I found this totally gripping, but also YEESH, grim. And sometimes gross. (And some words that don't start with "gr," too! Harrowing, for one.)
SpoilerI found this totally gripping, but also YEESH, grim. And sometimes gross. (And some words that don't start with "gr," too! Harrowing, for one.)
Spoilers ahead:
I like Hannah as a character. She's practical, caring, and determined to survive and to help others if she can. She does start out as kind of a downer, but it becomes clear that she has basically decided not to try for anything she wants in life because she fears the pain of failure or losing things, and it's cool (if a little sudden) how she turns all that around in the end.
However, I was NOT PREPARED for how dire things would get in this book. I thought it would be a juicy thriller where some ridiculous rich people got brought low - maybe a little like the movie Glass Onion? At first, it seemed like I was right - most of the other characters are unpleasant, snooty rich people, and I kind of couldn't wait to see them get taken down a peg. But I wasn't ready for (A) just how unpleasant they could get, or (B) the fact that ALL OF THEM DIE, and Hannah has to helplessly watch two of them drown, and then Hannah is stranded on a tiny spit of rock with one of their corpses. That was ROUGH. (Plus, the whole stranded-on-the-rock wilderness-survival bit was just super intense and not something I expected.)
Sooo I'm torn about whether to pick up another book by the author. I couldn't put this one down, but it also left me feeling kind of stressed out and a little grossed out, even after I finished it. Maybe I'll try another one some other time, but probably not soon....more
I quite enjoyed this drama-filled novel! In part, I think, because it's set in North Carolina, and I recognized a lot of place names and stuff. AnywayI quite enjoyed this drama-filled novel! In part, I think, because it's set in North Carolina, and I recognized a lot of place names and stuff. Anyway, I found it fun and entertaining....more
**spoiler alert** Another great Riordan adventure with fun characters, an awesome premise, and cool tech. Feels weird to read a Riordan book where eve**spoiler alert** Another great Riordan adventure with fun characters, an awesome premise, and cool tech. Feels weird to read a Riordan book where everyone is human, no demigods or fantastic creatures, but some semi-mythical heritage still plays a role in this book.
SPOILERS:
Well, I never believed that Dev was dead, but Riordan still managed to surprise me big-time with the reveal that he was alive AND A TRAITOR! Did not see that coming. Kudos, Riordan!...more
Picked this up, without having read any other books in the series, for the "people isolated together by a storm" trope, which is one of my favorites. Picked this up, without having read any other books in the series, for the "people isolated together by a storm" trope, which is one of my favorites. I didn't realize how much I'd also enjoy the Nantucket and Tuckernuck settings! Lots of fun.
ETA, with some spoilers: I am amused. I was thinking of reading Book 1 of the series, and when I looked at the synopsis, it's all, "New detective Merry Folger is investigating her first murder. Could the killer be the dead man's intriguing brother, Peter Mason?" (I'm paraphrasing). And I'm like, "Well, she marries Peter Mason in Book 6, so I'm thinking not." (Another Book 1 suspect, according to the synopsis, is the friend who later makes Merry's wedding dress, so again: probably not the killer.)...more
Eh . . . there's some good, vivid writing here, but this is one of those where I finished it and then went, "hunh, I don't think I liked that book mucEh . . . there's some good, vivid writing here, but this is one of those where I finished it and then went, "hunh, I don't think I liked that book much." :P I'll elaborate later if I can think of more specifics.
ETA: One small thing that bugged me is that I feel like the book sets up, but doesn't commit to, the idea of each person on the island representing one of the Seven Deadly Sins. It's interesting, but doesn't fully work for me, and doesn't really go anywhere. And once we find out who set up this whole murder island, I think it makes even less sense that that person would bother with the Seven Deadly Sins stuff....more
I love Sarah Dessen's writing. With this book, though, I realized something funny: while I tend to describe Dessen's books as "usually a love story buI love Sarah Dessen's writing. With this book, though, I realized something funny: while I tend to describe Dessen's books as "usually a love story but with a lot more going on," the love story has almost never actually been my favorite part of the book. The love interests she writes are nice, but I'm really here for the emotional journey of the heroine and all the cool, quirky friends she makes. So, good to know, I guess. :P
In this particular book, I especially like the scenes surrounding the big storm. What can I say? I love the tension of characters preparing for and then weathering a serious storm. Good stuff....more
I can't believe I'm only giving this three stars, but at least I'll admit that it's entirely because of romantic stuff that did and did not happen. ApI can't believe I'm only giving this three stars, but at least I'll admit that it's entirely because of romantic stuff that did and did not happen. Apparently that's what I care about now. :P
*Spoilers*
First of all, I do admire that Riordan wrote a book (a mainstream genre book, no less!) in which the main character ends up in a romance with a genderfluid character. That isn't something I have read before, and I am very much in favor of representation and diversity. So props for that! Unfortunately, as you'll see below, there are some things I don't like about that relationship, though none of them has to do with gender.
