I told Tom I didn’t feel anything…Īt the end of the second book, The Chase, Jenny becomes a different person. The electricity he carried around with him flooding into her, tingling in every nerve ending. Or maybe this kind of thing was too strong for memory to be anything but a shadow of it. She thought she remembered how it was with Julian, how it felt to be kissed by him. I loved the alternating between her facing off against Julian and succumbing to his charms. She goes from the girl who lives to please others and follow Tom to this strong character who can stand equal with her assertive boyfriend and face off against Julian. In The Chase Julian becomes more romantic while retaining his unpredictable villainous ways and Jenny becomes awesome. Smith had ended with the first book ( The Hunter) with Jenny and her crew escaping the house, Julian would have just been a smoking hot villain. He’s manipulative and cruel but he has one redemptive quality: his love for Jenny who is everything light and good. She goes from refusing him outright to an overpowering connection growing between them. Not the best way to get your girl–pulling her into a scary mansion, trapping all her friends and then being like oh hey btw I’ve loved you for a long while.Īs I read through though, I became fascinated along with Jenny. “Because,” he said, “I’ve fallen in love with you.” He was looking at her with eyes like the sky on a November morning, one corner of his mouth turned up. “So this was all–set up? But why me? Why are you doing this to me?” Jenny could feel hysteria tugging at her again. Gotta admit, when I first read this it was a little creepy.
He’s drawn to her and her light and will win her, no matter what. But it’s totally not a vampire) who has watched her from a far for years. He is a supernatural being (I won’t tell what kind, it’s part of the plot. But Julian doesn’t intend for them to win because his motive behind all of this is that he wants Jenny. Julian has them in the game and to get out they have to make it out the door at the top of the house. Jenny starts freaking when one of the dolls turns out to look like the boy from the store but goes along with the game rules, which involves chanting a promise that they know what they’re doing and what they’re playing. They set up the game, a Victorian paper house they have to construct, paper dolls they have to make look like them and slips of paper where they draw their deepest fears. When you first meet them, you figure you’ve just got some stock characters but they all will surprise you. But anyway she takes the game home, her parents head out and the crew comes in: Dee the empowered karate girl, Audrey the worldly rich girl, Michael the comic relief, Summer the sweet Barbie doll, Zach the introspective photographer and BMOC Tom who Jenny adores. You see her grow into a kick-butt heroine). Which is probably as good an idea as hopping into an unmarked white van but Jenny is a little damsel-like at the beginning. How often do you meet a ridiculously handsome guy with bright blue eyes, white-blond hair and dressed “all in black in a weird combination of cyperpunk and Byronic poet.” He sells her a mysterious game in a white unmarked box and then sends her on her way. Jenny’s a little tongue-tied at the young man’s appearance. (:D 😀 :D) (Please excuse my excessive fangirling.) She heads into the bad part of town, runs into some creepers and escapes into a mysterious game shop. His birthday comes up and Jenny has spent so much time helping her friends that she forgot to arrange something special. We start out with our sweet, kind and beautiful Jenny Thornton who lives her life helping her friends and being attached to the hip of her boyfriend Tom. It took a few chapters for me to get pulled into the vortex but once L.J. And also books that suck you right on in. It seems that I’ve been in the mood for the books with bad boys later.
Our heroine and her companions are pretty darn awesome and I won’t shirk on describing them but the driving force of these novels is our villain/anti-hero Julian, the Prince of the Shadows. The kind of good where you know that if you have to move somewhere for a year, this will be one of the favorite books you bring along for comfort. The kind of good where you have to go back and re-read the passages that make you swoon. What’s up with that? Sorry guys, winter is really kicking my butt.)Īnd then I saw the above copy which contains all three Forbidden Game books ( The Hunter, The Chase, The Kill) in one at Borders for $10. (Hey Ally, speaking of, you haven’t posted in almost a month now.
#JULIEN FROM THE FORBIDDEN GAME SERIES#
This one I got from a review on Forever Young Adult and I’ve been looking out for the series ever since.Unfortunately it’s been checked out of my public library for at least three months now. I’ve learned of a few books and series from other blogs.
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