The Immortal Crown: An Age of X Novel, by Richelle Mead
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The Immortal Crown: An Age of X Novel, by Richelle Mead
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The #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Vampire Academy and Bloodline series returns with the second installment in her acclaimed Age of X series. Gameboard of the Gods introduced religious investigator Justin March and Mae Koskinen, the beautiful supersoldier assigned to protect him. Together they have been charged with investigating reports of the supernatural and the return of the gods, both inside the Republic of United North America and out. With this highly classified knowledge comes a shocking revelation: Not only are the gods vying for human control, but the elect—special humans marked by the divine—are turning against one another in bloody fashion.Their mission takes a new twist when they are assigned to a diplomatic delegation headed by Lucian Darling, Justin’s old friend and rival, going into Arcadia, the RUNA’s dangerous neighboring country. Here, in a society where women are commodities and religion is intertwined with government, Justin discovers powerful forces at work, even as he struggles to come to terms with his own reluctantly acquired deity.Meanwhile, Mae—grudgingly posing as Justin’s concubine—has a secret mission of her own: finding the illegitimate niece her family smuggled away years ago. But with Justin and Mae resisting the resurgence of the gods in Arcadia, a reporter’s connection with someone close to Justin back home threatens to expose their mission—and with it the divine forces the government is determined to keep secret.
The Immortal Crown: An Age of X Novel, by Richelle Mead- Amazon Sales Rank: #147030 in Books
- Brand: Mead, Richelle
- Published on: 2015-06-02
- Released on: 2015-06-02
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 6.77" h x 1.30" w x 4.17" l, 1.00 pounds
- Binding: Mass Market Paperback
- 496 pages
Review PRAISE FOR RICHELLE MEAD AND GAMEBOARD OF THE GODS"After years of YA, the author has finally returned to her adult roots with an ambitious (and sexy!) sci-fi outing."- EntertainmentWeekly.com“This brilliant book is a miracle. Think American Gods with the romantic heart of Vampire Academy. What's the point of world-building if you aren't building something and someone to love? I'm in love with every character in this book. How do I know? When I got to the last page I turned to the first and started again, thinking this is why I read.”–Margaret Stohl, New York Times bestselling author of Icons“Vivid world-building, whip-fast pacing, and a layered plot combine to make Gameboard of the Gods a riveting read!”– Melissa Marr, New York Times bestselling author of The Arrivals"The book is fast paced and suspenseful...A promising first book in a projected series."– Booklist“Provocative and dark—Gameboard of the Gods is epic in scale and impossible to put down.”– Kami Garcia, #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of the Beautiful Creatures novels & author of Unbreakable"Why you should read it: ....It's dark, it's fantastical, and the chemistry is just wow!" – USAToday.com Happy Ever After
About the Author Richelle Mead is the author of the international #1 bestselling Vampire Academy series and the Age of X novels. Her love of fantasy and science fiction began at an early age when her father read her Greek mythology and her brothers made her watch Flash Gordon. She went on to study folklore and religion in college, and when not writing, Richelle spends her time drinking lots of coffee, watching reality TV, and shopping for dresses.