until Kate and her sister go off wandering and almost get killed by Violette's men, forcing Kate's grandmother to make a deal with JB so that Kate and her family will have around the clock Revenant guards to keep them safe from the Numa.

During this final book - without revealing everything - Kate, her grandfather and Jules travel to America to try and get Vincent back and after they manage that something BIG happens to Kate which means that she gets to meet many new Revenats from across the world as well as some old Revenants that come back into her life and one leaving her life.

Top 10 Tuesday

Top Ten Best Books I Read In 2015.

1. Mockingjay - Suzanne Collins
2. Unchanged - Jessica Brody
3. Until I Die - Amy Plum
4. Mystic - Alyson Noel
5. Cindi - Lisa Scott
6. The Anti-Prom - Abby McDonald
7. Lost - Ron Vitale
8. Cinderella (Book of the Film) - Elizabeth Rudnick
9. Cinderella Wore Combat Boots - D.L. Jackson
10. Horizon - Alyson Noel

Die For Her by Amy Plum

Title: Die For Her
Author: Amy Plum
Series: Revenants

Pages: 60
Release Date: 2nd April 2013
Publisher: HarperTeen
Source: Amazon Kindle Store
Format: Kindle Edition

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Synopsis: Set in the romantic and death-defying world of the international bestselling Die for Me trilogy, this digital original novella follows Jules, a brooding, immortal French artist who has fallen in love with his best friend's girlfriend.

Jules Marchenoir is a revenant—an undead being whose fate forces him to sacrifice himself over and over again to save human lives. He's spent the better part of the last century flirting his way through Paris, but when he met Kate Mercier, the heroine from Amy Plum's Die for Me trilogy, he knew his afterlife had changed forever and he had found the love of his life. Until Kate fell for his best friend, Vincent. Now Jules is faced with an impossible decision: choosing between his loyal friend and a love truly worth dying for

My Review: This short novella is about Jules who is Vincent's best friend and fellow Revenant and it is about his feelings for Kate who is his best friends girlfriend.

Jules loves Kate and he can't stop thinking about her. Jules is forced to watch his best friend fall in love with the girl he loves but he doesn't make a move on her even if he does spend a lot of time flirting with Kate who just laughs it off.

The short novella tells the reader about Jules' struggle with his feelings for Kate and his struggle to choose between his best friend and the girl he love.

I hope that this doesn't mean that Jules ends up moving away or making a move on Kate if Vincent is really dead.

Until I Die by Amy Plum

Title: Until I Die
Author: Amy Plum
Series: Revenants
Pages: 357
Release Date: 3rd May 2012
Publisher: ATOM
Source: Amazon
Format: Paperback UK

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Synopsis: Kate may have defeated her boyfriend's nemesis, showing off her sword skills in the process, but Vincent is sure that she will be at risk as long as they stay together. What's more, it's becoming clear that their relationship might prevent him from fulfilling his true purpose: saving the lives of others.

They might have the romance of the century, but will that be enough?

My Review: I loved this book more than the first but I honestly cried at the end R.I.P Vincent.

Kate and Vincent spent the entire book searching for a way so that they can be together without him having to die saving the lives of innocent, good people.

Vincent's way of staying alive to be with Kate is a dangerous way and makes him look really ill and Kate doesn't like it so she searches threw books and her grandfathers antique place and she finds a book that she thinks might help Vincent resist the urge to die. After finding this book Kate's grandfathers place gets burgled.

I cannot say that I can relate to Kate or Vincent but I do feel for them both. Vincent clearly loves Kate as he is willing to get himself killed to protect her. They make the perfect couple and no one can tear them apart long but the Norma kill Vincent and took his body away after killing him.

I cannot wait to get started on the next book I want to know if Kate, Jules, Charlotte and the rest of Vincent's Revenant family and friends can get Vincent back in time otherwise he will be gone forever :'(.

I loved the characters, I loved the plot and I love Kate and Vincent's relationship with Kate, I kind of hope that Charles isn't in the next book as he really acts like an idiot towards Kate, he doesn't consider her a part of their family even though she killed their enemy the head of the Norma.

I hope that Vincent is safe and well or I will probably end up blubbing most of the way through book 3, I also hope that if Vincent is safe and well that they find a way for Kate and Vincent can live happily ever after and that no harm comes to any of Kate's family or to any of the Revenant's well maybe Charles can die so that Kate will be accepted again by Vincent's family.

My Interview with Amy Plum

I read Die For Me late 2013 and I wanted to know where Amy Plum got her idea for the Revenant series from and what she had coming up in 2014 and she agreed to answer 5 questions for the blog.

      

1)  I love the idea of Revenants because I've never seen anything like them in any other books. Where did you get the idea from?

When I decided to write a paranormal romance, I had no idea what type of supernatural creature I wanted to use. I actually made a list with vampires, werewolves, mummies, unicorns...everything I could think of. And none really appealed to me. So I mixed two beings: gods and zombies. I actually called revenants "zombies" in the first draft of the book, but once Kate and Vincent kissed decided I had to change it. I used the French word "revenant," which means "spirit that comes back for a purpose." And little by little, the rules and mythology started falling into place.

