Fragile Eternity (Wicked Lovely, #3) in SOS: Serious Overload of Series

Mar 26, 2010 Katyana rated it did not like it

Shelves: fantasy, young-adult, why-am-i-reading-this

I was really disappointed with this book. I had a hard time even finishing it. By about 2/3 of the way through, I seriously disliked all the characters. Keenan is... ugh. Donia has always been a jerk, but in this book she really takes it to an extreme. I can tell that the author wants us to feel sympathetic to Don, because of her "tragic circumstances", but every major character in this book is dealing with as much or more than Don, and her judgemental and horrible behavior towards them killed a I was really disappointed with this book. I had a hard time even finishing it. By about 2/3 of the way through, I seriously disliked all the characters. Keenan is... ugh. Donia has always been a jerk, but in this book she really takes it to an extreme. I can tell that the author wants us to feel sympathetic to Don, because of her "tragic circumstances", but every major character in this book is dealing with as much or more than Don, and her judgemental and horrible behavior towards them killed any pity I may have felt for her. She needs to get over herself already. And ditto for Niall, which is sad because I liked him in the first 2 books. I get his dislike for Keenan, but his treatment of Ash is inexcusable. My favorite irony is that he tells Ash that Leslie was hurt because of her stupidity (which is apparently why he hates her... strange because he was in a position to enlighten her about that and didn't, but its still all her fault, right?), and then he tells Seth that Sorcha can make him faery, with no thought as to the consequences. Well, thank you Mr. Genius. The best part is that he is hateful towards Ash because Seth went to Sorcha. Its cool, continue to blame everyone else for your actions, but castigate them for theirs. It doesn't make you hateful or hypocritical at all.

And then there is Ash. Though she is the only one I still had sympathy for, I really struggled to not dislike her. Both because she kept repeating the same mistakes again and again (really, what is it going to take for her to stop blindly trusting Keenan? ), and because she just sat there and took all this shit from Don and Niall. Spit all their mistakes back at them! Or hell, just spit on them! I would have taken ANY display of self-respect by the end of this book. But no. Ash is a dumping ground. She takes it from Don, from Niall, and in the end even from Seth (I wont even get into my opinion of him in this book, except to say that I have a hard time believing that something that "special" comes in a package that stupid - sure, War, lets traipse off together, I trust you implicitly).

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Jun 06, 2016 Rachel Willis rated it it was ok

Shelves: fae, young-adult

I'm going to put down the young adult genre and back away very slowly...

I don't know why I do this to myself. I see a book, think, 'Ah, I'd like to read that.' and then proceed without caution.

I am not a 'young adult'. My teen years are farther away than my 40s. So why did I pick up this book?

I needed a distraction. Also, my sister had brought this book up, wondering if I'd finished the series because she hadn't. I checked Goodreads and sure enough, we both stopped reading at the same time.

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Jul 14, 2009 Kristen rated it really liked it

Shelves: young-adult

Like this one... but had less of an ending than the first 2. What I mean is that there is clearly a 4th on the way for each of the first 2 could stand alone and be seen as having a conclusion - where as this one, to me doesn't. I am eager to see how the triangle that has been set-up is resolved. I thoroughly enjoyed this book - a more traditional view of fairies, with courts and good vs. dark etc. Now I just need to figure out how long the wait will be until the next one! ...more

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Jun 09, 2009 Samantha wickedshizuku Tolleson rated it liked it

Shelves: 3-stars, not-manga, paranormal, 2015, female-lead, why-do-i-do-this-to-myself, reviewed, twice-read, 2011, fae

This was a continuation on Seth and Ash's plot line, from the first book of the Wicked Lovely series. I didn't enjoy this book as much as I did book two from the series, but it has its small saving graces called supporting characters.
One character that I did like was the Unchanging Queen, she was interesting in the descriptive pages about her. She reminded me of a mix of the Witch from, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe and Chiana from Farscape. Weird mix I know, but that's the image that my ...more

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Sep 28, 2009 Nicole Cary rated it liked it

Sorcha's attraction to Seth is bizarre. It made no sense. When is Ash going to wake up and realize that Keenan is a shady shady character and stop trusting him. She's like a brick. ...more

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