Forgiven by Jana
Oliver, the third book of the Demon Trappers series was freaking FANTASTIC. You
know how most series progressively get worse with each new installment? Well,
this series is exactly the opposite. With each book, my relationships with the
characters grow and I come to love each one more and more, as it should be.
Forgiven picks up with Riley Blackthorne
and her father, master trapper Paul Blackthorne, being reunited once again. Of
course, Paul is reanimated and has literally sold his soul to the devil. To
make matters worse, a new kind of zombie demon has popped up that is nearly
impossible to kill. Usually, Riley has the help of her frenemy, Denver Beck,
but he is refusing to talk to her because he is mad at her for sleeping with
the Fallen angel, Ori. Oh, and Riley made a deal with Heaven to save her
ex-boyfriend’s life. All she has to do is prevent the coming war between Heaven
and Hell. That shouldn’t be too hard, right? Right?
I
absolutely LOVED the characters in this book. They were all so realistic and I
liked how Oliver spelled the words that they were saying in their accents like
“ya” for “you”(Southern accent) and “verra” for “very”(Scottish accent). First
of all, I loved Riley because I love the name Riley. But besides that, she was
completely relatable. She was not fearless, but she overcame her fears when she
had to. She was also brave when she had to be, but she occasionally freaked
out, but in her situation, who wouldn’t? I know I would have done a lot more
than just freak out. On top of all of that, she was really funny. Next is
Denver Beck, and I adore both his first and last name. He is also really funny
and he’s heroic, so he’s kind of cool. I like him even if I can’t really think
of anything to say about him right now. Hmm.
Anyway, I liked the story line of Forgiven, as well. It was really
surprising and I thought all of the events flowed together nicely; there was
nothing that could have been taken out, then one could read the story just as
easily without it; everything had its place, so I thought it was clever.
Another note on the characters is that they did not fight a needless amount and
they also didn’t fight over the stupidest things; they forgave (but did not
forget), the way normal people would. So basically, the characters were like
real people and not stupid. The supporting characters were entertaining and
really added a lot to the story. I especially loved Master Stuart and Mort. The
only people I didn’t like were the bad guys, but that’s what is supposed to
happen (DUH) so that was good.
Overall, the Demon Trappers series
is incredibly fun and I can’t wait for the next one to come out: Foretold, which comes out in August of
2012. I would definitely recommend this series to anyone and everyone. You will
have a fun time reading not only Forgiven,
but also the first two books, The Demon
Trappers Daughter and Soul Thief.
I LOVE this book and this series! 5 Smileys!
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