Not great, not terrible. It was enjoyable, entertaining. A nice light read. But it didn't grab me by the proverbial balls and leave me transfixed, shoNot great, not terrible. It was enjoyable, entertaining. A nice light read. But it didn't grab me by the proverbial balls and leave me transfixed, shocked, screaming, crying and laughing maniacally. I like to laugh maniacally dammit!
Characters wise, I was also on the fence. They're likeable enough but I found the main characters lacking complexity that I've been spoiled by from many other novels, not in the YA genre. I'm not that seasoned in this genre to be fair. That being said, I did like Rose and Dimitri, Mason to an extent though he seriously needs to whack that jealousy monster off his back. Christian was decent and more complex than most of them. I felt there was more to him than the author provided in this book. And Ms Karp. Ah yes the loony one. No surprise there that I'd like her.
My God the teen drama! Like hello, like seriously like whatever. Ugh. That's all I have to say about that. Okay except one last thing. TONE IT DOWN for Christ's sake.
I made the mistake with this as I've done with many others and watched the films first. It's the common belief that the book is always better. A million times better and that's pretty much right from my experience. This WAS better. But NOT a million times so, in my opinion.
Yes, the film was cheesy at times and when I first watched it I thought it was a spoof. But it had its charm. For one, Rose was funnier. She made me laugh so much. And she and Dimitri had bants that I thoroughly enjoyed, such as the surprise attacks and the handcuff car scene. (Well, that sounded dirtier out loud than in my head.)
In the book there was minimal bants and the passion was bland. Even in the famous love charm scene I was left disconnected and disappointed. It seemed stilted somehow. So whilst I like the possibility of their relationship, it wasn't as interesting as the film had been, even in all its cheesy ridiculousness.
Overall it was decent, fun and a quick read that I've enjoyed enough to want to carry on the series. But it won't be one of those super memorable ones, unless it picks up for me in the next books.
Finallyyyyy! We meet the shadows. Well, in more detail.
But my god it was depressing as fuck. Seriously, this one was just a train wreck you were just Finallyyyyy! We meet the shadows. Well, in more detail.
But my god it was depressing as fuck. Seriously, this one was just a train wreck you were just waiting to happen, watching, and unable to do anything about it. But you just couldn't look away. That's how I felt anyway.
Not the book quality, just the harsh reality that is this story's plot. Death is a bitch, and in this, it comes at just the wrong time.
SPOILERS.
So, after Trez finally finds and wins the woman of his dreams after so long of fucking random strangers in desperation so he can escape the reality of becoming the shadow princess's fuck slave, and just so he can make himself as unpure and dirty as possible (shagging humans is a big no-no in shadow culture)--the woman he loves is sick and dying.
WHY WOULD YOU BE SO CRUEL?? What the shizzle is this?
And it's always the typical cliche in these stories, that because he has a sordid past he thinks he's "unworthy" of a woman of worth's love. A female of worth as they tend to say in the vampire/shadow community. But fortunately that insecurity doesn't last long and he gets over himself. They get together, fireworks, sexy time. And yet another virgin MC. Ha. ha. Yawn. But whatever, I love this series, I love the writing, the complexity. I even love the enormous list of POVs, which most people tend to hate. I don't. I enjoy it, and find it absorbing.
In this book there's, as I said, Trez and Selena, his beautiful but also fatally ill Chosen, who has the Arrest. A disease that basically turns her bones into stone, though she has several attacks of this, where she'd become stiff as a statue and then return to normal. But eventually, the final attack is irreversible, and Doc Jane and crew have to put her at peace, and it was the most depressing and saddest thing I've read in a while. Though Trez took it like champ. Unlike Tohr who was AWOL for about five books or so after Welsie was murdered. Understandably, he'd known her much longer, and she was pregnant so his grief would naturally be much greater. It was interesting to see the difference and to get little insights into how all of the different characters reacted to Selena's death. Hollywood's reaction was the most surprising, but I started to see he had some PTSD induced fear of losing Mary. I'm on The Beast now and still not quite sure why he's being singled out. Something bad is obviously about to happen and it has been brewing since this book.
On other PsOV, there's Xcor and Layla, who are by far my favourite love duo. Because their love is forbidden and secret. He attempted to kill Wrath the King two (?) books ago, and that's left a bad mark on his record, naturally. He's also leader of the Band of Bastards, but Layla has influenced him in such a way that he's softening. He's developed a conscience and he doesn't want to take the throne anymore. She discovers this in this book and there is a passionate but also abrupt moment between them, which was one of my favourite bits. I really want to see what happens with them, but with so much going on it's taking forever to focus back on them more. But that's not to say the distractions haven't been entertaining.
And as for Sola and Assail, COME ON ALREADY. She left the city two (?) books ago and we've barely heard anything from her, and only his increasing coke addiction, business troubles and helping Wrath after a spanking about selling dope to the enemy. Can she please just come back now and save him from himself already? She was obviously regretting it last I saw.
I wrote this review after a couple of weeks of reading it, and I've been reading the series nonstop so sorry if shit is mixed up. I'll sort my reviews out later. Hopefully review all of the books in the series. You can bet your arse I'm reading them again haha....more
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