Emaan
This book has its character faults. Mostly in the form of Evelyn Fairfield, she is a questionable character using the power of Aspen's name when it wasn't a life or death situation just as Cobalt had done with Amelie. I cannot comprehend how she got away with some of the most questionable things scathe free and I think Tessonja has become a better author since but I can't help hating Evelyn as our protagonist. She is nothing like fiesty Gemma or the kind hearted Ember. I just cannot with her.
Edit: I seriously hope Kai begs Paedyn for forgiveness in the next book. Begs and begs and feels intense, bone crushing, heart blistering guilt for everything that happened to her. Both throughout her life and by the hand of his father. They also have to be endgame. I have high hopes for Lauren and Reckless!
I have either never felt pain like this before or it's another one of my nightmares.
I must admit that this book never held my attention at the start, I swear it took on and off reading for roughly an hour to scrape 29 pages. But, I do like to say that some of the best books have the slowest, most boring starts that can kill anyone if they focus too hard. This, combined with complete and utter confusion, can lead to wanting to give up but that was not something I could do. After reading the first ~100 pages of Dance of Thieves and my siblings graciously picking out Powerless for me I knew I had no chance of a DNF until I was well into the hundred or so pages of the book.
And turns out I was wrong. Again.
A boring start can trick the best of us and we are left very impolitely with a sad ending that makes you feel as though you've had you're heart ripped out. They say “a life for a life” and who knew that could be so true. A 14-15 year old Kai killed Paedyn's father, whether he was unsuspecting or not to who the guy was it most definitely happened. A present day Paedyn Gray thinks the king has killed her father only to be told by him, and realise for herself, that it was her precious Malakai. An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, a life for a life. Paedyn kills the king. Payback. Heart-wrenching payback.
I don't know how to come back from this, especially with Kai going back to chase his official hunt as enforcer. But do not get me started on Kitt, I hate him with a passion.
4.5 stars!
Ahhhh, I've finished the Lunar Chronicles. I feel like this series has become a huge part of my life and I wish it didn't. Very stupid to get attached to a book series.
Although I loved the series, some stories in this book were subpar and I wish they weren't. But the ending was beautiful, downright amazing!
3.5 stars!
I don't quite know what to rate this book, it wasnt as bad as people suggested but there were holes in the storyline as well as a lack of world-building. It was clearly enough to be published by Penguin Random House but I don't know if it is enough.
For a quick read, it was far from bad. For romance, it could have been a slight bit better. For a plot, the overall plot was good but felt too short. I feel as if things were missing, yet, don't know what. The characters aren't the best, nor are they the worst. All I can say is that Violet is falsely advertised as a morally grey character, unless it depends on how you look at the situations where she compulsively lied. If the book were around 100 pages longer or the plot stretched over 3 books rather than two, it may have been more enjoyable.
I imagined myself rating this 5 stars but I'm not quite sure anymore. I wish it ended with a Cress and Thorne moment but I guess it isn't always possible. Without all of that, it is a 5 star read.
This is by far the best book in the Lunar Chronicles, I absolutely LOVE Cress and Thorne.
Carswell Thorne is an amazing character, I really liked his easy going nature since he was introduced. But even with an awkward Cress he manages to treat her right and the banter is just amazing.
They made me laugh and cry a good amount of times. They are lovely and I NEED more Cress and Thorne moments.
I found this book better than the others. 5 stars easily!
This book was beautiful and I had just been waiting for Nesta's story. It was blantantly different to that of Feyre, I wasn't so interested in Feyre's story after A Court Of Mist And Fury but stuck with it for other characters (Nesta and Azriel tbh).
I loved how Nesta's improvements were measured against the 10,000 stairs, it was really symbolic and pretty awe inspiring. Going from a terrible drunk to this formidable warrior, who has finally learnt to show her love of people. One of the realist character arcs I've ever seen
Update: Now that I've finished my re-read of acotar, I can now say I'm due to change all the ratings accordingly because they seem wrong to me
Update: Now I'm changing the ratings, I realise this is solidly in the 4 camp since I don't ever go to 4.25 stars and I refuse to rate it up
Two words: Absolutely breathtaking!
This book was a whole ride between Ellis and Easton, it went through their time when they were younger as well as their current day story.
A book of heartbreak and hope, a book where the two misunderstood misfit children are brought together only to fall apart years later.
I love this book with all my being for how real it was, it was real and the pain felt was everything. It was encompassing and had me hooked.
RR#1: I love love love Ellis and Easton, their story is beautiful and I feel like I relate to Ellis a lot. My world is so small, just in one area and I would love to see the whole expanse of the Earth, from where I live and back.
Easton and his poetry is so lovely, as someone who writes and loves words, his poetry was a welcome sight and Easton's of the world deserve to do as well as he did.