Basically, I have four issues, with the first three highly related:
1. I feel like Magnus/Alex, as a couple, came out of absolutely nowhere and that Alex, while brave and capable, is too prickly and defensive and snarky and closed-off to be in a romantic relationship with anyone. Grow a little, Alex. Learn to trust people and to give an actual compliment. I'm not saying that this couple could never work, just that I don't think Alex is ready. Magnus is incredibly kind and caring, and Alex mostly doesn't seem able to show affection. Often, Alex is straight-up mean to Magnus, and the book kind of plays it for laughs. Magnus deserves better.
2. I feel like Riordan was scrambling to establish Alex better as a character before setting up Magnus/Alex as a couple. This means a lot of time is spent on Alex, and less on characters that I like better, such as Sam and Hearthstone and Blitzen. And for all that time, I still don't feel like Magnus and Alex have chemistry for even a second. Magnus' feelings for Alex are sweet, but the closest we get to seeing Alex express affection for Magnus is when Magnus accidentally reads Alex's memories and sees that - gasp! - one time Alex watched Magnus for slightly longer than necessary. Not exactly swoon city.
3. I appreciate that Riordan doesn't try to turn Alex into a whole different character in the end to make the pairing with Magnus work. However, the two of them end up with a relationship status that's something like, "we're taking this one moment at a time, the only constant is change, just enjoy this while you have it and don't question the future." Which is perhaps realistic under the circumstances, but I find it deeply unromantic. I like a relationship with some solidity to it - some suggestion, at least, of a happily ever after.
4. BLITZEN AND HEARTHSTONE DO NOT SMOOCH. NOT COOL, RIORDAN....more
The is maybe my new favorite use of the "on a boooat" shelf.
Highly informative, and with great photos! One of my favorite images is one that demonstraThe is maybe my new favorite use of the "on a boooat" shelf.
Highly informative, and with great photos! One of my favorite images is one that demonstrates the blending of cultures going on during the Viking Age. It's a soapstone mold used to cast inexpensive metal charms for the masses. It has molds to make Christian crosses and Thor's hammer charms, both carved into the same rock. Here's a photo of it: http://norse-mythology.org/wp-content......more
This book is fabulous! Inspiring, swashbuckling, fascinating, funny, and heartfelt. I kept pausing as I read to tell the people around me "Wow, they jThis book is fabulous! Inspiring, swashbuckling, fascinating, funny, and heartfelt. I kept pausing as I read to tell the people around me "Wow, they just proved the Russians were dumping nuclear waste near Japanese fishing grounds while the Russian president was in Japan asking for monetary aid and he was SUPER EMBARRASSED" or "Whoah, they're using his ship to relocate an entire village, houses and all, from an island that was contaminated by nuclear testing to a safer island" or "Haha, they just got arrested again but the local cops actually agreed with their stance against the nuclear ship in their harbor so they held a pizza party for them at the police station." I learned a lot about Greenpeace and the planet, too.
(I'm glad it's so good, because I would have read it anyway - the author is my mom's cousin.)...more
Aw man, this is close to five stars. I might yet change my mind.
I love how vivid the setting is, both in its period details and in the eerie, oppressiAw man, this is close to five stars. I might yet change my mind.
I love how vivid the setting is, both in its period details and in the eerie, oppressive mood of it. I haven't actually read "The Island of Doctor Moreau" - I should! - but I know the story, and found this retelling fascinating. I'm absorbed especially by Juliet's conflict with her own scientific curiosity and how she fears following in her father's footsteps.
