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The One Rises #2
Addicted
Since the end of the Great Demon War, Silas has done his best to teach the newly bitten how to harness their abilities and do as little harm as possible. After nearly two centuries, however, Silas is starting to feel like he’s fraying around the edges. He can only hope that the magic that binds him and honor will be enough to keep him one step ahead of those who would see him fail.
- GenresParanormal
182 pages, Kindle Edition
First published April 1, 2013
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Anna Wolfe
16 books9 followersYou know, I always find introducing myself to be awkward so I’m going to keep my bio short and sweet. I’m a college professor with a Ph.D. so new it squeaks. I have a husband, a heterolifemate, and two cats. I’m willing to try any food I’ve never eaten at least once. I have jumped out of a plane (awesome), blown fire (also awesome), learned that having accelerant soak into your sports bra hurts like hell, and am a pagan (please note that this does not mean I’m a satanist).
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October 10, 2013
Callie has found the Bitten and is now learning how to harness her abilities and learn all the things she needs about the world she has found herself in. Some of it is fascinating, a lot of it boring.
But Callie has reached the attention of Phaedron, his group and assorted allies pretty much united in their dislike of Silas – and Callie looks like an ideal tool with which to strike against him. Indeed, even Silas’s seeming growing affection towards Callie may consider it to be a weakness.
Other groups have laid their snares as well, and Edie finds another net laid for her and Silas through one of her close contacts.
Behind it all is the eternal threat of the One – a threat that seems to be encouraging the witches to set their own plans in motion
This is one of those reviews where I want to point to my review of the first book and say “ditto”. This is always a problem of reviewing a sequel when the author is consistent. Like the first book, I found the characterisation, the world building and the writing excellent. The pacing moves well, the story is exciting and intriguing.
Like in the first book, this book has a lot of POV switches, we move from character to character and get their impression of what is happening around them, what they’re involved in and the other characters. Again, I have to say that POV switching is normally something I despise since it forces an almost all-knowing narrator and is often clumsy and repetitive. This isn’t – when the POV shifts it doesn’t rehash what has already been made clear. The POV isn’t used to make grand revelations but nor do we have convoluted situations where characters manage to keep secrets they shouldn’t be able to while we are in their heads. It’s really well written, really finely balanced and really works well. It serves to do an extremely good job of fleshing out all of the characters and making them all strong and with their own agendas.
It also means characters that, in most books, would be relegated to side roles, particularly Edie, don’t. We’re in her head, her viewpoint is as important and powerful as Callie’s – which in turn leads to her having her own story, her own plot line and her own agenda. Even without that, she has her own, clear opinions about Callie, the other characters and the plot that are purely about her, not just as a way to characterise other people. It makes her a major character rather than a support character – which is especially beneficial since she’s a Black woman.
I do think Mark is rather uncharacterised – to a degree that I was surprised by how young he is and had to mentally reset my impression of the character, which means something was missed in the first book, really.
The main difference between this book and Bitten is that we’re moving beyond the introduction phase and doing it well. Even with the POV switches, Bitten was about Callie, her introduction to the new world and her acclimatising to that. Now we have that foundation everything expanded – and expanded well. We have the world building of the Demonridden expanded, the very nature of the One (a big bad, apocalyptic force), explained as well as the motivations of various forces – the witches, Phaedron’s group, Silas. And all of them were expanded in a very sensible way – the history means that none of these groups are pure shining paragons of good any more than any of them are cackling maniacal fiends for the sake of being fiends. There is a depth to the world and the worldbuilding and the shifting POV gains us insight into the motivations and personal histories of each character.
In short, the world is expanding – it’s growing deeper and wider, with history and several parallel plot lines, while at the same time remaining personal to the characters within. It’s a difficult balancing act that is excellently maintained.
Callie is definitely non-neurotypical. I don’t know if her mindset stems from her powers, an underlying mental illness or the years she spent in wrongly-applied therapy and drug treatments, but she has a different mindset entirely that is really well conveyed both through her pov but also through the views of her fellows. Callie is also a complex character, nervous and afraid most of the time despite her immense power, incredibly unsure and insecure – until you push her. And when pushed she’s not just powerful and dangerous, she’s outright vicious, completely merciless and even brutally cruel in defending herself. I feel like she’s so nervous all the time but if driven to defend (or avenge) herself she has no limits.
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But Callie has reached the attention of Phaedron, his group and assorted allies pretty much united in their dislike of Silas – and Callie looks like an ideal tool with which to strike against him. Indeed, even Silas’s seeming growing affection towards Callie may consider it to be a weakness.
Other groups have laid their snares as well, and Edie finds another net laid for her and Silas through one of her close contacts.
