Embrace the Night by Joss Ware
Series: The Envy Chronicles #2
Published by Avon
Published on: February 9, 2010
Genres: Dystopian, Science Fiction
Pages: 383
Format: eBook
Source: Purchased
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Everything they knew is gone.
From the raging fires, five men emerge with extraordinary new powers. They must learn how to survive this dark, ravaged world . . . but they cannot do it alone.
Simon Japp will never forget his violent past. But when civilization is all but destroyed, he sees his chance for redemption. Blessed with a strange "gift," he's determined to help the resistance against the Strangers, the mysterious force that stalks them at every turn. He can't afford to get distracted, even by the stunning, soft-spoken woman fighting by his side . . .
Sage Corrigan has learned to be careful where she places her trust. But she sees something good in Simon, even if he can't see it in himself. Posing as lovers to infiltrate a group key to their fight, they find that their staged affection soon develops into a desire that will leave them fighting for their lives in the night eternal . . .
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Dystopian books and I have finally clicked and I have been reading lots of them lately. This one by Colleen Gleason, writing as Joss Ware, was the second in this series about a small group of men that get sealed in a cave in 2010 and wake up fifty years later. The world they knew is gone and in it’s place is a world that was devastated by earthquakes, tornadoes, high winds, and it all culminated with most of the population dying. The group found their way to Envy in the previous installment. Envy was once called NV for New Vegas, as in Las Vegas, and now it’s become known as Envy. The inhabitants mostly live in one of the high rise hotels, one of the few that survived mostly unscathed. Now it’s sitting pretty close to the Pacific Ocean, since the far western part of the United States is now gone. Even the weather has changed and Nevada is now tropical. World building is close to being the most important element in this book, as much as it was in the first installment, however, the romance is still center stage.
While the world building is beautifully done by the author, as before, my favorite was the romance and characters. Simon was once a lethal henchman for a powerful crime boss, and was on the run from him when he entered the cave in 2010. He hated himself, and what he had become, and the drugs he used to just get by. Now is his chance to reinvent himself-if he can get past how horrible of a man he was in the past. Sage is a super smart, tech savvy, beautiful young woman who is working to get an underground internet installed in the area, along with her best friend, Theo, and his brother, Lou. It has to be underground because of the Strangers- people that are immortal and have a crystal embedded in their upper chests. They have power, nice cars that actually run, and live in huge homes away from Envy. Theo and his brother Lou also have an extremely interesting back story. To make things even more interesting, Theo is in love with Sage, and not about to let some new guy(Simon)steal her away from him. Not that Sage is his either.
The main character in the previous installment, survived with the gift of healing. Simon has his own new ability, one that he’s not telling anyone about-so I am not telling it either-except to say, it’s one of the best super powers ever! It’s very much needed for this group that are working underground against the Strangers. It’s good versus evil in this new world. And I haven’t even mentioned the zombies!
If you haven’t discovered Colleen Gleason’s work yet, you should really check her books out. I have enjoyed every book I have read by her. They are filled with action,life and death moments, and more importantly, romance. Thankfully, she has quite a large body of work so I will definitely be continuing on with more of her work in the future. I highly recommend this series to adult paranormal romance fans, and even urban fantasy readers will find something to like about this series. Fantastic read!
FYI, original title was Embrace the Night Eternal
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I’m Lorna and I live in Maryland. Since retiring, I spend my time mostly reading and reviewing books. My favorite reads are Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy, and Young Adult. I read a lot of indie books in addition to traditionally published books. Favorite paranormal creature? Vampires, but I am really liking werewolves more everyday.
Embrace the Night sounds great, Lorna, and I love dystopians, so of course I added the whole series to my TBR shelf. You are such a bad influence on me 😀
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Oh, I hope you love them as much as I do. They really are different 🙂
Oh yeah, I remember you reviewing the first one and I thought it sounded great. This one does too. Glad it’s going to be a strong, engaging series. Thanks, Lorna!
This author,Colleen Gleason is just great. I have read books in three different series by her and they have all been good reads so far. Thanks!
Lorna recently posted…Review: Embrace the Night by Joss Ware (@Mollykatie112, @colleengleason)
I’ve also been in one of these streaks lately. I just finished Wool and for some reason, I seem to crave it when I’m looking for shows on Netflix. I definitely would like to see how great this series is, because I can tell that I’m going to enjoy it. Especially with your mention that romance is its strong suit.
This is the fourth dystopian series that I have read or am reading.That’s not so many but two of the four have been in the last month or so. I am really liking them. And yes this series is described as dystopian romance 🙂
Lorna recently posted…Review: Embrace the Night by Joss Ware (@Mollykatie112, @colleengleason)
Oh great review Lorna, I love all the books you read, you always make me want to pick them up as well.
I could say that about your reviews as well Ali:) And thank you!
Lorna recently posted…Review: Embrace the Night by Joss Ware (@Mollykatie112, @colleengleason)
I really like the sounds of this one. Plus, that cover is excellent. Thanks for the great review.
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Thank you! It really was a good read 🙂
Lorna recently posted…Review: Embrace the Night by Joss Ware (@Mollykatie112, @colleengleason)
I like the original title better
Well I got the titles messed up. The original title I mention is really what it was released in the USA and the one I used was how it was released overseas.
Lorna recently posted…Review: Embrace the Night by Joss Ware (@Mollykatie112, @colleengleason)
I’m glad you’re having a great time with this series. I’m late with all of them. One day I need to read book 2 in the Gardella one.
You are the reason I found these books! So, thank you 🙂 I think you would really like the Gardella ones as you go along. They really get so good.
Lorna recently posted…Review: Embrace the Night by Joss Ware (@Mollykatie112, @colleengleason)
Woot..guess what..I have book one on audio and hope to listen to as soon as I am done Calamity! I am excited that book two was good 🙂
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Oh, I hope you love them! or like…I am really enjoying them. I will be excited to hear what you think 🙂
Lorna recently posted…Review: Embrace the Night by Joss Ware (@Mollykatie112, @colleengleason)
I have yet to read a book by her yet but I do want read one! I think you have given me another reason to seek her work out.
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Oh, I hope you try one. I already have the third one ready to read at some point 🙂
Lorna recently posted…Review: Embrace the Night by Joss Ware (@Mollykatie112, @colleengleason)
Dammit! You know I want to know what power Simon has!! This series sounds so good, and I’m glad you are enjoying Dystopian’s Lorna!
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Hehe I’ll never tell! Hope you get a chance to try one of these someday:)
Lorna recently posted…Review: Embrace the Night by Joss Ware (@Mollykatie112, @colleengleason)
I’m glad you’re continuing to enjoy Gleason/Ware, Lorna! I’m really wanting to dive into the Gardella series but I’m also curious about this one. The world building is really interesting (Nevada is now tropical?!?) and I don’t mind one bit that the romance takes center stage. I really want to know how Sage handles the situation with Simon and Theo. Men! *ha* And since Beyond the Night is only $1.99, guess what I just one-clicked! 😉
I don’t mind that the romance is center stage either-I am all about romance-well not always. I think you might really enjoy these Brandee and of course the Gardella series is even better in my opinion 🙂
Lorna recently posted…Review: Embrace the Night by Joss Ware (@Mollykatie112, @colleengleason)