Mari
Incredibly beautiful and unique way to tell a story about belonging, chosen family and being comfortable in your own skin.
Incredibly beautiful and unique way to tell a story about belonging, chosen family and being comfortable in your own skin.
What a melodramatic rollercoaster ride and I enjoyed every minute.
Dr. Sloper is the coldest, unmoving monolith of a father. No one is spared from his articulate and analytical observations, not even his sister, Mrs. Lavinia Penniman, or his daughter, Catherine.
The things this man said about his daughter gave me chills. With a father like that, who needs enemies.
I wish he would've pointed his ruthlessness at his sister a little more because my goodness! That woman was hilariously insufferable. I almost threw the book down a few times when she wedged her nose where it didn't belong countless times, and still thought herself a hero to lovers everywhere.
What a fun read with meticulous insight into the rules of social class and finances of the time.
What a melodramatic rollercoaster ride and I enjoyed every minute.
Dr. Sloper is the coldest, unmoving monolith of a father. No one is spared from his articulate and analytical observations, not even his sister, Mrs. Lavinia Penniman, or his daughter, Catherine.
The things this man said about his daughter gave me chills. With a father like that, who needs enemies.
I wish he would've pointed his ruthlessness at his sister a little more because my goodness! That woman was hilariously insufferable. I almost threw the book down a few times when she wedged her nose where it didn't belong countless times, and still thought herself a hero to lovers everywhere.
What a fun read with meticulous insight into the rules of social class and finances of the time.
I expected more resolution in this book but it was just filled with more loose ends.
The late nights Violet spent researching solutions were tedious and really slowed the overall pace of the story. Apparently, we couldn't find this information out any other way, even with a mind reader on the home team. (More on that later.) Despite all that time together, Dain and Violet's relationship remained unresolved.
Aretia and the warding component was an interesting world-building addition. The dragons and gryphons coming together was also interesting enough. Cat and Violet spent a while trying to kill each other with some brutal emotional manipulation, so their beef was resolved way too easily.
Then, Xaden disappeared for huge sections at a time and the reasoning seemed weak. Maybe his character was inconvenient to the plot with his ability to read minds? Once a character becomes too powerful, some plot twists don't hold water. Extra note: Violet has two signet because she has two dragons, but why does Xaden have two signets if he only has one dragon? Violet spent so much time wondering about Xaden that I almost put the book down.
Finally, the change in POV in the end was so jarring left on a terrible cliffhanger. All I wanted was some modicum of closure for something, anything.
Despite the all the unresolved things, I enjoyed seeing Violet and her siblings come together, charging totems, and every scene with Andarna.
This book was entertaining enough but I won't be reading the next one.
I expected more resolution in this book but it was just filled with more loose ends.
The late nights Violet spent researching solutions were tedious and really slowed the overall pace of the story. Apparently, we couldn't find this information out any other way, even with a mind reader on the home team. (More on that later.) Despite all that time together, Dain and Violet's relationship remained unresolved.
Aretia and the warding component was an interesting world-building addition. The dragons and gryphons coming together was also interesting enough. Cat and Violet spent a while trying to kill each other with some brutal emotional manipulation, so their beef was resolved way too easily.
Then, Xaden disappeared for huge sections at a time and the reasoning seemed weak. Maybe his character was inconvenient to the plot with his ability to read minds? Once a character becomes too powerful, some plot twists don't hold water. Extra note: Violet has two signet because she has two dragons, but why does Xaden have two signets if he only has one dragon? Violet spent so much time wondering about Xaden that I almost put the book down.
Finally, the change in POV in the end was so jarring left on a terrible cliffhanger. All I wanted was some modicum of closure for something, anything.
Despite the all the unresolved things, I enjoyed seeing Violet and her siblings come together, charging totems, and every scene with Andarna.
This book was entertaining enough but I won't be reading the next one.
I expected more resolution in this book but it was just filled with more loose ends.
The late nights Violet spent researching solutions were tedious and really slowed the overall pace of the story. Apparently, we couldn't find this information out any other way, even with a mind reader on the home team. (More on that later.) Despite all that time together, Dain and Violet's relationship remained unresolved.
Aretia and the warding component was an interesting world-building addition. The dragons and gryphons coming together was also interesting enough. Cat and Violet spent a while trying to kill each other with some brutal emotional manipulation, so their beef was resolved way too easily.
Then, Xaden disappeared for huge sections at a time and the reasoning seemed weak. Maybe his character was inconvenient to the plot with his ability to read minds? Once a character becomes too powerful, some plot twists don't hold water. Violet spent so much time wondering about Xaden that I almost put the book down.
Finally, the change in POV in the end was so jarring left on a terrible cliffhanger. All I wanted was some modicum of closure for something, anything.
Despite the all the unresolved things, I enjoyed seeing Violet and her siblings come together, charging totems, and every scene with Andarna.
This book was entertaining enough but I won't be reading the next one.
I expected more resolution in this book but it was just filled with more loose ends.
The late nights Violet spent researching solutions were tedious and really slowed the overall pace of the story. Apparently, we couldn't find this information out any other way, even with a mind reader on the home team. (More on that later.) Despite all that time together, Dain and Violet's relationship remained unresolved.
Aretia and the warding component was an interesting world-building addition. The dragons and gryphons coming together was also interesting enough. Cat and Violet spent a while trying to kill each other with some brutal emotional manipulation, so their beef was resolved way too easily.
Then, Xaden disappeared for huge sections at a time and the reasoning seemed weak. Maybe his character was inconvenient to the plot with his ability to read minds? Once a character becomes too powerful, some plot twists don't hold water. Violet spent so much time wondering about Xaden that I almost put the book down.
Finally, the change in POV in the end was so jarring left on a terrible cliffhanger. All I wanted was some modicum of closure for something, anything.
Despite the all the unresolved things, I enjoyed seeing Violet and her siblings come together, charging totems, and every scene with Andarna.
This book was entertaining enough but I won't be reading the next one.
This is my first Evelyn Waugh book and I did not expect the wildly modern twists or turns from a book published in 1934.
Tony and Brenda's relationship was so tedious at first--socialite babble--I almost quit. Then, the this crazy train really picked up speed.
By page 132, I already gaped and gasped a few times, but then a few pages later I had a dark laugh when Jenny Abdul Akbar said, "Little Jimmy."
Waugh's dark sense of humor and keen insight into Society life rivals Julian Fellowes. I'm a fan.
This is my first Evelyn Waugh book and I did not expect the wildly modern twists or turns from a book published in 1934.
Tony and Brenda's relationship was so tedious at first--socialite babble--I almost quit. Then, the this crazy train really picked up speed.
By page 132, I already gaped and gasped a few times, but then a few pages later I had a dark laugh when Jenny Abdul Akbar said, "Little Jimmy."
Waugh's dark sense of humor and keen insight into Society life rivals Julian Fellowes. I'm a fan.