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Shadow Heir (Dark Swan, #4)
by Richelle Mead (Goodreads Author)
by Richelle Mead (Goodreads Author)
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bookshelves: books-i-hated, books-with-stupid-annoying-heroines, disappointing-end-to-series
Dec 30, 11
bookshelves: books-i-hated, books-with-stupid-annoying-heroines, disappointing-end-to-series
Read from December 26 to 27, 2011
I'm absolutely disappointed with this book. I feel sort of betrayed that Richelle would choose to end it they way that she did. An ending like that would be enough for me to drop an author altogether and the only reason I won't is because I'm way too invested in her VA world to drop Bloodlines.
This is strike two against Richelle's end of series. The way LS ended was sort of disappointing but there was the excuse that things would be explained later in the spin-off. I don't fail to see the irony that her most successful end of series was with Succubus and that series wasn't even great in my opinion.
It is Richelle's style to make her heroines with flaws. I get that and I accept it, even though they make me cringe and roll my eyes several times. What I don't get is building an expectation like Richelle did in Iron Crowned to just divert the story to a totally different direction. If you are expecting a confrontation between Eugenie and Kiyo, or any real confrontation involving Eugenie, Dorian, Kiyo, and Mayween, well, sorry to disappoint but it doesn't happen. (view spoiler)
You will also see Eugenie in yet another quest to defeat a bad guy that honestly, I didn't care about. The entire book felt like a filler and the matter that everyone really wanted to see resolved only got addressed at the end of it and I have to say, it was lacking. Okay, there were a couple interesting twists that I didn't see coming but they weren't enough to save the book. And the ending was so ridiculous and senseless that I can only assume Richelle wrote the book while pregnant and the hormones addled her brains.
This is strike two against Richelle's end of series. The way LS ended was sort of disappointing but there was the excuse that things would be explained later in the spin-off. I don't fail to see the irony that her most successful end of series was with Succubus and that series wasn't even great in my opinion.
It is Richelle's style to make her heroines with flaws. I get that and I accept it, even though they make me cringe and roll my eyes several times. What I don't get is building an expectation like Richelle did in Iron Crowned to just divert the story to a totally different direction. If you are expecting a confrontation between Eugenie and Kiyo, or any real confrontation involving Eugenie, Dorian, Kiyo, and Mayween, well, sorry to disappoint but it doesn't happen. (view spoiler)
You will also see Eugenie in yet another quest to defeat a bad guy that honestly, I didn't care about. The entire book felt like a filler and the matter that everyone really wanted to see resolved only got addressed at the end of it and I have to say, it was lacking. Okay, there were a couple interesting twists that I didn't see coming but they weren't enough to save the book. And the ending was so ridiculous and senseless that I can only assume Richelle wrote the book while pregnant and the hormones addled her brains.
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Dec 27, 2011 09:34pm
I wish you know who had gotten what they deserved, too. :/
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I think if she was going to write a spin-off we would have heard it by now. She even shortened the series by one book. I know that this was her least popular series and because the publisher ordered a spin-off of VA, she probably cut it short for that reason. She is also a new mom, so I understand that she doesn't have as much time to write two different series. However, it doesn't justify the ending of the book unless there was another book planned. I don't think a spin-off would fix this mess, only another book about Eugenie would. And if Richelle does write a spin-off of this series, I probably won't read it.
Michelle wrote: "I think if she was going to write a spin-off we would have heard it by now. She even shortened the series by one book. I know that this was her least popular series and because the publisher ordere..."
Ugh, I agree. She did the same thing with VA but it's honestly not working for me.
Ugh, I agree. She did the same thing with VA but it's honestly not working for me.
Midnight_Kiss wrote: "Michelle wrote: "I think if she was going to write a spin-off we would have heard it by now. She even shortened the series by one book. I know that this was her least popular series and because the..."I think the main reason I'm still engaged in her VA world is because I can't get enough of Adrian. I think he is brilliant. Dorian had a bit of Adrian in him so that is why I also liked him.
Who makes a decision based on some random guy introduced halfway into the last book? At some point I was asking myself if the main character forgot she had newborns
Tracey wrote: "Who makes a decision based on some random guy introduced halfway into the last book? At some point I was asking myself if the main character forgot she had newborns"Yes, she was a poor excuse of a mother. Call me selfish, but no way in hell would I leave my newborns alone in a hospital to go save a bunch of people I didn't know. She had no maternal instincts whatsover.
The fairy had lived well enough without her help before, now it seems they can't go two steps outside their houses without Eugenie's help. Give me a break.
