279
pages
Ugh…
where to start… Ok, a lot of people seemed to get angry over the last book. I
really liked the last one for the most part. This one though… I had trouble
getting through it. Part of it might be because I am not a huge fan of time
travel and messing with timelines (everything being different is a pain in my
ass, makes keeping character arks in check difficult, and over complicates the story line). Part of it is just the vastly different tone of this book. I loved
how lighthearted and breezy this series was. Don’t get me wrong, I read a lot
things that are dark and heavy, but I expect it going in. I feel like completely
changing the books and their overall feel can be a pretty big slap in the face
to the readers. I was ok with going along with it all in the last book because
it still carried some of the lightheartedness I expect out of Betsy, and change
in a series can be a good thing
(after all, when each book is almost exactly like the last a series can start
to drag). This book? There was almost nothing lighthearted about it. I get it,
she writes for herself, I do to, but I feel like there are some lines you have
to not cross. If she wanted to write something serious and heavy she should
have started a new series. I am going to stick with the series only because I’m
invested. I don’t have the ability to walk away without knowing what happens. I
will say that I am pretty disappointed with how this is going. I sincerely hope
before the end the series can redeem itself… otherwise I will have to remove
this series as one I highly recommend to other people.
I feel
like I can’t give anything in regard to character development because none of
them are what they started as. I think it’s kind of a cop out to just give
yourself a complete do-over when you want to see a character in a situation you
took away from them instead of either realizing the moment is gone, or taking
the character through a process of realization and change.
I’m
pretty disappointed right now, and not really looking forward to the next book…
Rating:
♥♥
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