Image (Insight #3; Web of Hearts and Souls #3) in Ask Author Jamie Magee

Nov 04, 2014 Elsa rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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After rereading Embody, I could not stop myself.... So I started my favorite of the first three books in the series : Image. And I can tell you, it is still my favorite.

First of all, the few things I did not like in Embody are still present in this book, and actually in all the series so I'll just recap : Willow often appears like she's weak and needs Landen's help + some tasks or hobbies seem to be assigned only to women or only to men...

Now, rereading Image, I realized how much I had forgotten After rereading Embody, I could not stop myself.... So I started my favorite of the first three books in the series : Image. And I can tell you, it is still my favorite.

First of all, the few things I did not like in Embody are still present in this book, and actually in all the series so I'll just recap : Willow often appears like she's weak and needs Landen's help + some tasks or hobbies seem to be assigned only to women or only to men...

Now, rereading Image, I realized how much I had forgotten about it !! Or was it because the first time I read it I was not concentrating ? Probably a bit of both. Some aspects of the plot were complicated to understand right away, in my opinion (Jayda, Oba, their link to our three characters...). But this book blew my mind for the second (maybe third) time !!

It is THE book where the web really starts to get weaved and where Jamie Magee's talent just shocks me. I kept wondering if she already had the next books planned while writing this one ! There are some references to fire, anger, fear, or the smell of roses, that made me close the book for a second and search in my memories if this could be linked to the sequels...

Image is a lot darker that the first two books and it sets the path for the next ones, if I remember correctly. I loved that the plot was set in the palace : the dark academia lover in me was puh-leased ! It's the perfect setting for what happens and what we learn throughout the book. The twists were very satisfying, even if I kinda remembered them (about Aliyanna's father for example, I though the characters knew already but turned our it's actually revealed in this precise book).

Overall, what I liked the most was the pureness of Landen and Willow's actions. It gets kinda cheesy between them, but I'm used to it, I know it's their love story. Their goodness is even more beautiful to witness when it's directed at other characters. With Drake, OMG, by the end of the book I was just loving their trio.

I could talk about this book all day but overall, I loved the dark feel it has, the bromances, the softness you can feel between the characters and the philosophical take Jamie Magee puts in her work. ...more

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