Like I said, though, this isn't a terrible book. I would not suggest reading this book if you haven't read Elixir first, and relatively recently. All sequels walk a fine line between too much and too little when it comes to giving back-story from the previous book(s), and Devoted fell on the too little side of things. I have a pretty good memory for plots, but I'm not always good with names and fiddly details. Another big complaint is that I was kind of confused for big chunks of time because I haven't read Elixir, the first book in the series, for months. Some of them are pretty believable, but Devoted has more than it's fair share of old-school tattooed, scarred, missing-toothed thugs, which somewhat eroded the effect the less over-the-top bad guys were trying for (it's hard to let an author make you feel something when you're choking on kitsch). The dialogue, both internal and between characters, is missing depth, and the wording often seems more like something a classmate of mine would write, and not the wording of a twice-published author.Īs well, her bad guys are kind of ridiculous. The diction, for example, somehow falls flat. Devoted has some fancy twists and turns (and a rather foxy last bombshell). He's been kidnapped by a group that's PO'd he drank the Elixir of Life all those centuries ago, and it's up to Clea to find him before they kill him for it). It's got a pretty cool premise that hasn't been done to death (Clea Raymond has had a star-crossed love affair with her immortal soul-mate Sage for many past lives. That being said, this is not a terrible book. Hilary Duff is an attractive, successful singer, actress and designer, among other things I've probably forgotten it ought to be a statistical improbability for her to also be an amazing author capable of writing fantasy fiction that absorbs the reader and takes them to a brand-new world of possibilities. 'The first thing I would say about this book is that you pretty much get what you expect.

Teen blogger Ella is back with her thoughts on Hilary Duff's latest book Devoted - newly released yesterday.

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