Spoilers: I . . . think I'm satisfied with how the love triangle resolves? I don't know whether it is an end, since there's a sequel (WHICH I WILL BE READING). I'm not a big fan of bad boys and "dangerous" guys, so I didn't really love seeing Juliet with Montgomery or Edward, but I much preferred Montgomery. I felt she had more chemistry with him - and, perhaps more important in my eyes, more conversations, as opposed to just mysteeerious secrets and smoldering feelings. I like seeing couples who can actually talk to one another.
I rather doubt that Edward actually died in the fire. I'm not even convinced that Dr. Moreau is dead. No body, no death! But I'm hopeful that at least Juliet won't see Edward as a viable romantic interest now. Look, I know he can't control his shapeshifting or what he does when he's a monster, but the fact remains that he morphed into a horrible creature and killed your friend Alice with his claws! And, though this doesn't seem to occur to Juliet, if he'd made everyone aware of his condition early on, lives might have been saved. Dr. Moreau might have come up with something to stop the monstrous change, or they might have locked him up securely, or SOMETHING. (True, "or something" might mean "Dr. Moreau shoots him in the head." Which would suck for Edward, but would have prevented the violent deaths of several innocents, sooo . . .)
In other spoilery observations, it was patently obvious to me from early on that Alice was another of the creations. I even knew, beyond a doubt, that rabbits were used to make her. She has a harelip, is constantly nervous, and is named Alice. It's not that subtle. Is it supposed to be a surprise?
On the other hand, the author does a good job with Juliet's own background. She starts wondering early whether she is one of her father's creations; after all, she has mystery scars and has to inject herself with a serum every day, just like the animal-people are given. (I'm so glad this occurs to her. If it didn't, I'd have lost respect for her intellect.) Montgomery assures her that she isn't an animal-person, as (A) her serum is materially different from theirs, and (B) she was born sixteen years ago, when Dr. Moreau was nowhere close to being able to make animal-people. She later discovers that this is partly right: she's a natural-born human, but due to a near-death experience as a baby, she was given a bunch of deer organs, and her serum is to keep her body from rejecting them. So she's part deer, kind of, and Dr. Moreau's success with her inspired him to start his more morally questionable animal experiments. It all fits together pretty nicely.
I like the Shakespeare connection with the names, too. I honestly did not suspect Edward of being the monster until Juliet found the "Edward III" play. Then it all fell into place. Nicely done....more
This is the One Community, One Book for my community this year. It's a pretty amazing story! I feel like I learned kind of a lot about the Coast GuardThis is the One Community, One Book for my community this year. It's a pretty amazing story! I feel like I learned kind of a lot about the Coast Guard, too....more
As with the first volume, I use the 3-star rating as Goodreads defined it - to mean I "liked" the book as opposed to "really liked" or "loved" it. SomAs with the first volume, I use the 3-star rating as Goodreads defined it - to mean I "liked" the book as opposed to "really liked" or "loved" it. Some people think it's a low rating, but I don't think it's that bad. "Liked" is still a positive thing.
Maybe even 4.5 stars. I couldn't stop reading! I enjoyed the writing and genuinely liked both the POV characters. They both feel real, well-intentioneMaybe even 4.5 stars. I couldn't stop reading! I enjoyed the writing and genuinely liked both the POV characters. They both feel real, well-intentioned, smart, and brave, with a little humor thrown in. (I love when Tom sees Laurel playing guitar and wants to grab her and make out with her, and he wonder whethers all guys have a drive to "tackle delicate things".)
I was nervous about reading this, no lie, because I'd seen reviews call it "terrifying." Indeed, Marie Lu calls it that in the blurb on the cover! But the reviews also made it sound fascinating, and I'm kind of a sucker for cruise ship stories (odd, given that I often dislike ship-based stories). So I snagged the book and started reading.
It took longer than I expected to get to the scary parts. If it weren't for some slight foreshadowing, I'd have thought those reviewers were all punking us and that this is actually a sweet romance with a weird cover. (I was quite enjoying that romance, by the way. Nothing terribly deep, but I could really root for both characters and for them to get together.)
In addition to the romance, I liked Laurel's friendship with Viv. I totally bought into it. Laurel occasionally verges on being too-cool-for-school, but her interactions with Viv really humanize her.
(Why do so many YA authors seem to feel that their protagonists have to be above the stuff that interests lots of other people? It's like they're afraid that their protagonist will seem shallow if she gets excited about famous people/shopping sprees/guys liking her/delicious food/other exciting stuff.)
Anyway. The story. Around halfway through, or even a little later, it gets grim. Fast.
