Reviewed by nitzan_schwarz on
In a lot of ways I think this might have been my favorite of the series (ahemahemNottahemahem) but it also highlighted all the problems I have with the books...
For one, I think Pure Evil nonsense is really passé. I want my villains to be a bit more multi-dimensional than that, and not just evil incarnate. That being said, I do think this is a product of the time it was written, and that there are three more books for the villain to possibly develop more personality and conflict, so here's to that!
It's really formulaic. Every book has Gwen having some Feeling that the reader (aka me) immediately knows is correct but Gwen being confused about. She comes really close to figuring out what's bothering her while the reader screams about all the clues, and then gets near blindsided but what she's been missing all along. Is this was only one book in the series that's fine, but when it's a pattern it's getting quite iffy. Especially since Gwen just needs to listen to her first hunch instead of dismissing it!
The romance is still going down-hill. Logan and Gwen barely have ANY time together, and when they are together it's still angst. None of the fun we had in the first book. Also, it's just so weird that they're "in love" or that people keep saying how Logan is crazy about Gwen. Why are you telling me this instead of showing me???
But I still really enjoy Gwen as a main character, Daphne and Carson as her best friends, Nott and Nyx--be still my beating heart!!--and Oliver. I'm hoping things will get deeper as they get more serious :)
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- 22 April, 2019: Reviewed