![]() ![]() All sides are playing a dangerous game, with deals and fake deals among different opposing sides making it all seem a little confusing, but Day makes it pretty clear what's going on. ![]() Things reach an explosive climax that showcases Day’s action writing. We find out a bit more what happened in that Garden of Eden and Satan's plans for everything. We see the machinations of the archangels as they jockey for power, Reed's jealousy of Alec achieving what he's been working toward for so long (yet another reason for animosity between them), and Eve finally gets to meet the parents! Yes, we actually get to meet Adam and Eve (to avoid confusion, Day calls her Ima (I'm not sure if that's another Biblical name for her or something Day just uses, but it does help) and they are interesting characters as well. The growing gulf between Eve and Alec pushes her closer and closer to Reed, while Alec desperately tries to contain the growing darkness within and keep away from Eve. That said, the rest of the plotting and characterization is spot on. Not because it offended me, but just because we already know he's the epitome of evil. Personally, I found the whole thing rather obvious and wish Day had left that scene out. The casualness with which he treats the whole situation is supposed to give added emphasis to what a despicable entity he is. In such a charged atmosphere, I suppose it's only fitting that one of the scenes denoting how evil Satan (“Sammael” in the book) is depicts one of Hell's mindless female denizens gratifying him while one of his chief demons watches. Not only is there some in Eve of Chaos (Marked, Book 3) (and the entire series), but the language is highly sexualized as well. Once again, I have to warn readers who don't like explicit sex in their books to stay away from this series. Why do things have to get so complicated? Then there's the return of their parents to this world, which just might be what Satan was trying to manipulate all the while. At that level, Cain can no longer feel the love that she so desperately treasures meanwhile, Abel is trying desperately to show her that he wants more than to just sleep with her. Meanwhile, she's torn between the two original brothers - her mentor, Alec Cain, and her handler, Reed Abel - and things have become even harder since Cain ascended to become the Archangel leading the North American front corporation of God's demon-hunting apparatus. He's put a bounty on her head, and every low-rent demon in the greater Los Angeles area is now gunning for her. ![]() Since she killed Satan's favorite pet in the previous book, he has even viler plans for her than he already did. Life as one of the "Marked" (basically God's bounty hunters) would be making her tired if her enhanced abilities allowed that to happen. If Day can keep up this quality, she'll have this reader for life.Įvangeline Hollis (Eve) is not having a good time. The ending indicates (as has Day herself) that this is going to be an ongoing series. ![]() While a continuation of the first two books, this definitely isn't a trilogy. Those who didn’t like the first or second book shouldn't even bother reading this one - it doesn't get any better, either. Fans of the first two (like I am) can take heart in the fact that there is no drop in quality. Day, is much the same as the first two books, which is both good and bad. WARNING: here there be spoilers for the first two books in the Marked seriesĮve of Chaos (Marked, Book 3), third book in the "Marked" series by S.J. ![]()
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