I like the way the book makes you think about standards of beauty and the lengths to which people will go to try and meet them. There's also the separate, but related, matter of dietary supplements and how unregulated they are. The book is a smart, scary look at all these things.
Spoilers: I read another review that lightly criticizes Laurel for not keeping closer tabs on Viv or trying harder to save her. I actually think that she does more than many people would, maybe more than anyone could expect from her. Laurel notices the first unnerving changes in Viv's behavior and tries to get her off Solu. When it's too late for that, she still goes to dangerous lengths, multiple times, to try and rescue her friend. I could feel her desperation and misery as it slowly became clear that Viv was probably too far gone to save. It's one of the things that makes the book emotional as well as scary....more
I'm a little meh about Harley. He's a good guy, but in sort of a bland (and macho) way. And he occasionallPretty writing. The plot's interesting, too.
I'm a little meh about Harley. He's a good guy, but in sort of a bland (and macho) way. And he occasionally annoys me: he's glad his friend Red Legs is now dating a cheerleader because "he'd always wanted one." Like a cheerleader is the last trading card to complete his friend's collection, rather than a person. I guess this fits with how the book categorizes some other women, too. Like all the talk of who could or couldn't "get" one of those ballerinas from the fancy school.
I'm not terribly crazy about any of the characters. And what is UP with their names? So many characters in fiction go by nicknames - often weird ones - that I'm kind of used to it, but it's still hard for me to imagine the name "Red Legs" actually sticking to anyone. And even the ones with more conventional names don't always fit their age group. Harley's friends include women named Sue, Jane, and Lacy. These are not names common among nineteen-year-olds in America right now.
The horror/thriller component of this story is the notion that the elite among the girls from the ballet school, urged on by their creepy teacher, are embodying the wili from the ballet Giselle. These are spirits of scorned women who get violent revenge on men who wronged them romantically. The ballet school girls have scarred or even killed several men and boys so far, and no one suspects them because they're pretty and seem so innocent and fragile. Harley discovers this after his new girlfriend, Cassandra, is inducted into this elite group of girls.
What's interesting to me is that I feel like all this might not bother readers that much if Harley weren't Such a Good Guy. Which is weird: it SHOULD bother people if guys who cheat are getting MURDERED. Cheaters deserve to be dumped, sure, but not off a balcony. But I think for many people - certainly for me - ethics are different in fiction. I've seen so many fictional characters die, and the stakes are often so low, that even though I'm against capital punishment in real life, I've sometimes wished death on a fictional character for crimes like "being obnoxious." So I'm not going to cry over it if these ballerinas want to off a guy who cheated on his girlfriend and got the other girl pregnant. Even though in real life, I would definitely disapprove.
So the author gives us Harley, who is clearly well-intentioned and would never hurt Cassandra. Then, though a series of misunderstandings and because of his attempts to separate Cassandra from her murderous classmates, he becomes a target.
What I'm saying is that I get the sense that the horror here isn't necessarily that these women are murdering and maiming guys who wrong them, but that they might accidentally target a guy who HASN'T wronged them. So yeah, that's . . . interesting....more
**spoiler alert** Urg. I'm really rounding up to give this three stars.
I won a copy of this book in an online drawing, so I figured I'd read it so I c**spoiler alert** Urg. I'm really rounding up to give this three stars.
I won a copy of this book in an online drawing, so I figured I'd read it so I could decide whether to keep it or donate it to the library. I knew it wasn't likely to be a new favorite, as I tend not to like most YA paranormal romances, but I'm always looking for one to add to the few I do like.
The good: there's some nice imagery. I sort of like the premise - a prophecy from Atlantis about a girl who, if she cries, will unleash a massive flood and return Atlantis to power.
HOWEVER.
Allow me to summarize the book as I read it.
Ander: Woe! I was raised with a singular focus on killing this girl, but after stalking her for her entire life, I'm in love with her, even though we've never interacted!
Me: That sounds more like obsession than anything else.
Ander: Loooove! *saves Eureka, but is too late to save her mom*
Eureka: So my mom died in a tragic accident not that long ago, and since then I've been heartbroken and miserable and attempted suicide.
Me: I'd be miserable too. It's a bit refreshing to have a YA protagonist who doesn't get over loss in the blink of an eye. Go on.
