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Book Review – The Eternity Road by Lana Melyan

January 31, 2017
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The Eternity Road by Lana Melyan
Series: The Eternity Road, #1
Published on June 1, 2015 by CreateSpace
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy, Paranormal
Pages: 376
Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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On her eighteenth birthday, Amanda has a dream that feels strangely lifelike. When Amanda recounts the experience to Melinda, the faithful housekeeper who has looked after her since her mother’s death, she assures her it’s meaningless, with no significance at all. But Melinda isn’t telling Amanda the truth.

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Craig, the older brother of Amanda’s friend Hanna, has loved Amanda from afar for years. But a deep secret, going back centuries in time, keeps him from ever making a move.
When Melinda, who has a secret of her own, tells Craig about Amanda’s dream, it changes everything between them. Two vampires posing as men are pursuing Amanda, and Craig is devoted to keeping her safe. Luckily Craig and his sister are Hunters, the only supernatural creatures able to defeat the evil beings.
Craig and Hanna will do anything to protect Amanda, because they know that their friend has a special mission … even though she doesn’t have any idea of what’s happening around her or who she truly is.

Review

This book is about Amanda, who has been befriended by the sister and brother, Hanna and Craig. It was all normal until she turned 18. She had a huge crush on Craig but he never seemed to notice her. Then suddenly, Hanna and Craig begin to act somewhat strange. Unbeknown to her, they’re Hunters.

Ok, before I talk more, let me enumerate first what kind of people or characters this story has.

Hunters – a group of individuals who were given immortality and power to destroy and kill monsters, like vampires, werewolves and the likes. They are given those powers to hunt these monsters in order to save mankind.
Vampires – mostly the same as what we know of; they can’t come out when the sun is out, have pale skin, can’t get inside uninvited and the likes.
Werewolves – the same of what we know of too; have the ability to shapeshift into a wolf on a full moon, can turn other people once bitten, etc.
Witches – unlike most stories likes to depict, in this story, witches are the one’s helping the Hunters by summoning them if there’s a monster attacking or if they know something. They come in handy too with their spells.

There’s also some individuals that can teleport other people to different locations. I wasn’t able to catch what they were called (or maybe it wasn’t mentioned) since they were only introduced in its final chapters, plus their exposure was limited.

This story started with the present, but it soon split the time between present day and some flashbacks which totally answers all my questions. During the first chapter, nothing was really explained, like why Hunters were created, what other things they can do, why and how their book was stolen and the likes. I’m usually irritated about time shifting but surprisingly for this one, it was great. Well, if you ask me which one I like, it was the flashbacks, *wink.

Honestly, I’m still in total shock after reading this story that I am still thinking what to write and what to say about it. The suspense and the secrets are killing me. The revelations weren’t introduced in bulk but it still makes me have an information overload, like if I move I’ll explode. I always love stories about vampires and witches but I have to say that this one is kind of new. I would have liked it more if the vampires are the good guys (yep, The Vampire Diaries totally corrupted me haha) but surprisingly I am still loving it, I really do.

The idea of having a black sheep in the family and becoming the mortal enemy is not new but I still kind of enjoyed it, but sleeping with the vampires knowing you were made to destroy them is kinda creepy lol, unless they’re as gorgeous as Nina Dobrev haha sucker. I always love romance, but I’m not sure I love it in this story. I love Craig’s love story with Eleanor but all the Hunters (well, except Riley) having their own lovelife was kind of predictable, especially Ruben’s.

I really enjoyed this story, but there were times that it’s hard to picture out some scenes. Like it’s a foreign book that was just translated to English, which is also the reason why there’s some spelling errors and some naming errors, like instead of Melinda, it becomes Melanda.

For the characters, well, all was totally fine with me. They’re all convincing, especially the good guy turned bad, Fray (sorry for the spoiler). For Craig, well, I haven’t recall a time that I squealed because of him, but I don’t hate his character. Well, I like all the Hunters, even Fray at first. Next is Eleanor, well, at first I was really having doubts about her character, but as I read more, I learned to really like her. But unlike Eleanor, I really hate Amanda. Prepare yourself because there’s another spoiler coming, haha. Amanda is Eleanor’s reincarnation but I can’t see any Eleanor vibe in her. I hated her guts, like she’s the stupid character I’ve ever known, well, next to Anastasia I guess. She keeps on making stupid decisions and I just hate it. Luckily in the ending, Eleanor is finally back. Yay!

I was really convinced that I will be giving this story a 4-star rating, but after all the revelations and the “somewhat” happy ending for Craig and Eleanor, I am giving it a 4.5 star rating instead. Can’t wait for the next book!