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful. Really great second installment in this fabulous sci-fi/UF series By Jessica@RabidReads After reading the first two books in this series back-to-back, I was reminded of something that often happens while I’m reading a book by Richelle Mead. I’ve already admitted to loving her, and I do, but oftentimes something, normally just a single thing, keeps me from love, LOVE, L-O-V-I-N-G whatever it is that I’m reading.In Vampire Academy, the books were YA Urban Fantasy, and that brought inevitably adolescent issues. In Georgina Kincaid, it was the whole, “I’m a succubus, and I can’t EVER turn it off,” thing, in Dark Swan it was Eugenie’s last Big Decision that made me see nothing but tears and recriminations in her and Dorian’s future when what she did inevitably came to light, and in Age of X . . . well, in Age of X, I can’t quite put my finger on the problem. Maybe it was the drastic turn the religious observations took from general to specific. Maybe it was the dissatisfaction I felt at the state of Mae and Justin’s relationship when the book ended.I just don’t know.And it’s weird, b/c I REALLY liked this book. A lot. Like couldn’t put it down.The Immortal Crown opens with Mae and Justin checking out an alleged Voodoo priestess in the Bahamas. The priestess is in fact the real deal, recognizes Mae as a fellow Elect, and spouts nebulous and vaguely threatening warnings about a War of the Elect. Mae and Justin head back to their hotel room where they’re attacked by BUGS. Not just any bugs either—SCARAB BEETLES.*shudders*They return to where the priestess is holed-up, thinking her responsible for the attack, only to discover that she is moments from death, having suffered an attack herself. She spouts more warnings about Elect attacking Elect and future wars among the gods, and then dies.Cue ominous music . . .Mae and Justin return to RUNA only to almost immediately depart again for Arcardia, having been maneuvered into the trip by the politicking Lucien, who’s convinced that a successful peacemongering trip there will seal his election win.And once again, EVERYTHING is connected.This is where Mead excels. She flawlessly weaves together a story in which seemingly isolated incidents, casual interactions, and what appear to be coincidences are anything but. And again, she’s subtle. So the most you can come up with on your own, is that something is not right, there’s more to that person then what appears on the surface . . .But you have no clue what’s actually coming.I love that, incidentally.As far as the world-building goes, the most development takes place in Arcardia. We learned in Gameboard of the Gods that Arcardia is RUNA’s neighbor with whom they hold a merely tentative peace. There are constant border skirmishes, and the threat of war looms heavily in the background.And this is where I begin to have problems.Mead states very clearly in the early part of the book, that present-Arcadia bares no similarities with past-southeastern US. That Arcardia is purely the result of a land area turning to religion rather than science in the aftermath of the disease that killed-off half the world’s population, but this simply isn’t true. Arcadia is a horrifically exaggerated version of the pre-Civil War south with some puritanical principles tossed in for fun. And just so there’s no confusion:Pre-Civil War South + Puritan value system = NEGATIVE fun.And of course with Mead there’s no smooth path to romantic euphoria. NOPE. We need to appreciate what we’re given, and by golly, nothing that comes easily is worth having.Pfft.I’m just hoping Mae and Justin work out their stupidity BEFORE the last book in the series.Please, Richelle Mead? Please, PLEASE, can we have a happy couple before the very end? You can even throw all kinds of crap in their happy, little path. As long as it, for the love of the gods, gets RESOLVED, I don’t care. Just let them be TOGETHER.Please?The Immortal Crown is this year’s follow-up to the brilliant debut Gameboard of the Gods in Richelle Mead’s Age of X series. There was more of everything—more gods trying to gain a toe-hold, more places to explore, more secondary characters to love, more sinister villains, more kick-assery from Mae, more brilliant manipulations from Justin, just MORE.And I don’t see it winding-down anytime soon.I still highly recommend this series to anyone interested in mythology-based and futuristic Urban Fantasy. This is one of the good ones. And with so many UF series wrapping-up recently, or in the near future, we all need to be aware of the good ones!