Eureka: Also, my stepmother is an unholy monster. She's bossy and insists that I go to therapy!
Me: Um, after your suicide attempt, you mean?
Eureka: Yeah but the therapists are all useless and bad! Anyway, I was just driving home from the latest shrink's office when this boy rear-ends me at a stop sign. I go to yell at him and stuff, and he just kind of smiles and jokes around and acts really weird. Ordinarily I'd be mad, but something about this boy makes me act unlike myself. Plus, he's super-cute, and the tow-truck driver is sketchy, so I guess I'll catch a ride with this strange boy.
Me: . . . Okay.
Eureka: Hey! That boy said he'd take care of the repairs to my car, but then he totally vanished and it turns out the phone number he gave me was fake and everything he told me about himself was a lie!
Me: Sounds like a jerk.
Eureka: But he was so hot though . . .
Brooks: Hey! I'm Eureka's best friend since childhood, and also the guy who's currently raring to jump her bones. And because one ridiculous name isn't enough for our super-special protagonist, I'm going to be calling her by her childhood nickname, Cuttlefish.
Eureka: And I'll be calling you by your childhood nickname, Powder Keg. Isn't it adorable how close we are?
Brooks: Don't worry, we'll only use the nicknames, like, twice, and then forget all about them.
Ander: HEY I'M BACK AND I HATE YOUR FRIEND, EUREKA. I WANT TO PUNCH HIS FACE.
Brooks: I HATE YOU TOO.
Eureka: Whoah, that was weird. Ander showed up at my house while Brooks was visiting and almost started a fistfight with him on my front porch for literally no reason. Hey, Brooks, why weren't you nicer to him?
Brooks: What?
Me: What?
Eureka: Well, off to get my inheritance from my mom!
Brooks: Hey, this stuff you inherited is nifty. Can I see it?
Eureka: Look with your eyes, grabby.
Brooks: Aw. Well, can I kiss you? *smooches*
Eureka: Whoah, that was -
Brooks: WHY ARE YOU SUCH A TERRIBLE PERSON WITH ALL THE TERRIBLE PERSONALITY TRAITS, EUREKA?
Eureka: Wait, what?
Brooks: I'm out of here!
Eureka: *mopes* Well, I guess my friend Cat and I will try and get this weird book that Mom left me translated.
Madame Blavatsky: Translation, hunh? Can do.
Eureka: Wow, ordinarily I'd be skeptical about this fortune teller, but something about her makes me act unlike myself.
Ander: I'm back, with lots of incredibly vague and somewhat threatening-sounding stuff to tell you!
Eureka: I guess I'll sneak off with you to an isolated place. Ordinarily I wouldn't, but darned if something about you doesn't make me act unlike myself.
Cat: Hey, that guy is creepy. Let's report him to the police.
Me: I LIKE THE CUT OF YOUR JIB, CAT.
Eureka: Nuuu, I can't do that. Every time I see him, I'm afraid, yet intrigued; I want to run away, but also to run to him; I want to slap him but also kiss him; I want -
Me: I want to puke. Is this what romance actually is to some people?
Cat: Fine, whatever, let's just go to a big party with everyone at school.
Brooks: Hey, still besties?
Eureka: Yeeeeah, I think so . . .
Brooks: Great! Just in time for me to very intentionally mock your suicide attempt in front of the entire senior class!
Eureka: *furious, leaves with Cat*
Madame Blavatsky: So translating this book seems kinda dangerous.
Eureka: Why do I want to hug you? Why do I feel so oddly close to you? Gosh, this is so unlike me!
Ander: So check out that thunderstone your mom left you.
Eureka: How do you know about that? Have you been spying on me?
Ander: Only literally every day of your life Um, gotta go!
Eureka: Hey, this stone has cool powers! Neato! Ooh, time to go check in with Madame Blavatsky!
Madame Blavatsky: *super-dead, totally murdered*
Me: Wow, that was gory. I did not see that coming based on the book so far.
Eureka: SHE WAS LIKE A MOTHER TO ME.
Me: YOU MET HER TWICE AND EXCHANGED SOME E-MAILS.
Eureka: Augh, well, guess I better go sailing with Brooks. He keeps trying to apologize, and I don't want to hear it, but Madame Blavatsky said it was my destiny to go on this sailing trip with him.
Me: Uh . . .
Eureka: I'll bring my beloved four-year-old twin half-siblings along! Nothing will go wrong!
