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The Divine #4

by M.R. Forbes

My name is Landon Hamilton.

I’m in hell.

I was sacrificed to save the world, and imprisoned with the very thing that sought to destroy it.

It wouldn’t be so bad, except the love of my afterlife is stuck here with me, and the monster in this cage has all of eternity to make us pay for shutting him down.

Even worse? Our only hope of escaping this torment rests with the vampire who set it loose to begin with.

I hope it was worth it.

Genres: Urban Fantasy, Fantasy, Werewolves, Vampires, Angels, Magic, Demons

343 pages, Kindle Edition

First published February 5, 2014

About the author

M.R. Forbes is the author of a growing number of science-fiction series including Rebellion, War Eternal, Chaos of the Covenant, Stars End, and the Forgotten novels. Having spent his childhood trying to read every sci-fi novel he could find (and write his own too), play every sci-fi video game he could get his hands on, and see every sci-fi movie that made it into the theater, he has a true love of the genre across every medium. He works hard to bring that same energy to his own stories, with a continuing goal to entertain, delight, fascinate, and surprise.

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Reviews

[Perene · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book because of all the cliffhangers in the last book of the series, also the series has not let me down so far, and i wasn't about to leave a good book unread. This book was already downloaded on my iPad too.

Plot Line:
Landon and Charis' relationship has really grown on me and i really didn't know if it would work out. At first i thought Landon and rebecca would be together again, but Charis came into linden's life and they fell in love. When Landon and Charis were trapped in the box, their pain really caused me to want to stop reading, but keep reading at the same time to see if they could finally escape. The fact that Charis and Landon could only remember was if they stayed alive long enough upset me, like when the very first scene happened, Landon had no idea what was coming, but after a couple of scenes, (the gunman one0 they started to gain their memory, The gunman was "the Beast. i knew it was him, though it has taken a little while to realize. It seemed as if every time we played this game the memories returned faster." This told me the difficulty of being hunted, but not knowing by who until after trying to survive for as many hours as possible.

This book's significance is that it shows people not to take your loved ones for granted. Landon had to learn that the hard way by seeing Charis and his fake daughter die before him or be tourtured before him hundreds or thousands of times.

337 pages

[Mike · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was an excellent conclusion to this series of books; let's call it a closing of a chapter in the main character- Landon's- life. The story was very well done; the only draw back I've found is when you've read these books; once in a while a character, an important one no less, pops up and it's been such a while since you last read about them that you have to think back to who that character was and what role they played in the story so that you could make sense of what was happening. It was interesting though how the author made this story into a sort of supernatural "spy" book. By that I mean, there were characters you thought you could trust, only to have them betray the good guys constantly and some of the "bad" guys ended up being more trustworthy than the good ones which added depth to the books but also made it a tad confusing at times. I wasn't too t hrilled with the ending that was chosen but stories have to end somehow and no ending is "perfect" no matter how it is written so I won't let that take away from the quality of the entire series.

[Merinereads · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gefiel mir tatsächlich nicht ganz so gut wie die anderen Bände.
Ich weiß nicht ob es an Rebecca lag aber ich tat mich diesmal ein wenig schwer mit dem Einstieg. Auch kam mir dieser Band irgendwie...mysogynistischer vor als die anderen? Ich weiß nicht ob es mir vorher einfach nicht so aufgefallen ist oder ob es an dem anderen Cast liegt aber es gab schon ein paar Sprüche die ich nicht so toll fand, vor allem Elyse wurde mehrfach sexualisiert weil sie anscheinend hübsch ist und alle kommentieren müssen wie sexy sie doch ist etc... ._.
Die Kapitel mit Charis und Landon haben mir mehr Spaß gemacht, wobei die Geschichte insgesamt gegen Ende hin richtig gut und spannend wurde.
Tendenziell fand ich es auch eine sehr interessante Idee Rebecca zu redeemen und es hat ein paar echt interessante Konstellation gebracht, ich mochte sie nur einfach nicht sonderlich. Am Ende hat sie was cooles gemacht aber ansonsten hat sie mich nicht besonders interessiert.
Ich bin auch schon sehr gespannt auf den nächsten Band, gerade was Landon und Sarah betrifft und wie die Geschichte jetzt weitergeht nach dem großen Ereignis am Ende diesen Bandes.

[Eric Duchinsky · Rating 3 out of 5]

MIA

The 4th book in this series ( now up to 7?) wraps the story arc of the first three. Tying up the plot and laying the groundwork for an ongoing universe vie for attention in this meh offering. The writing continues the author's entertaining style. The existential universe and main character's angst threatens the 'balance' (apologies to anyone reading this) needed to root for the hero.

[Joan E. · Rating 5 out of 5]

My rating and recommendations have not changed from book one through to the end of book four. Great character development. Thought provoking premises. Not necessarily good for everyone but you have to determine that for yourselves. As for me, I am ready for book five.

Maybe I should try another of M. R. Force's series while I assimilate what this one suggested. If you do read this, keep an open mind.

[Maggie Deaton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not the end....but a new beginning....?

Everything has changed, shifted, and rearranged itself. Will the balance now settle into being and life move forward? Or will be power players move in to skew the balance yet again? And who will retire what must be for the universe to continue existence?

[Jamie Lewis · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought it was a decent read though I personally liked the first 3 books better. Can't quite put my finger on why I feel this way but it may have to do with the fact that this one just seemed much slower paced than the others.

[Robert Mckillop · Rating 5 out of 5]

The story from another angle, brilliantly done

Told from the Soul of a spirit we thought lost to hell, a masterful twist in the tale of Heaven, Hell and the rest in between and left behind...

