Sentence 13, Tome 5 : Rivaux Et Représailles (2000) - Plot & Excerpts
I'm so confuses at the end of the book... I want more to example what just happen, it leave more questions than answers. I enjoy the book so must and can not believe I just finish the series!!! I have so must fun marathon through 13 To Life series. I will miss Cat, Max, Alexi, Amy, Jess, and Petir (even Petir annoys me sometime, i will miss him). The series feels like it not finish and it is the last book-but a unfinish book. I think one more book will do or a novelas to answers our questions.-K I am so glad this series is over. It really went downhill the last couple books. This is much less a review and more of a rant (an all over the place, random rant). So be warned.First off, how many times has Jesse been kidnapped now? This chick is in no way a heroine. I love (by love I mean hate) how she had been locked up in a shed and probably stinks and has bad breath, is thrown down a mountain and now has a split lip and is bleeding all over her mouth; but she pulls Pieter in for a kiss and gets all passionate about it. Normally I get annoyed with the simple stinky dirty aspect of it, but she is effin bleeding all over her face, and you're going to make out? Nasty nasty nasty! I had just finished watching the A team movie before reading this part in the book and I thought of the line "Baby, I just threw up, at least let me get some gum." Yeah, at least they know it's gross and can make a joke of it.That was not all. I couldn't stand pretty much everything about Jessie in the book. I hate how she called Pieter 'my Pieter'. What you own him? If he acted like he owned you, you would get all pissy about it. I hated all their cuddling and sissy love talk. I hated how she whined 'I love you' to him every goddamn time he left a room and moaning 'I missed you' every time they saw each other again. STFU you needy ass bitch. I wanted to punch her in the face on numerous occasions. The most being the end when she is bitching about Pieter being a dick to her. How? Just because he's not kissing your ass and worshiping the ground you walk on? Get the fuck over yourself. I was ready to give this book 2 stars until the scene at the end where Jessie kills Gabriel. I get killing Gabriel in self defense. But I was disgusted with Jessie when she even considered killing Marlena. It had nothing to do with keeping herself or the ones she loves safe. She simply considered it because killing her meant the imprint was gone. All she had to do was let Marlena and Pieter have sex. Then the imprint would be gone as it was simply forcing them to pass on their genes. I understand that that is hard to do. But, if they denied the imprint they would make themselves sick, go insane, then die. You are such a jealous, untrusting, selfish, cold-hearted, bitch that you'd rather kill someone (who has a lover in the same position as you but would rather let them get it on and live because he can think of people other than himself, plus he has done nothing but help you and you'd be killing the love of his life in return) then let your boyfriend have meaningless sex with them? She is way worse that Marlena and should go to hell. I hate Jessie. I much preferred Pieter when he was healed and not so damn pussy whipped too. I never liked Amy or Sarah and I don't even recall the other friend's name, so obviously she was forgettable. But, back to Jessie. I also couldn't stand how she called Alexi Sasha. That was a family pet name that I don't think was meant for her. I also hated when she spoke Russian. Speaking of Russian, I hated the plethora of random 'Da' and 'Nyet' and I really hated 'pravada' always followed by 'true.' I am not stupid, I don't need you to tell me the English meaning of the Russian word each time. As far as the other characters, they did nothing for me. Marlena and Gareth are boring, I didn't care much for them. I hated how they called the other wolves in their pack 'the pups'. Pups are babies, kids, these were teenagers. Why did the author make them act like 5 year olds, jumping on the bed, giggling and running to Marlena or Gareth once they came home, the way they talked. Then it said they were enrolling in high school and I was like um WTF? Pieter and Max are both in high school too, ergo around the same age as the pups, but they act way different. Why are the pups so immature? Marlena is supposed to be only a few years older than them too. Terrible continuity in this one. Also, there was no real villain. Dimitri is a poor excuse for one and Marlena pined for Pieter half the book while hating him at the same time. Derek was a proper villain who was sort of in this book, in a way. Gabriel was an attempt at another villain but he was just an annoying punk kid who probably would have turned into a serial killer in 10 years. I used to like the Ruskova's okay, but in this book Cat was pretty much nonexistent, Max was an ancillary character, and Alexi kinda got on my nerves. Speaking of Alexi, I don't get Alexi and Nadezhda. Why do they call each other? Who is she again? He says he never loved her and now she is taken. Were they together in Russia? It may have been said in previous books but I don't remember any of them much. Now on to the randoms. I thought Pieter was a wolf at the beginning of the last book when he met Marlena? If so, why didn't the imprint happen then? I rolled my eyes so far I thought they would come out of my head when I read that they had imprinted. Really, what a blatant rip off of Twilight. I hate how the author makes fun of Twilight (how the wolves tie clothes to themselves so when they transition back to human they have clothing) then rips it off the next (with the whole imprinting thing while still making fun of it by having character say 'That's real, I thought it was only in Twilight?' Jessie reads YA paranormal type books but her sister makes fun of her for it (yeah for reading the exact same genre this book falls under). She even says, "I am fiercely determined that the existence of paranormal romance is a sure sign of the fall of civilization." She is referring to Twilight, but as I said, this book is the same. Twilight is in no way a literary masterpiece, but it was better and more unique than this series. Alexi's mom is in an old folks home and walks with a cane. She sounds like a senior citizen but Alexi is only 23 or 24. So did she have him when she was already menopausal? Doesn't make sense. Pieter and Max both had to wear the special girl repellent necklaces because girls were so attracted to werewolves. But, none of the pups have this effect? None of them are mentioned wearing one. WTF was the reason for Jessie hearing Derek in her head? What purpose did that part of the plot serve? At the end when she shoots Gabriel in the head, which was pretty gross by the way, she says Derek made her do it. How? Why?The last 50 pages were the worst. The characters 'snort' a million times. What are they pigs? They do it when nothing is funny and they are not laughing. Why did this annoy me? I don't know but it did. They all build a cell to keep Pieter and Marlena in. When did they all become architects and construction workers? How the hell do a group of teens and a farmer manage to build a panic room?Marlena is laid bloody and near death on the love seat at the Ruskova's and the point is made that Cat didn't have time to lay down a cloth. A few pages later Alexi and Nadezhda are cuddling on the same love seat? Um ew, covered in blood...really?These are just a few of the unexplained or pointless plot issues in this book that I can think of off the top of my head. I am sure there are more. As I said, the continuity was horrible. So, as you can see, I really have nothing positive to say about this book except that I am glad that the series is over. Whereas I enjoyed the first 2 books, the 3rd went downhill for me and these last two were just plain bad. Perhaps this author should stick with solo books or trilogies.
What do You think about Sentence 13, Tome 5 : Rivaux Et Représailles (2000)?
2.5 this series just went on way too long. Three books would have been plenty.
—Amina
I am not going to finish the last book in the series...I've got to stop...
—Izebelle
This book is perfect for the ending of the 13 to life book series.
—Laura
So did not want this series to end
—trinashifflett
