Entice Cover?

I was surprised when I got on Goodreads today and looked at the third novel in the Need series by Carrie Jones, Entice. THERE'S A COVER! So, I went back to Carrie's blog to see if I missed it, but there was no post. So I'm thinking it could be a non-official-early draft. But it looks SO good! Here it is for your viewing pleasure. It looks really great next to the other two covers.

Captivate

author: Carrie Jones

published: January 5th 2010

series: Need (book #2)

publisher: Bloomsbury

format: hardcover

pages: 273

genre: fantasy

The following synopsis comes from Goodreads.

Zara and her friends knew they hadn't solved the pixie problem for good. Far from it. The king's needs grow deeper every day he's stuck in captivity, while his control over his people gets weaker. It's made him vulnerable. And now there's a new king in town.

A turf war is imminent, since the new pixie king, Astley, is moving in quickly. Nick nearly killed him in the woods on day one, but Zara came to his rescue. Astley swears that he and Zara are destined to be together, that he's one of the good guys. Nick isn't buying it, though Zara isn't as sure -- despite herself, she wants to trust the new king. But it's a lot more than her relationship with Nick that is at stake. It's her life -- and his.

My Thoughts:

The Cover:

I really like this cover; I think I like it more than the cover of Need. I think that, having read Captivate, the cover works really well with the story. It's beautiful!

The Book:

It took me a little while to finally get into it. I don't know why, because it was action packed from the beginning! But once I finally got into it I couldn't put it down. I read most of it in one day and throughly enjoyed where Carrie Jones took the characters.

I sort of wish I had reread Need because as I started reading Captivate, I found myself trying to remember what happened in Need and where it left off. I quickly began remembering things and even more as I read on, but it might have been beneficial to read Need again! (I try to do that with sequels)

Zara is forced to make important decisions that effect her future and the lives of others around her. She is selfless and tries to do everything for everyone else, which is admirable. She goes through so much in this book in so little time and it's amazing how she keeps herself together and ready to go the next step.

There are new characters introduced in Captivate that really add to feeling that things are changing. We also see a bit more of Mrs. Nix, whom I love dearly! Devyn and Issie are ever present and add a bit of normalcy to the story. Issie goes through things that are completely normal for teens! And that brings the reader back to the feeling that this story could happen. It's full of normal people going through paranormal events.

I feel that this was a good sequel. Not as good as Need, but definitely a great follow up, and even better set up for what is yet to come. Which there hopefully is something else coming, and soon.

Four out of five stars.

Need

The following synopsis of Need by Carrie Jones comes from her website.

Zara collects phobias the way other high school girls collect lipsticks. Little wonder, since life’s been pretty rough so far. Her father left, her stepfather just died, and her mother’s pretty much checked out. Now Zara’s living with her grandmother in sleepy, cold Maine so that she stays “safe.” Zara doesn’t think she’s in danger; she thinks her mother can’t deal.

Wrong. Turns out that guy she sees everywhere, the one leaving trails of gold glitter, isn’t a figment of her imagination. He’s a pixie—and not the cute, lovable kind with wings. He’s the kind who has dreadful, uncontrollable needs. And he’s trailing Zara.

My Thoughts:

The Cover:

At first, I wasn't a fan of the cover and I had not planned on reading it after I saw it, but then I read about the story and I decided it was right up my alley and the cover has since grown on me. It represents the story well. The gold dust is an important part of the story and I love that the cover has it on the girl's eyelid. The trees on her neck are also an important aspect in that, the words are were she is most vulnerable. The title is PERFECT. I wondered what it meant, if it really meant anything at all, and it does.

The Book:

Zara (like Sara but with a 'Z') is a phobia fanatic that is dealing with her stepfather's death. He was the one to raise her and is the only father she's ever known. She not only loses her father, but she loses everything about her life when she moves to Maine to live with Betty, her stepfather's mother. (I love Betty) Zara quickly makes friends with two underdogs that are simply lovely, Issie and Devyn, and of course the resident hottie, Nick. Nick is not only a "cool" guy at school, but he's friends with the underdogs which makes him that much more likable.

Zara knows all kinds of phobias and recites them to get through tough situations, and I liked that. I think phobias are totally interesting and to learn more while reading a fun and creepy fantasy novel is pretty awesome.

I found myself wanting to read while I wasn't and thinking about this book after I had finished. I am eagerly awaiting the sequel, Captivate.

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I think I like this cover even more than Need. I find that fact that the gold dust is coming out ofthe eye even cooler than her lips being gold dusted.