[DaNela · Rating 5 out of 5]

All of the twists and turns and plots...it was hard to see where it was all going but in the end, it all came together. My favorite in the series so far.

[Daleios · Rating 3 out of 5]

**SPOILER ALERT**

***** - Enjoyed & Would Read Again
**** - Enjoyed
*** - Not Bad
** - Didn't Like
* - Didn't finish

Disclaimer: Even though this review is open for everyone to see due to the nature of GoodReads. Please note that this review / notes are just for my own personal use and shouldn't be taken as a genuine review

THE WORLD

THE CHARACTERS

Dante:

Mr Ross:

Landon: main character

Rebecca: Vampire

Josette: Angel

Obi: Landons contact and helper

Olmex: Landons demon

THE STORY .

The story starts where Landon and Charice are stuck in the box with the beast, he is constantly pursuing them and everytime he catches them he kills them in ever more horrific ways, and then the whole process restarts, this is happening over and over again with no concept of time outside the box.

Rebecca who we know has been in spirit from since she was killed has been watching landon and knows he is trapped and son tries to help him escape. she does this by possesing mortals and makingg her way to a group called the nicked creedom who collect eveything to do with the divine and demons. this is a group of mortals that landon went to in the last book. There Rebecca teams up with a girl who is a really good fighter.

Sarah, Olmex and Dante have the box, Dante tells them that they must take it to the hadron collider at cern to destroy the box forever. However Rebecca overhears and so steals the box because she wants to free Landon and not kill him by destroying the box.

She meets up with Obi and they make there way to a Demon that has previously helped Landon to try and translate the script on the box. He tells obi and Rebecca that they must take the box to a Jinn.

Meanwhile back in the box Ross is like a God being able to alter anything hee wants and when he wants. Ross creates a child for Landon and Charice which he can use to torture them more by killing her in fornt of them.

However Landon and Charice soon realise that their daughter isnt controlled by Ross, she is a manifestation of thier power and so their daughter starts to help them over come Ross. Landon slowly realises that he also has pwer in this place and starts to use it against Ross.

The Nicked Creedom want to use these 3 speciasl swords with the box to destroy all of the divine.

Normal humans have started changing into divine and demons, Dante and Rebecca believe that this is due to the beasts power leaking out of the box and turning the mortals into divine.

Rebecca goes to one of these newly turned angels to try and retrieve one of these swords that she can use to free landon and keep the beast in the box.

the nicked creedom manage to get the sword off this bloke first and they exercise rebecca and send her spirit flying out to sea and it takes her a couple of days to slowly travel back and try and find Obi.

Landon finds a "Shade" which is a projection of the angel that originally trapped the demon abadon in the box, to keep the balance that means that there is also a shade of abadon in there too. Ross captures Charice and tries to lure landon to him. However ross will see him coming from a mile away. Landon goes to abadon to try and get him to help him defeat the beast. He offers to help but not before showing him the truth.

Abadon shows landon how the beast came to be. he looks exactly like landon back in his other universe. he tried to keep the balance but failed and resulted in the entire universe collapsing. then "Malice" one of the angels that helped landon, and the one who helped lucifer defeat the beast in the first place turns up and is angry at ross for his failure. it is then clear that malice is also from this other universe and is just as powerful if not more so than ross.

eventually back on earth rebecca and the others find the 6 blades and plunge them into the box. this allows rebecca to go into the box and help landon. landons new understanding gives him more power and he shoots charice. this means that the power that was split between them is now consolidated within landon and he uses this to fight malice, who has killed ross and took his power. Malice is just about to defeat landon when rebecca distarcts him and allows landon to defeat him.

landon then takes both the beasts and malices power and becomes almost as powerful as a god. Charice begins to heal but she doesnt want to live without the Child that she has grown attatched to in this place and she is happy to die knowing that they have stopped the beast. Landon lets her die and then retreats with his new power to contemplate what it means to have this power.

MY THOUGHTS

[Ashley · Rating 5 out of 5]

Now has become a classic series. Brilliant.

Start at Book 1 and give it a chance. That first book is the weakest but the concepts are great. The writing improves dramatically after then- not that it was bad, just moderately decent. I expect great for a five star rating, and book 4 delivers. Good versus evil, angels and demons, ghosts and spirits. The series has them all and with a flawed protagonist that you cannot help but admire. The series has gradually become more about life, than just a fabulous adventure. A mark of a truly great series.

[Suzie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great instalment. Not as fast paced as the previous book but still a well written and enjoyable just the same. It did feel like the end of the series though at the end, what with the character wrap ups in the epilogue sand so it will be interesting to see where the next and last book takes us. Could it be a step to far? Time will tell.

As I've previously said, a great series, especially when taken as a light read in between heavier epic fantasy series.

[Virginia DeBusk · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good wrap up

very pleasantly surprised after being sadly disappointed over the first three books. however, wrapped up the beast conflict nicely. still not a re-read but I enjoy the character development and plot actually kept me adequately entertained. the back and forth of point of view was annoying but I understand the "why". was a good free read.

[Becky · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the conclusion of The Beast storyline. I did find parts of it to be sad but I guess everything can't always be sunshine & rainbows...especially when good and evil are involved. I think I'll read more books from this world.

[christina burgtorf · Rating 4 out of 5]

Action and adventure

This series is full of action and adventure. You definitely want to start at book one. M. R. Forbes looks at our concepts of good, evil, and most importantly...balance. Don't expect a deep look...that's on you. But, he does get you thinking.

[James · Rating 2 out of 5]

The first three of this series were fun enough to keep me interested. I think the third was my fav. This one lost me though. I'm out.