I really liked the adventure in this one. I liked the way the Everneath was described. Unfortunately I just am not very attached to the characters in these books. I will read the final book, though. Just to see how it all ends.
I love Lindsey Leavitt's books. While Sean Griswold's Head was much more entertaining to me. This one had a lot going for it too. I just love books of self discovery and lessons the characters learn and share with us. Mallory was delightful. I loved her relationship with her sister Ginnie and her interactions with her strange family. Oliver was perfectly realistically dreamy. Sigh! All in all, a great book. I'd highly recommend it.
I wanted to like this one. I really did. It was OK, I guess, but it just had too much telling. The whole book would have been at least 100 pages shorter without all that telling of useless info. Plus it felt forced and fake. There were just too many things that were't realistic. Ah well.
Honestly the thing that drew me into this book was the pictures. There's some pretty creepy and bizarre pictures throughout. Unfortunately, though the book started out with a great deal of promise, it ended up being littered with cliches. It felt more like a middle grade book than a YA and that, more than anything, bugged me the most!
Oh my gosh! Can you say love? Well, say it with me! I loved this book! I may have gone into it with ridiculously low expectations. I heard that Nix was so angry and pessimistic that everyone hated her. I, however totally understood how she felt and why she felt that way. It was a much more realistic take on Beauty and the Beast. Let's face it. No one is as happy and selfless as Beauty was. That's why I loved Nix so much. She was imperfect and flawed. The best part was she learned and grew. I can't even begin to express my love for this one. Sigh! I loved the tie in with mythology and fantasy and the house! So cool and creepy all in one.
Can we please not mention that I've only read 5 books in two months? Sigh! Hey, I'm just impressed I'm reading at all with everything else going on in my life. Until next time!
I really enjoyed Going Vintage too! It was amusing and realistic. :)
ReplyDeleteI'm so sad you're not invested in the Everneath characters. I love that series. Oh well. I'm glad you don't hate it at least, lol. :)
ReplyDeleteI wasn't a big fan of Miss Peregrine's either. I still need to get my hands on Going Vintage. I think I might have to add Cruel Beauty to my list too! I keep expecting to see soccer posts from you but can totally understand how busy life gets.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't finish Cruel Beauty. I couldn't handle Nix.
ReplyDeleteSad to say that I haven't read any of these yet. I do like the sound of Cruel Beauty though, as I have a thing for imperfect characters! Until next time!
ReplyDeleteTerri @ Alexia's Books and Such...
The world cup is a big distraction. My country was out after the first round, but I keep watching matches. I haven't read any of these books, but the cover of Everbound is very nice.
ReplyDeleteErr even with all the other things going on in your life you've actually managed to read more books than I did! I only ever read Everneath and wasn't impressed with it either. Miss Peregrine's I will never pick up because I scare way too easily. Am glad you're still around but totally understandable that life gets in the way.
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