{Book Review} Analiese Rising by Brenda Drake

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Title: Analiese Rising

Author: Brenda Drake

Series: 

Publisher: Entangled Teen

Date: January 8th, 2019

Pages: 350

ISBN: 9781640635081

Source: NetGalley

Purchase: Amazon

From Goodreads:

When a stranger gives Analiese Jordan a list of names before he dies, the last thing she expects to see is her own on it. Not. Cool. Her search for answers leads to the man’s grandson, Marek, who has dangerous secrets of his own. Both are determined to unlock the mystery of the list.

But the truth is deadly. Analiese is a descendant of the God of Death, known as a Riser, with the power to raise the dead and control them. Finding out she has hidden powers? Cool. Finding out she turns corpses into killers? No, thank you.

Now the trail plants her and Marek in the middle of a war between gods who apparently want to raise an army of the Risen, and Analiese must figure out how to save the world—from herself.

My Thoughts:

Not sure how I feel about this one. There was so much action in the book, but the last few chapters were extremely rushed and I felt completely let down.


All that being said, I did enjoy 95% of the book, and couldn't put it down. I did get a little annoyed at Analiese with how much she thought to herself about leaving the "hunt" and just going home. Marek was amazing and I just wish that my daughters could find someone half as caring as he was. I just can't get past how rushed the ending was. Everything was great, we got a lot of info and some crazy adventures, then bam... Slight fight scene...Death of a side character...Marek leaves... Marek returns...Book over... And all of that was like literally the last 2-4 chapters. I was just like HUH?? WHY?? I need more details!!!

If you don't mind having the endings rushed and wrapped up quickly then pick this one up for the early action alone!

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