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| Original Title: | To Hell and Back (Dante Valentine, #5) |
| ISBN: | 0316001775 (ISBN13: 9780316001779) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Dante Valentine #5 |
| Characters: | Dante Valentine, Japhrimel, Lucas Villalobos |
Lilith Saintcrow
Paperback | Pages: 416 pages Rating: 3.86 | 4320 Users | 209 Reviews
Mention Regarding Books To Hell and Back (Dante Valentine #5)
| Title | : | To Hell and Back (Dante Valentine #5) |
| Author | : | Lilith Saintcrow |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 416 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 2008 by Orbit |
| Categories | : | Fantasy. Urban Fantasy. Paranormal. Demons. Romance |
Narration Supposing Books To Hell and Back (Dante Valentine #5)
The pulse-pounding finale to Lilith Saintcrow's urban fantasy series featuring Dante Valentine. Dante Valentine has been through Hell. Literally. Her body shattered and her mind not far behind, she's dumped back into her own world to survive--or not--as a pawn in one of Lucifer's endless games. Unfortunately, he's just messed with the wrong Necromance. And this time she's mad enough to do something about it. This time, the Devil will pay.Rating Regarding Books To Hell and Back (Dante Valentine #5)
Ratings: 3.86 From 4320 Users | 209 ReviewsEvaluation Regarding Books To Hell and Back (Dante Valentine #5)
All in all, this was a satisfying conclusion to the series. The romantic turmoil was kept to an acceptable level, and there were times when I wasn't entirely certain what the outcome of the battle for Hell would be.I continue to enjoy the glimpses of Earth's future, specifically Paris in this book. An afterword finally settled the "how long?" question I've had since the very beginning--that this is 600 years in the future. I like that even after that much time, under the technological, physicalI really enjoyed the first book in the series, the second was all right, but everything went downhill from there. What started out as a smart and tough protagonist ended up a traumatized, battered, weak moron, for all that she had the means to be smart right at her fingertips. The courses of action she should have taken were obvious to apparently everyone BUT Dante Valentine, and after three books' worth of this waffling crap, I was just ready for it to be over. It was tiring more than it was
Lots of action right from the first page, scrambling up from hell and into Jersey. I know. Not much of an improvement, but at least she has friends.This is the last book and it's all about getting herself and Jeph out of the position they find themselves in. Lucifer has a rival. And then there are two rivals. All in all, between the growing factions, the action, and the culmination, it's a pretty fun book. We knew this was where it was headed since the first book. A showdown against the devil.
Love this series of books. Love the Demon, but I'd like to slap some sense into the Necromance. What a self-indulgent child she is. Here she's got this guy (albeit a Demon) who gives up everything - and I mean everything for the love of her, and all she does is whine and bitch about how he doesn't tell her everything. Time and Place girl!! You're in deep doo doo with Lucifer on your tail and unfriendly Demons stacking up behind him trying to do you in - maybe you could just take your Fallen on
Book 5, the last blessed book, in the Dante Valentine series. I found myself skimming A LOT in the this book. I just wanted to see what happened. The writing is frustrating, the characters are frustrating, the action scenes are too detailed. It was an ok-ish resolution for the main story line, but so many side stories were just left hanging. Eh. Kind of frustrated with myself for wasting so much time on it. And annoyed that I just couldn't put these books down and walk away - I just had to know
I would have given To Hell and Back 4 stars, however, I feel that Dante never grew as a character, she repeatedly made the same mistakes, and she lacked common sense.Throughout the story, Dante continuously let people play her left and right which annoyed me to no ends- Japh, Lucas, Leander, Eve, Lucifer, etc. After being deceived and betrayed by her team, ESPECIALLY by Japh, she would never do anything about it except whine. What irked me the most was that over the course of all 5 novels, Dante
Less than satisfying last 5 pages, thus the lack of 5 stars. Otherwise, really good book. I enjoyed this series immensely despite the main character sometimes (frequently actually) being hyper neurotic and annoying as crap. Still LOVED them, how weird is that?
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