This is a sum up of my feelings on all of the series books so far. There's bound to be plenty of spoilers!!
So...I haven't written a review in q3 Stars
This is a sum up of my feelings on all of the series books so far. There's bound to be plenty of spoilers!!
So...I haven't written a review in quite some time but these got me out of hiding. I went into these books completely blind, didn't read reviews, didn't see ratings, didn't even read the blurbs at first and more importantly, I didn't remember what else JLA had written!
I can say with quite some honesty that I don't regret for a minute reading these books. I found them entertaining, I like this world JLA has built, I enjoy meeting the bloodlines and what they're capable of! And Kieran...My precious, hairy boy... I'd happily let him shed on my carpet any day!!!
That being said...I have questions!!!
1) I started reading this blind and was a little shocked to realise that it seems like a mash up of other things I've already read...Why miss JLA do u feel this need to always borrow other ppl ideas? I realise that it's hard creating fantastical worlds and creatures, not all of us have the wild imagination needed, but, why??
2) Why vampires? Of all the fantasy creatures out there...Why Vampires? They're...well, they're overused! You could have picked so many other things!!!
3) Why this mash up of dated and modern words and speech patterns?? I had trouble deciding if this was some weird futuristic world or a past one... You could have either but having both just makes it weird!!
4) Do Atlantians mature slower since they live so long??? Because it's the only way I could see a centuries old guy so completely taken by an 18yo. Or not find it creepy... Plus they definitely don't act that "mature".
5) Why all the sex?? The books started strong, But then the sex just...Took over! Poppy and Casteel just become horndogs by the end. World is crashing and falling around them but it can wait for them to f*** each other's brains out? If I want to read about sex all the time, I won't be reading fantasy!
6) Do authors get paid by the page? Because a big part of these books could be summarised to way fewer pages without losing anything in the way of plot, story, world building, but definitely become less tiring!
Now, I'm far from a hater when it comes to these books despite all of the above! The action when it comes is lovely, the side characters keep the books going, the gods are something I always find fascinating in fantasy books! I also like how the "evil" characters are given some depth in the last book, how JLA gives them stories, even if they're not exactly redeeming! And I just know, I KNOW, the Dark One is gonna end up being the lost child!!!(Ok, I don't know that, but I strongly suspect and JLA has a knack for being super predictable!)
I'm still not sure about Poppy and Casteel! I mostly like Poppy...Even tho I feel like her behaviour is way too contradicting to her upbringing, but she has a lot of meh moments. And Casteel?? Please dearie, stop thinking with ur peen and become the badass I know u can be!...more
I am a quite easy to please reader, all I need to be pleased is a fast plot and some quirky dialogues. Ilon4 STARS
This might involve minor spoilers...
I am a quite easy to please reader, all I need to be pleased is a fast plot and some quirky dialogues. Ilona Andrews never fail to deliver on both. But there are the rare few series from which I always have higher expectations and Kate Daniels is one of those.
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This book wasn't bad, it had the plot, it had the dialogues, it had the characters. But for such an epic series I expected an equally epic ending. This series has been building up to the whole Kate-Roland confrontation for 10 freaking books and when it finally came, it was over in a hot second!!!!
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Just no...No matter how much I loved the rest of the book..And I loved it, especially everything that had to do with Kate's family(the crazy never seems to end with these people)...That was just so damn anticlimactic I was left disappointed in the end.
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On the bright side, Ilona Andrews leave plenty of space for stories to come so Imma keep my hopes up for a more satisfying closure....more
I loved this book for the most part. I liked the plot, I liked how things are progressing in the American A4 I Need To Pay More Attention Stars
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I loved this book for the most part. I liked the plot, I liked how things are progressing in the American Alliance. I love how Raphael keeps pulling vampire lords in it. I also liked this book in particular and Christian was an awesome character(although Natalie wasn't my favorite type of character).
The big problem with this book was that I had forgotten I hadn't yet read Deception, which meant that many things flew over my head and I spent half my time wondering when these shit happened and I wasn't there.
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Plotwise, this book was awesome. The vampire politics, the challenges for the seat of the South Lord, the alliances and the betrayals were exactly what I've come to expect from Reynolds. Both, the overall and this particular book's plot were well developed and interesting.
The romance aspect on the other hand, although not bad, wasn't what I've come to expect from Reynolds. The author has spoiled me with her independant, kick-ass heroines so when the more mundane version came along I wasn't as taken with her as I was with some of the previous ones. Natalie was submissive by nature but she could hold her own if push came to shove. Still, I prefer the more stubborn, shoot first ask questions later, heroines in PNR and Reynolds usually delivered.
Christian on the other hand was drool-worthy and his most awesome characteristic was his confidence. I enjoyed how sure of his power he was and how he didn't let anything get in the way of what he wanted.
I generally liked this book very much but I will be re-reading after I read the previous one so some things(like Cyn's animosity towards Christian) can be put into perspective!...more
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