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful. Sloooooooooow beginning leads to a much better conclusion. By Melissa I made one fatal error in my reading experience for this latest book in Richelle Mead's Age of X series ... I didn't re-read Gameboard of the Gods first. Normally I can get away with this, finding a way to catch up with events through the first couple of chapters of a book. Richelle Mead always does a good job trying to catch up her readers through subtle hints in beginning chapters of her series books. She makes a valiant attempt here, but unfortunately it isn't enough. The Age of X series is complicated. There are weird political factors, a convoluted history, and back stories of characters that matter. The first book was criticized for being full of information dumps, and that was true ... but it was necessary in order to figure this new world out. I didn't mind so much. I felt like book one was a setup book, and once we had the information of this complicated world Richelle Mead could turn to creating the type of stories we love in a Richelle Mead book. That's what I was hoping for in this story .. now that I knew what was going on I was ready to get into the actions and emotions that would drive this series. Unfortunately I was lost for a long, long time. Re-reading the first book would have helped A LOT, so if you have the chance, re-read Gameboard of the Gods so that you can jump right in to this story.Still, even once I felt sufficiently caught up in this world the story just fell flat for the first two-thirds of the book. It still had the feel of a set-up book. At this point in a series the set-up needs to be done. It is time to start getting into the meat of a story, and I didn't feel like this happened at all. It was nice enough, but it wasn't enough to really drive me to read. I found myself pushing through simply because it was a Richelle Mead story, not because I was engaged in the book. That is unfortunate. The beginning half of this book was simply okay ... two stars.But things started coming together in the last third of the book. Finally, I could see where all of this set-up was heading. The powers in play were finally making their moves more directly, and Mae and Justin were finally having to make solid decisions ... I HATED many of the decisions they were making (especially at the end), but at least they were taking themselves out of the holding pattern they were in for most of this book. Side note ... DON'T DO IT MAE! DON'T DO IT! NOTHING BUT TROUBLE LIES IN THAT CHOICE YOU SEEM TO MAKE AT THE END OF THIS BOOK! The end of the book gets four stars, and I am seriously excited to see where Richelle takes this story. I have a feeling I am going to be VERY glad that I stuck it out with this series. She has created a bold and ambitious story here, and I think that she is finally hitting her stride with it. I expect to be very rewarded in the upcoming books ... but I will definitely make sure to re-read the first two books in the series before beginning book three. Three stars!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. Solid 2nd book to Richelle Mead's Age of X series By Lethia01 This book was provided to me for free by NetGalley in exchange for an honest reviewThe Immortal Crown is the 2nd book in Richelle Mead's Age of X series. This series features Justin and Mae from the previous book, Gameboard of the Gods. Justin is a government employee that evaluates religious groups and shuts down the ones that appear to be problematic for the government. Mae is a government super solider that's part of the elite Praetorian Guard. She has an implant that boosts her fight skills and adrenaline while numbing her from pain.This book focuses on a story line that was first introduced in Gameboard of the Gods. Mae's sister gave up her out of wed lock child and no one knew what became of the little girl. After the defeat of the Morrigan goddess, Mae was visited by an unknown deity that promised to lead her to her niece. Desperate to rescue her, Mae plead with Justin to go an assignment that he originally declined. Mae and Justin go to the future version of the US South. I believe Montgomery (Alabama?) was referenced specifically in the novel. This futuristic south deals with religious oppression of women where the patriarchs rule. Women are expected cover their bodies to preserve their modesty. Women that are too appealing must completely cover themselves from head to toe. Also, polygamy is prevalent (men with many wives) and you can see how Richelle Mead took aspects of modern religions while never calling out a specific one. While fascinating, this futuristic southern society was horrifying and did a good job of providing a contrast from the government that Mae and Justin were from. A government where religion is controlled and the state's philosophies are akin to the religious morals.Throughout this novel, Mae had the most character development and is really becoming a more "human" character. In the previous book, she felt to me like she was emotionless and very stoic. It was hard to empathize with her character. Some of the best scenes in this novel were between her and Justin as their professional and emotional relationship developed. They were FINALLY communicating and were able to truly act as a team.Justin, my favorite character, got his fair share of screen time in The Immortal Crown. In this book, Justin has a lot on his plate in terms of supernatural occurrences. He is fighting against being indebted to the god Odin while still learning from the ravens that are constantly with him. They give him knowledge of how to protect Mae from others and also how to do nifty things like astral projection. In some ways, it feels like Justin should have been in MORE of this novel. I am VERY interested in seeing where Justin's story will go in the next novel. Justin's preaching of Odin to a group has lasting ramifications since the gods/goddesses in this novel take their strength from belief.I know I'm not mentioning Tessa and her reporter/spy side story but, to be honest...I can't stand Tessa and would mostly skim through her parts. I can see how what she uncovered will have lasting issues but, she's just...frustrating. It's probably just the way that she's written but, ugh.One thing that I'd like to point out is how beautiful this cover is. It really does a good job at illustrating Mae as a character (Nordic and blond) as well as "immortal crown" that is explained in the novel. The art is just so pretty that you could frame it!Last item to note: the infamous Richelle Mead cliff hanger. Well, once you read it, you be STUNNED like I was. The 3rd book won't be here fast enough!!!
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