First Published: 2010
Paperback
Young Adult, Fantasy
Rating:
This was such a painful review to write, you guys. I was almost 100% sure I would love this book because I really enjoyed the first and then to have this happen... I even held a candle of hope that I'll return to finish this novel when I first wrote this review.
Alas, it was not in the stars.
I WAS BORED OUT OF MY MIND
The one thing I would've never expected in a million years of this books was to be so hella boring. Especially after the last book. Maybe it's me, because even running away from a dragon didn't manage to awaken any excitement in me.
I felt like reading my grocery list would've been more stimulating. Don't ask me why I felt this way when no one else seems to. I just did. I had to force every sentence I read, to try hold down my attention to the book one minute at a time to no avail.
I have no idea what happened. It's far easier for me to pin down what went wrong on the characters front.
I COULDN'T STAND MEGHAN.
Where is the girl I met in The Iron King and when does she come back? Meghan was a brave, kind, clever girl. Now's she's whiny, annoying and stupid? Maybe she's a changeling? 'Cause that would've been one heck of a twist. But something tells me this is too much to hope for.
I want the girl who held her own in an unfamiliar world. The girl who fooled and outsmarted fairies and trolls. The girl who beat Machina. Not this pathetic excuse of her.
Especially not one exhibiting such a fierce case of THE BELLA SYNDROME
Half Summer faery princess, half human, Meghan has never fit in anywhere. Deserted by the Winter prince she thought loved her, she is prisoner to the Winter faery queen. As war looms between Summer and Winter, Meghan knows that the real danger comes from the Iron fey—ironbound faeries that only she and her absent prince have seen. But no one believes her.
Worse, Meghan's own fey powers have been cut off. She's stuck in Faery with only her wits for help. Trusting anyone would be foolish. Trusting a seeming traitor could be deadly. But even as she grows a backbone of iron, Meghan can't help but hear the whispers of longing in her all-too-human heart.
DNF at 50%
Alas, it was not in the stars.
I WAS BORED OUT OF MY MIND
I felt like reading my grocery list would've been more stimulating. Don't ask me why I felt this way when no one else seems to. I just did. I had to force every sentence I read, to try hold down my attention to the book one minute at a time to no avail.
I have no idea what happened. It's far easier for me to pin down what went wrong on the characters front.
I COULDN'T STAND MEGHAN.
I want the girl who held her own in an unfamiliar world. The girl who fooled and outsmarted fairies and trolls. The girl who beat Machina. Not this pathetic excuse of her.
Especially not one exhibiting such a fierce case of THE BELLA SYNDROME
SPOILER ALERT!
