Blog Tour Stop : The Liberator by Victoria Scott
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Title : The Liberator (Dante Walker #2)
Author : Victoria Scott
Publication Date : August 27th 2013
Publisher : Entangled Teen
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Bad boy, meet bad girl.
Dante has a shiny new cuff wrapped around his ankle, and he doesn't like that mess one bit. His new accessory comes straight from Big Guy himself and marks the former demon as a liberator. Despite his gritty past and bad boy ways, Dante Walker has been granted a second chance.
When Dante is given his first mission as a liberator to save the soul of seventeen-year-old Aspen, he knows he’s got this. But Aspen reminds him of the rebellious life he used to live and is making it difficult to resist sinful temptations. Though Dante is committed to living clean for his girlfriend Charlie, this dude’s been a playboy for far too long…and old demons die hard.
With Charlie becoming the girl she was never able to be pre-makeover and Aspen showing him how delicious it feels to embrace his inner beast, Dante will have to go somewhere he never thought he’d return to in order to accomplish the impossible: save the girl he’s been assigned to, and keep the girl he loves.
Personal Thoughts
The Liberator took off right where The Collector ended. I wasn't the biggest fan of the first book in the Dante Walker series, but this sequel right here was an improvement to the first book, because the characters were more profound and the haze surrounding the world-building started to lift off.
For those of you who have read The Collector, you should know by now, how cocky and arrogant Dante was. Some readers, including me, were uncomfortable with his voice because his self-importance was a little too much for them. I'm happy to say that Dante was a much better character in this book. In fact, he almost lost all his over-confident nature, which I was thankful for. Dante has really grown from the first book and seeing his new side was an absolute delight. He was so much nicer and down-to-earth and I began to appreciate him much more as a character. His interactions and budding friendships with the secondary characters was highlight of the book for me. In The Liberator, we also got to see Dante struggling to be good. Although his thoughts were not always what you would called well-behaved, Dante really made an effort to be good and he ended up having to face this inner combat. Watching Dante grow further in this book was highly entertaining. Victoria Scott also went into fleshing out her secondary characters. They were a charming cast, whose different personalities really meshed well together. The author also introduced a new character, Aspen. A lot of readers panicked thinking that the author had implemented a dreaded love triangle into her series, but fret not! The relationship between Aspen and Dante didn't even have a tinge of romantic essence to it. It was simply pure friendship between two people who realized that they were fighting similar demons.
On the romance front, despite Charlie and Dante having expressed their feelings for each other too soon in the previous book, I thought the author progressed it at a beautiful pace in this one. I was worried that too much spotlight would be given to Charlie's and Dante's relationship, but I was impressed by the way she handled it. The romance, for the most part, developed in the sidelines and the moments between Charlie and Dante were entirely too sweet. I loved how they were a pillar to each other and constantly supported each other through their obstacles and difficult moments. Like I mentioned above, the world-building in The Liberator was also stronger. The reader got to learn a lot more about the Liberators and the plot ultimately took an exciting turn which made me impatient for the release of the next book. While this book focused more on character development, I thought it was well-balanced with the progress of the plot-line. There were some interesting revelations regarding the characters and the world-building and I'm eager to find out more in the final book. Once again, Victoria Scott, nailed the male POV. Her writing has that addictive quality to it that made this book "unputdownable" to me. She has also depicted through this sequel that she is a promising author. Although the book didn't end in a cliffhanger, the foreshadowing at the end has me restless for the final installment in the Dante Walker series.
Victoria Scott's sequel was an engaging read that had me hooked from the first page. The development in the characters and the world-building made this a successful sequel for me. I'm loving where this series is heading towards and hopefully, the final book will wind up being even better than this sequel.
Rating
Cover : 3/5
Plot : 4/5
Characters : 4/5
Writing : 5/5
Author Biography
is represented by Sara Crowe of Harvey Klinger literary agency. I have a master’s degree in marketing, and currently live in Dallas with my husband, Ryan. My first series started with THE COLLECTOR, and was published by Entangled Teen in April 2013. The second book in the trilogy, THE LIBERATOR, will release August 2013. My next series kicks off with FIRE & FLOOD and is being published by Scholastic, February 2014.
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Giveaway
Prizes :
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- 1 signed copy of Twilight
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