Brooks: I'm totally sorry. Hey, let's sail a new and scary stretch of ocean!
Eureka: Um, let's not. Let's definitely not.
Brooks: *steers toward the scariness* Don't you trust me? I said I was sorry!
Boat: *freaks out*
Four-year-old twins: *swept overboard*
Brooks: I'll save them! *dives in with life preserver*
Eureka: No, I'll save them! *dives in without life preserver, and without dropping the anchor on the boat* Whew, good thing this thunderstone is protecting me! *saves the twins* Can't find Brooks, but let me haul myself and my half-siblings to shore and then be too traumatized to move for awhile. *eventually finds a phone and calls her dad*
Eureka's dad: So, the cops are wondering if you could maybe tell them where you last saw Brooks? So they could try and rescue him?
Eureka: CAN'T YOU SEE I AM TOO TRAUMATIZED.
Eureka's dad: Quite right, quite right.
Ander: Sooo, I'm back, and the fairy tale in your mom's book was about you, and you have a big crazy and possibly tragic destiny, and also I have gills, and also Brooks was possessed by an evil guy that whole time, and I know all these things about you because I've been watching you your entire life and I rear-ended your car on purpose because I needed you to finally notice me because I LOVE YOU.
Eureka: This is all insane, and I'm grieving Brooks, but you're hot, and there's just something about you! *makeouts*
Ander's evil family: Hey what's up, we kidnapped your little half-siblings and brutally chained them up in your backyard and duct-taped wooden playground swings into their mouths as gags because we're too evil to just gag them with perfectly serviceable duct tape alone. We have to behave super-evilly, because otherwise readers might sympathize with our cause. After all, if Eureka's tears can violently flood the entire world and return the horrifically cruel Atlanteans to power, then probably a lot of people would see killing her as a tragic necessity, am I right?
Eureka's stepmom: MY CHILDREN!
Ander's evil family: *murders her dead*
Eureka: Oh snap! Now the twins are going to be as traumatized as me!
Ander: My family is evil. We should kill them.
Ander's evil family: Except all our lives are tied together, so if you kill one of us freaky gill-people, we'll all die. Meaning Ander, too.
Me: DO IT.
Eureka: I cannot! Hey, what if the prophecy is wrong about me? Think sad thoughts, think sad thoughts . . . *CRIES*
World: *floods*
Eureka: Let me just use the thunderstone to save the twins, Ander, my dad, and oh yeah, my friend Cat, who was here this whole time.
Ander: Cool, so now the prophecy says that Atlantis will rise, and you're the only one who can defeat their evil king.
Eureka: Cool cool!
Ander: Kiss time! *smooches Eureka*
FIN.
My main issue is, as you may have noticed, Eureka has a tendency to do irrational things while the reader is strenuously assured that this is not the way she ordinarily behaves. Ander and, oddly, Madame Blavatsky have some ethereal something about them that gives Eureka unreasoned, baseless feelings of trust (not to mention a desire to cuddle). This is not a type of character development I enjoy. Especially since Ander acts seriously, seriously creepy almost every time we see him, and Eureka reacts with trust and interest rather than self-preservation.
Also, as regards Maya Cayce. Eureka: You don't get to say you want to be just friends with Brooks, then get mad that he's hanging out with a girl who likes him romantically. Brooks: You don't get to say you want to be with Eureka, then act like it's unreasonable for her to be upset that you're hanging out with a girl who is super-handsy with you and calls you "baby." (The fact that Maya apparently hates Eureka is another detail seemingly thrown in to make sure the reader sympathizes with the right people and not the wrong ones.)
As I said at first, I like the imagery. I especially enjoy the little asides that Eureka imagines sometimes. I like some details of the setting, but somehow that didn't quite come together for me. New Orleans is such a rich, distinctive place. I feel like you don't want to set a book there unless you're going to really give it that flavor. This book had a lot of the props - live oaks draped in moss, levees, etc. - but I didn't really get a New Orleans feel from it.
As I also said at first, I kind of like the premise. The plot is weirdly paced, though. Eureka gets most of her information about the prophecy, the Seedbearers (that would be Ander's evil family), etc. in a rush at the end.
I admit, I'm rather curious about what actually happens in the next book. I'm not enough into the writing or the characters to actually read it, though. Maybe I'll find a review that will summarize it for me....more
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