KitsuneBae
Written on Jan 1, 2015
By the lords of the Underrealm, what happened to Haden? As far as I can remember in Into the Dark (Book 1), I was ready to sacrifice a couple of my stuffed bears to get the guy. He was just so funny and adorable that I can’t help but root for him. In this book, however, I felt like I was reading about another Haden Lord. Might have been his twin or his Jekyll persona. The thing is, the Haden Lord in Eternity Key is subdued, timid, angsty, and plain boring. Nothing like the Haden in the first book. Remind me again who this guy is.
At least, Daphne Raines was consistent but her internal monologue about Haden, her father, and the future ahead of her became too excessive for my taste. I’m just glad that she stayed focused on her goals and never fell prey to the clichéd entrapments of love against all odds.
Anyway, aside from the slow-placed plot, what I really disliked about the Eternity Key is that the increase in the number of major characters was done haphazardly. Why should I care for Lexie or Tobin or Garrick or Dax? Sure, they’ve been introduced in the first book but the problem is that they didn’t manage to grab my attention. And The Eternity Key just started like they were all friends who have survived an apocalypse because suddenly, they’ve become so close. And I couldn’t see any reason why Tobin was given his own POV when all he ever thinks about is his lost sister, Sarah, who didn’t even have an important part in the story. She could have just died and no one would even shed a tear. Why? Why? Why?
Regardless of my complaints about The Eternity Key, I still felt that it deserves the 3 star rating. The twist at the ending completely blindsided me. And I hope that Despain will use such set up to make the third book a worthwhile read. Garrick, congratulations. Haden, your hands will be full but I hope you will recover your humor.
