Vanish (Firelight, #2) in Addicted to YA

Oct 03, 2010 Alexa rated it it was ok

Shelves: my-head-hurts, despise-love-triangles, young-adult, borrowed, arc, 2011-reads, tour

The love-triangle RUINED it for me. I don't even care who Jacinda ends up with at this point. I really don't. I liked Will in Firelight, but I didn't care for him in this book (honestly, didn't even give him a second thought, which might be because he was barely in it). I was neutral towards Cassian in Firelight, and I ended up disliking him in this book.

I just don't understand why everyone is in love with Jacinda. It was worse because she kept going back and forth with this: 'I want Will. No, I ...more

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Aug 17, 2011 Berenice rated it really liked it

Jacinda has done the unthinkable she has broken the rule that has kept her people safe for hundreds of years and exposed it to humans, the worst type the draki hunters. Now she is forced to go back to the home she wanted, only this time she is the shame of the community not the glorious fire breather.
She must try and cope with the pride and forget about Will and the promise he left her with. Jacinda finds it really hard to re-adapt with no friends left, her sister practically taken away from her ...more

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Aug 21, 2011 Logan rated it liked it

Shelves: borrowed-library, borrowed-ebook, shifters, paranormal, young-adult

First impressions: The beginning of this book picks up almost immediately after the events of book one, Firelight. There were just enough details to remind me of what transpired without bogging us down in a full recap. Nicely done.

Lasting impressions: The threat of the draki hunters pervades this entire book, which I found raised the stakes of this plot when compared to Firelight. I love danger!

Conflicting impressions: While I love the draki shifter world, I don’t find Jacinda and her love inter First impressions: The beginning of this book picks up almost immediately after the events of book one, Firelight. There were just enough details to remind me of what transpired without bogging us down in a full recap. Nicely done.

Lasting impressions: The threat of the draki hunters pervades this entire book, which I found raised the stakes of this plot when compared to Firelight. I love danger!

Conflicting impressions: While I love the draki shifter world, I don’t find Jacinda and her love interests to be totally swoon-worthy. These books are fun reads, but don’t quite get me to gush.

Overall impressions: Secrets are a big part of life when you’re a shifter. In Jacinda’s case, she can shift into a draki – a dragon-like creature able to fly. Jacinda has the added ability of being a fire-breather, which makes her something of a rarity in her community. In the first book, she was forced to deny her draki self and live as a normal high schooler (the horror!), where she met and fell in love with Will.

In order to save his life, Jacinda betrays the draki and is forced to flee back to her home among them, where she is shamed and reviled. While the first book saw Jacinda struggling to keep her draki nature a secret, in this book she’s trying to keep her feelings for Will a secret. Meanwhile, Cassian is a powerful young draki who wants to win her heart.

Jacinda’s conflicted feelings about Will and Cassian and her destiny are vivid and entertaining. She also experiences a huge turn of events with her sister, who once used to be ignored and cast out by the draki but is now one of the revered among them. Jacinda goes from hot commodity to yesterday’s garbage, and I found her emotions believable and sympathetic. Yet I would have liked to have seen even more conflict from her sister – their bond seemed less heartfelt and more like a plot device at times.

The action is exciting, and there are several awful villains to root against. I especially loved getting to see Jacinda fly again, and hope we get another entry in this unique series.
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Jan 24, 2012 Tressa (Wishful Endings) rated it really liked it

Shelves: favorites, 2011

I actually liked this one more than the first book in the series. It has some great character development and emotion. The ending was fabulous and I can't wait to see what happens. The only drawback for me was some of the sexual content, brief, but still there. ...more

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