Did you read TANTALIZE and love it? Maybe you haven’t even heard of it. Either way it doesn’t matter. ETERNAL is set in the same world as TANTALIZE, but takes place earlier in the timeline. Completely different characters grace the pages of ETERNAL that you will grow to love. Reading TANTALIZE first isn’t necessary, so in February when ETERNAL hits the shelves run to the bookstore and get your copy.
Miranda is a quiet and shy typical teenage girl.
Zachary is her Guardian Angel (GA).
Miranda has no idea Zachary exists.
Over the years of keeping watch over Miranda, Zachary has fallen in love with her.
Their status quo interaction completely changes one night in a creepy cemetery. Miranda’s best friend Lucy drags her to the cemetery to meet some guys for an exciting night out. Miranda doesn’t want to be there in the first place and lags behind until she is lost. As Zachary watches Miranda stumble through the darkness, he sees she is about to step into an abandoned open grave. Knowing she’ll probably fall and break her neck, Zachary does the first thing that comes to mind in order to save her – he reveals himself by yelling for her to stop and illuminating himself using his angel light so she can see where she is walking.
Two things happen simultaneously.
1) Michael, the arch angel, appears and strips Zachary of his wings and his ability to become ethereal for breaking the rules and revealing himself to humans.
2) Miranda is attacked by a vampire and taken away to be the current Dracula’s princess heir.
With Zachary stuck wandering the mortal world and Miranda a vampire princess how in the world is he going to protect her now?
ETERNAL was a fast and enjoyable read. The pages fly by and getting to the end comes too soon. The third book in this series is called BLESSED and the characters from both TANTALIZE and ETERNAL will cross over and I for one can’t wait to see what happens when they meet.
I can’t wait for this book to come out! I really want to read it.
I haven’t read TANTALIZE, but this one sounds pretty fun.
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After reading TANTALIZE, I was eager to have more of that world in my hands again. I cannot wait for this book and now have yet another to add to my TBR pile.
Both are thumbs up reads! I read TANTALIZE when it came out, and just finished the ARC of ETERNAL. Wow!
The violence in this one was rather disturbing. The vampires aren’t at all conflicted about killing people.
This book sounds really good, but I read Tantalize and I pretty much hated it, so I’m reluctant to try this one.
To be honest I just began reading it and am nearly halfway through. I’m finding it not as enjoyable as I hoped and a tad boring, I liked Zachary more than I liked Miranda, though I felt no real connection to the characters, almost like Miranda lacked any feelings. I don’t mean to seem harsh, but I’ve read a lot of books and when I pause and stop reading, I know something’s wrong. Though if you want a good read about angels, in my opinion ‘Fallen’ by Lauren Kate and ‘Hush, Hush’ by Becca Fitzpatrick are really good XD
will i have to read Tantalize to understand Blesed? i cant find tantalized at any book store near me! ;(
I haven’t read BLESSED so I can’t say for sure, but since it brings the characters from TANTALIZE and ETERNAL together, it would be best to read them both. Karin
im not too fond of eternal it drags on and becomes predictable one doesnt really have 2 read the book 2 understand whats happening in the last few chapters -i mean i didnt- and as stated one doesnt feel in any way connected 2 the characters marinda is cruel and zach is just hopeless in my opinion the book is rather bland and is a pointless read
I thought this was interesting, but it was a little too much like twilight for me… I also didn’t find it very gripping, I just couldn’t stay into it…
Good, thanks! Maybe you can do a follow up post about it?
It was a great book, though sort of confusing in the beginning.
i love it
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I have read tantalize, do I have to read Eternal to understand whats going on in Blessed?