Grimnirs
Runes
Book #2.5
Ednah Walters
Genre:
YA
Paranormal Romance
Release
Date: December
2, 2013
Publisher:
Firetrail
Publishing
ISBN:
978-0983429791
ASIN:
Pages: 288/348
Goodreads
Rating: 5.00
My
Rating: 4.5
Book Description:
One lost love.
One lost
best friend.
One hot
soul reaper.
Straight
out of the psyche ward, Cora just wants her life to be normal. She doesn’t want
to see souls or the reapers collecting them. The love of her life, the guy
she’s loved from a distance for years, has moved away without saying goodbye.
So yes, she’s nursing a serious heartbreak. It’s no wonder love is the last
thing on her mind when Echo storms into her life.
The
chemistry between them is mind-blowing. The connection defies logic. It doesn’t
help that Echo is the poster boy for everything she hates in a guy—hot,
beautiful, and cocky. A general pain-in-the-butt. Being around him makes her
feel more alive than she’s ever felt before. But more important, the souls
leave her alone when he is around.
Echo is
perfect for her. Echo might even be her soul-mate. There is only one problem.
Echo is a freaking soul reaper. A Grimnir. The very beings she wants out of her
life. Maybe normal is overrated because Cora wants it all. Answers. Love. A
life. You see, once you fall for a Grimnir, your life will never be the same
again.
My Take On The Book:
Admission
time, I haven’t read book 1 or 2, but I literally jumped at the opportunity to
read this one. I’ve been wanting to read this series for a while now so I couldn’t
say no.
It was a
solid story, and even though I hadn’t read the first 2 books, it was
surprisingly easy to follow. The whole concept was mind blowingly awesome. Sure
the back story I was missing drove me a little crazy but that was my own fault
lol.
The Great (Pros):
Um just
about everything in this story is done like a pro. The cover art it just so
hypnotically beautiful. I mean look at! It’s this beautifully innocent looking
blonde girl and she just sits there looking so sad. The colors and design are
great. It’s one of the reasons I was so drawn to this series. What else did I like? That characters, their
development, the romance, the action, it was all way up there with the
exception of one or two tiny little things. One of them literally made my
stomach churn with dread. Read on to learn what those 2 cons are.
The Not So Great (Cons):
- Eirik. Poor Dude! From what I gather, he never seems to catch a break and that sucks. Don’t get me wrong, I love Cora, Echo (swoon), Rainie and Torin. But this guy is the first person you read as in this book and then well, as you can tell by the book blurb, gets his heart stabbed with a rusty spoon. It’s so heartbreaking for a character that I genuinely liked… or as much as I can like having read only this book. Echo was a great love interest. He literally had me fangirling it, but to be honest, I was partially hoping that he was just another Bill Compton (Southern Vamp Series/True Blood) and worthless of my admiration. I’m pretty sure I’m over-reacting but I can’t help myself.
- Sex Scenes. Now, I’m totally down with the get down, but I felt really awkward and a tad uncomfortable reading about teenagers doing the deed. Sure I now teens, get it on, I was teen not long ago lol but I felt dirty reading about it. I had to imagine them as 20 somethings to adjust. It wasn’t super graphic or anything like that, but it was descriptive enough to kind of send me reeling.
4.5 Quills
Would I
recommend this book? Yep, most definitely. But be smart and read the first 2
books lol. This book has it all, the paranormal, the romance, heartbreak,
mythology, gods, magic, action, blood and lots of sizzle and steam.
Excerpt From Grimnirs
by Ednah Walters
by Ednah Walters
“You,
doll-face. Why are you having a shitty day?”
I glared
ahead. “Because you are screwing with my head. How come you keep saying things
I don’t remember?”
“I told
you. The Norns put a whammy on you.”
“Norns?”
“Deities of
destiny. Mean, bitter hags. They control the destiny of all beings—Mortals,
Immortals, even the gods. Interestingly, I just found out why they targeted you
and erased your memories.”
“Why?” Not
that I believed his rambling.
“Say
please.”
I was
tempted to ignore him, but something weird had happened to me and I wanted
answers. I eased the car into a parking spot across from my school, switched
off the engine, and turned to look at Echo. He was dressed in all leather again
today. I realized that what I’d assumed was a leather shirt was actually a vest
of some kind. Once again, he wore fingerless gloves and silver Gothic rings
with weird markings.
“Please,” I
said through clenched teeth.
He touched
his lips. “I want a kiss, too.”
I narrowed
my eyes. “Why are you such a tool all the time? You think this is fun for me?
Not remembering things? Waking up one morning and seeing souls? Ending up in a
psych ward, where they pumped me full of drugs, then coming home only to be met
by you, a reaper?”
“Grimnir,”
he corrected then frowned. “Are those the fake memories the Norns gave you?
Psych ward? That’s just wrong.”
“I was in a
psych ward,” I snapped.
He raised
his hands. “Okay. No need to be snippy.”
“I’m not—”
He covered
my mouth then smirked when I bit his hand. I bore down until I tasted blood. He
didn’t even wince. His grin broadened instead.
“Drink my
blood, doll-face. Bond with me for eternity.”
The thought
was scary. I pushed his hand away and wiped my mouth. “Ew. Can your blood do
that?”
He laughed.
“Will you
be serious for even a second?” I asked.
“Don’t you
want to be mine forever?”
“Ew, no.” I
made a face. “I don’t even like you.”
About The Author
EDNAH
WALTERS grew up reading Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys and dreaming of one day
writing her own stories. She is a stay-at-home mother of five humans and two
American short-hair cats (one of which has ADHD) and a husband. When she is not
writing, she’s at the gym doing Zumba or doing things with her family, reading,
traveling or online chatting with fans.
Ednah is
the author of The Guardian Legacy series, a YA fantasy series about children of
the fallen angels, who fight demons and protect mankind. AWAKENED, the prequel
was released by Pill Hill Press in September 2010 with rave reviews. BETRAYED,
book one in the series was released by her new publisher Spencer Hill Press in
June 2012 and HUNTED, the third installment, will be released April 2013. She’s
working on the next book in the series, FORGOTTEN. Visit her at www.ednahwalters.com
Ednah also
writes YA paranormal romance. RUNES is the first book in her new series.
IMMORTALS is book 2. She is presently working on book 3, GRIMNIRS (Release date
TBA). Read more about this series and the world she's created here www.runestheseries.com
Under the
pseudonym E. B. Walters, Ednah writes contemporary romance. SLOW BURN, the
first contemporary romance with suspense, was released in April 2011. It is the
first book in the Fitzgerald family series. Since then she has published four
more books in this series. She's presently working on book six. You can visit
her online at or www.ebwalters.com.
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