The Diary of a Mood Reader

Series: The Escaped  #2 Source: Netgalley   Format: eBook Pages: 210 Genre: New Adult Fantasy Rating: 3.5 Stars Publisher: Diversion Books Release: May 17th 2016 Author's Website Amazon (Kindle)  |  Amazon (Paperback) In Amber Smoke, Kristin Cast introduced her legions of readers to Alek and Eva. Alek, immortal son of the Furies, has been charged to save his home and recapture the souls of the damned, evil creatures who escaped Tartarus into the Mortal Realm. He can't, however, do it alone... Eva has discovered that she has been both blessed and cursed with powers beyond her comprehension. With a destiny to fulfill, she cannot escape the beings who will stop at nothing to destroy her. Now, in Scarlet Rain, the Nosoi—spirits of plague—have been unleashed on the Mortal Realm, releasing a pandemic as clever and adaptable as it is insidious. Alek and Eva must capture and banish the Nosoi back to their Underworld prison—but Eva has yet to harness...

Amber Smoke by Kristin Cast Series: The Escaped #1 Also in the Series: Scarlet Rain Source: Netgalley   I received this book for free, this does not affect my opinion of the book in any way. Format: eBook Pages: 204 Genre: New Adult Fantasy   Rating: 6 Stars Publisher: Diversion Books Release: June 9th 2015 Author's Website Amazon (Kindle) | Amazon (Paperback) There is a world that runs parallel to our own, a world in which the souls of the damned are caged, where they are looked over by the Furies, and where they spend eternity in torment, mirroring the devastation and mayhem they created when alive. Someone has opened the cage. The worst of terrors has crossed the barrier that separates our world from theirs, and the Furies send a great, albeit untested warrior—their only son, Alek—to try to bring those souls back. He is young and handsome, headstrong and impulsive, and he won't be able to do it alone. Eva has grown up, beautiful and beloved, but surroun...