This book. THIS BOOK. You guys, I seriously can't even. It took a re-read for me to be able to form enough words to write a review about it. And even then, I'm not sure this is going to be coherent.
This book starts with a bang, with things developing in my ship--and then coming to a sudden halt. It physicallyhurt, because my little cinnamon rolls are so confused and baffled and I just want to hug them and spell out to them that they're falling in love. And that it's going to be okay.
Even though, let's be honest, it probably won't be. Not sure how Others are going to take a courtyard leader being mated with a human, but that's a worry for some other day.
We have enough to worry about in this installment as it is. Such as two dangerous drugs wrecking havoc among the humans and Others, starting conflicts that end in bloodshed and death and destruction. Mostly for the human side of things.
And the Lakeside Courtyard wants the Lakeside to survive, so they're working in order to end the conflict with the least bloodshed. Not because they personally mind the deaths of humans, but because they now have a human pack of exploding fluffballs in their midst and they will probably mind if such things happen.
Things were a lot easier when humans were nothing but meat...
Honestly, one of my favorite parts (after Meg and Simon's relationship and the small developments in it that gave me life) were seeing the humans interacting with the Others more, especially when leaders from other courtyards came to visit (btw - I love Alan and Charlie. I hope to see more of them!) It was fascinating, and hilarious, and it gave hope for the future.
But I don't really have much hope for the past, because a comment Meg says that kind of went by me the first time I read it made me realize her past might be even more horrific than I thought it was--and I thought it plenty awful before.
*shudder*
And between all the awfulness, this book is funny. Seeing the Others flabbergasted by the humans is funny. Seeing Meg deal with the wolves and the pups is funny. Seeing their day to day interactions, whether it's between Others, humans, or the Others with the humans made for some funny things because they're a family and they tease and they joke and asdfghjkl
THIS BOOK gave me life. Now I need the rest of the series to magically drop in my hands and come to me.
April 18, 2015 Read:
So... I read this awhile ago, and absolutely loved it, but I just never actually got around to writing a proper review for it.
Recording my notes here so they won't be lost :)
*I just want to gush on how amazing this book is.
*My god, Bishop managed to make me finish this in a day, practically in one sitting - it was just as addicting as book 1, if not more!
*MY OTP IS SO ENDGAME I CAN'T EVEN
*Loved the little peek we got of other Courtyard leaders, especially Charlie! I hope we see them all again.
*More of Jean and the controller in this one. It's interesting that we never learn his name, even at the end. It makes him this frighting, supreme entity instead of just another villain. On the one hand I would've liked him to be exposed as the sorry, miserable little piece of shit that he is. On the other... it's quite amazing, because this way Bishop is pretty much saying "humans can be as big a monster as real monsters, if not more so, without having any of the supernatural ability".
*I laughed out loud many times in this installment of the series; especially when the Others were attempting to understand and were confused by the exploding fluffballs! (you need to read the book to understand this reference, but then again, you need to read the whole series anyways).