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ReviewPages: 488
Category: 17: Takes place over at least a year
How it fits: Takes place over 2 years (Rune is 14 at the beginning and the book ends when she's 16)
ReviewPages: 312
Category: 12: Published in the 2010s
How it fits: 2018
ReviewPages: 371
Category: 11: Read a book from an author you've read before
How it fits: Read 3 other books by this author
ReviewPages: 368
Category: 6: "Back" in text
How it fits: Page 65, "I could see her feet moving
back and forth down the hallway..."
ReviewPages: 439
Category: 29: "Reward" in text
How it fits: 39%, "Kilroy's scowl was better than any
reward."
ReviewPages: 493
Category: 11: 9 in page count
ReviewPages: 323
Category: 28: Character's last name starts with R
How it fits: Nate Reyne
ReviewPages: 334
Category: 12: "Experience" in text
How it fits: 13%, "like she's been burned and figured out through firsthand
experience that the best way to avoid it..."
ReviewPages: 314
Category: 6: Two characters have an important talk
How it fits: Felix and Lucy talk about their relationship when Felix comes to Lucy after he fired her
ReviewBuddy readPages: 560
Category: 30: Ends on a cliffhanger
How it fits:
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ReviewPages: 101
Category: 22: 0 in page count
Chapters 46 - 59
(view spoiler)[ Usually, with a reveal like that, I’d try to push through the next book just to find out what’s happening with the plot, but I hate Scarlett.
Something seemed to finally be happening with the plot but at the same time, it was Scarlett who was trying to piece things together and she was keeping everything a secret.
Scarlett was the worst part of this book for me because of her double standards when it came to lying/omitting. Maybe other aspects of her character were good, but I couldn’t look past this. Sorin omitted things in the previous book and Scarlett was talking about how she hated him and how he shattered her. Meanwhile she does the same thing (except in my opinion she also lies about her research and doesn’t just omit things) and Sorin either doesn’t react or when he does say something about it, she basically tells him to get over it. Not to mention her lying and hiding her real purpose for going back to the mortal lands as well as the Blood Magic books.
I didn’t really care for Talwyn at the beginning but after Scarlett’s behaviours and then Talwyn getting her own POV, I think I would have preferred Talwyn to be the main character in this series. I’m not sure what the situation with Tarek will be but I liked her with Azrael.
(hide spoiler)]I’m sorry, I thought this series was going to be great but I really don’t like Scarlett so I’m probably not going to continue onto the next books.["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>
Chapters 31 - 45
(view spoiler)[ I don’t really like Scarlett so even though I like the other characters and even the hints of a plot, a lot is from her POV or about her. As well as the fact that she complained about Sorin’s omissions and yet she’s doing the same thing now, how is she suddenly all powerful and in control of all her abilities? Also her being adamant that she wanted nothing to do with the throne and yet suddenly she’s fully in the role.
I’m not a fan of how there are leads or things they could be doing to figure out what’s going on in the mortal lands, but nothing is really being done about it. Also, it feels like a lot of the characters know a lot (Oracle, Nuri, Talwyn, Hazel) but it’s not being talked about or used so that Scarlett, or maybe even Sorin, can be the one to discover it all.
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Chapter 37
(view spoiler)[ How is it Sorin’s fault again? She hasn’t told him what she’s been researching and I completely agreed with everything he said to her.
Her suddenly teleporting to the Witch Kingdoms was so random and once again, Sorin has to scramble to help her and make sure she’s okay.
I’m not finding many things to like about Scarlett.
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Chapters 16 - 30
(view spoiler)[ I didn’t really care for the conflict. Everyone (even Sorin’s Inner Court who feel like they’ve just met her because their friendships weren’t shown as they grew) instantly sides with Scarlett and Sorin is suddenly awful. He was jealous when he talked about her going to the mortal prince but I didn’t see that as him calling her a whore.
Also, Scarlett has tried once to comfort him and turned the whole situation around to make it about her anyway while he’s constantly going after her, giving her space while still being there for her, making not the smartest decisions because he’s desperate to find her and yet it seems like he’s treated more severely when he made a mistake.
On the other hand, it doesn’t seem like Sorin has learned his lesson about keeping things from Scarlett since the topic of twin flames has been mentioned a few times now and he still hasn’t told her.
Since the plot’s not moving very fast, I still have no clue what’s going on with Mikale and the children but it doesn’t seem like that’s going to be focused on.
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Chapters 1 - 15
(view spoiler)[ So the story isn’t moving faster and I wouldn’t really care, if there were more relationship developments. I like the characters and what their relationships seem to be, but I don’t think there was enough development. For example, Cyrus and Scarlett’s relationship seems like it could be funny, but I think there were only two or three scenes showing them meet so their banter and comfortableness with each other felt a bit quick.
I like the idea of the panther, but I don’t think she’s going to be shown much.
Callan is so narrow minded and focused on himself, despite his supposed love for Scarlett. I’m wondering how far his stupidity will extend now that he’s met the Fae Queen.
Is Sorin’s Mark going to be another conflict because he’s not telling Scarlett about it?
Could the man/male in Scarlett’s dreams be her father?
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ReviewPages: 304
Category: 20: Word in title with three vowels
How it fits: UnhIngEd
ReviewPages: 195
Category: 9: Features something that goes wrong
How it fits:
(view spoiler)[ At the end, something goes wrong during Panther's flight and he has to eject himself from the plane. (hide spoiler)]["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>["br"]>
ReviewBuddy readPages: 371
Category: 6: "False" in text
How it fits: 9%, "considerable experience with
false words."