Behind it all is the eternal threat of the One – a threat that seems to be encouraging the witches to set their own plans in motion
This is one of those reviews where I want to point to my review of the first book and say “ditto”. This is always a problem of reviewing a sequel when the author is consistent. Like the first book, I found the characterisation, the world building and the writing excellent. The pacing moves well, the story is exciting and intriguing.
Like in the first book, this book has a lot of POV switches, we move from character to character and get their impression of what is happening around them, what they’re involved in and the other characters. Again, I have to say that POV switching is normally something I despise since it forces an almost all-knowing narrator and is often clumsy and repetitive. This isn’t – when the POV shifts it doesn’t rehash what has already been made clear. The POV isn’t used to make grand revelations but nor do we have convoluted situations where characters manage to keep secrets they shouldn’t be able to while we are in their heads. It’s really well written, really finely balanced and really works well. It serves to do an extremely good job of fleshing out all of the characters and making them all strong and with their own agendas.
It also means characters that, in most books, would be relegated to side roles, particularly Edie, don’t. We’re in her head, her viewpoint is as important and powerful as Callie’s – which in turn leads to her having her own story, her own plot line and her own agenda. Even without that, she has her own, clear opinions about Callie, the other characters and the plot that are purely about her, not just as a way to characterise other people. It makes her a major character rather than a support character – which is especially beneficial since she’s a Black woman.
I do think Mark is rather uncharacterised – to a degree that I was surprised by how young he is and had to mentally reset my impression of the character, which means something was missed in the first book, really.
The main difference between this book and Bitten is that we’re moving beyond the introduction phase and doing it well. Even with the POV switches, Bitten was about Callie, her introduction to the new world and her acclimatising to that. Now we have that foundation everything expanded – and expanded well. We have the world building of the Demonridden expanded, the very nature of the One (a big bad, apocalyptic force), explained as well as the motivations of various forces – the witches, Phaedron’s group, Silas. And all of them were expanded in a very sensible way – the history means that none of these groups are pure shining paragons of good any more than any of them are cackling maniacal fiends for the sake of being fiends. There is a depth to the world and the worldbuilding and the shifting POV gains us insight into the motivations and personal histories of each character.
In short, the world is expanding – it’s growing deeper and wider, with history and several parallel plot lines, while at the same time remaining personal to the characters within. It’s a difficult balancing act that is excellently maintained.
Callie is definitely non-neurotypical. I don’t know if her mindset stems from her powers, an underlying mental illness or the years she spent in wrongly-applied therapy and drug treatments, but she has a different mindset entirely that is really well conveyed both through her pov but also through the views of her fellows. Callie is also a complex character, nervous and afraid most of the time despite her immense power, incredibly unsure and insecure – until you push her. And when pushed she’s not just powerful and dangerous, she’s outright vicious, completely merciless and even brutally cruel in defending herself. I feel like she’s so nervous all the time but if driven to defend (or avenge) herself she has no limits.
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July 20, 2016
Addicted is book two of The One Rises series by Anna Wolfe and continues on with the adventures of Callie, Mark, Eddie, and Silas. In this episode, Callie finds out a lot more about the history of the demons and the Great Demon War.
Callie’s powers are growing and Silas is struggling to teach her everything she needs to know. We also get to meet Dyshawn, another Bitten, as Callie and Silas travel to his clinic to help diagnose a mentally ill person affected by demons. The climax fight is one that will stick with you!
As always, Callie is such a kick-butt character that I can’t wait to get to read more about her. We get to see more of Mark, Edie, and Silas as well. Mark’s temper gets him arrested. Silas, as always, is keeping secrets. Edit and Dyshawn’s past relationship is revealed and we learn more about where she comes from.
But it’s the demons that are the biggest threat, and they’re willing to do whatever it takes to bring down Silas and his crew.
Callie’s powers are growing and Silas is struggling to teach her everything she needs to know. We also get to meet Dyshawn, another Bitten, as Callie and Silas travel to his clinic to help diagnose a mentally ill person affected by demons. The climax fight is one that will stick with you!
As always, Callie is such a kick-butt character that I can’t wait to get to read more about her. We get to see more of Mark, Edie, and Silas as well. Mark’s temper gets him arrested. Silas, as always, is keeping secrets. Edit and Dyshawn’s past relationship is revealed and we learn more about where she comes from.
But it’s the demons that are the biggest threat, and they’re willing to do whatever it takes to bring down Silas and his crew.
July 2, 2013
Fantastic series. Love the "world" that Anna has created, it just draws you in. I can't wait to find out what happens in the third installment.
September 16, 2015
not as good as the first one, but still solid. at least some of the characters own their actions, which is unusual.
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