2)  So far there are three books in the series will there be more in the series or do you plan on doing a spin-off or is it over?

There are actually four books in the series. I added a novella called "DIE FOR HER," which is written from Jules's point of view. It is only available by eBook, but my readers seem to really love it. As for writing more revenant books, I am considering the idea. Why not? :)

3)  When naming your characters do you give thought to the actual meaning of the names?

Some of the names I actually researched. I wanted them to be era-appropriate. So for Ambrose, I looked at African American soldiers in WWII and took his name from the list. Same for Jean-Baptiste - I put his name together from a list of Napoleon's officers. Jules was a common name around the turn of the century. Kate and Vincent were just off the top of my head. Charlotte and Charles seemed like names someone would give their twins in the beginning of the 20th century. Georgia is just Georgia. She couldn't be anything else. And some of the minor characters I named after friends - just to make them happy! :)

4)  What do you find the hardest part of a book to write?

That's a difficult question. I guess it would be the middle. The beginning's so exciting, and I always get fired up when I get to the end. But getting over the hump I suppose is the hardest part. Knowing that there is still so much to be resolved.

5)  What can fans of your work look forward to in 2014?

2014 is a BIG year for me, because the first book in my JUNEAU series comes out: AFTER THE END (May 2014). Also, the U.S. paperback version of IF I SHOULD DIE will be released in April, and that will include (in the extras) an epilogue written by Gaspard five years after the end of the book. I hope everyone enjoys (and agrees) with what happens to our Parisian characters!

Thanks so much for the interview.

To find out more about Amy and her novels visit her at any of the following links:

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Review - Die for Me by Amy Plum

Release Date: May 11th 2011
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My life had always been blissfully wonderfully normal. But it only took one moment to change everything. Suddenly, my sister Georgia and I were orphans. We put our lives into storage and moved to Paris to live with our grandparents. And I knew my shattered heart, my shattered life, would never feel normal again. Then I met Vincent.

Mysterious, sexy and unnervingly charming, Vincent Delacroix appeared out of no where and swept me off my feet. Just kike that, I was in danger of losing my heart all over again.

Of course, nothing is ever that easy. Because Vincent is no normal human. He has a terrifying destiny, one that puts his life at risk everyday. He also has enemies.... Immortal murderous enemies who are determined to destroy him and all of his kind.

While I'm fighting to piece together the remnants of my life, can I risk putting my heart - as well as my life and my family's - in jeopardy for a chance at love?

A stunning novel of love, death and the lengths we go to for love.

At first I thought Die for Me was going to be another girl meets boy and she finds out he's a vampire but it wasn't that kind of paranormal twist and that's what makes Amy Plum's Die for Me amazing, it was captivating.

The pace of the book was perfect and it kept me reading without wanting to put it down for a day or two before continuing to read it and the description of Paris and its historical settings were great it made a change from the usual American settings. The characters were well written, what I love about Kate is that she doesn't just dive right in she thinks things through first and then makes her decision.

Kate isn't your typical heroine she is smart and stronger than I first give her credit for and I am looking forward to seeing Kate's character grow through out the series. Vincent is mysterious and sexy, everything a girl could ever want but there is more to Vincent than meets the eye. 

Vincent has a deadly secret which at first you expect him to be a vampire but it turns out its a lot more deadly than that. This secret isn't supposed to be shared with anyone but Vincent ends up having to tell Kate who he really is and what he is when Kate witnesses something terrible.

There are so many romantic scenes between Kate and Vincent which makes it a great romantic novel, they understand each other more than anyone else understands them. I am really hoping that the sequel lives up to this novel.

Top 10 Tuesday

This weeks topic is top 10 books on my Summer To Be Read list.

1. Echo - Alyson Noel
2. Mystic - Alyson Noel
3. Until I Die - Amy Plum
4. If I Should Die - Amy Plum
5. Cinders - Marissa Meyer
6. Naked Heat - Richard Castle
7. A Witch in Winter - Ruth Warburton
8. A Witch in Love - Ruth Warburton
9. A Witch Alone - Ruth Warburton
10. Stargazer - Claudia Gray

Happy Book Birthday

taken from confessionsofavi3tbabe.com

I just want to wish Alyson Noel, Amy Plum, Meg Cabot and Rachel Caine Happy Book Birthday.

Alyson Noel's Mystic (Soul Seeker #3), Amy Plum's If I Should Die (Revenants #3) Meg Cabot's Awaken (Abandon #3) and Rachel Caine's Fall of Night (Morganville Vampires #14) were all released today.

I know there are a lot of other books that have been released today and Happy Book Birthday to all of them authors but these are the three authors who's books I am more aware of because I have either read there previous books or I have them on my bookcase waiting to read.

It is also an extra special day for Alyson Noel as Mystic is her 20th book to be published so CONGRATULATIONS and I hope that there are at least another 20 more to come in the future.