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lopez880's review against another edition
4.0
ending leaves you to imagine what happens next even though we already know the ending
skyhazzard's review against another edition
3.0
This book was not as good as the first one. It just wasn't flowing right for me. Falling Under sucked me in right away and I couldn't wait to find out what happens next. This one just dragged on and on. I feel like they didn't face the issues of Theia having demon blood and these powers in the right way. It was kinda like "oh yeah she has these powers but we're gonna let her deal with them by herself which means she's going to try to ignore it." Ugh and then what happened at the end! Did you really have to do that? You killed me, the only way the book could have gotten better was is that was a dream and could be fixed but no.
areagle1112's review against another edition
5.0
Ms. Hayes needs to write a third book - and fast! I love this series. Twists and turns that keep you on your feet; wonderful characters; unique setting and story-line; and humour too. Loved this as much as the first!
stormreader's review against another edition
4.0
Gwen Hayes sent me spiraling into the two worlds of
Serendipity Falls and the Under with vivid detail
and beautiful words that wrapped themselves around
my mind and heart, searing them both.
I felt as if Mara was in my room standing over me,
preying on my soul, torturing me with
beautiful deadly nightmares.
fauningoverbooks's review against another edition
5.0
Absolutely amazing. You'll just have to read it to find out.
navsy's review against another edition
3.0
I have so many jumbled thoughts about this book that I seriously don’t know where to start. Well, maybe I should start from the part that made me the saddest; but before that, the good part.
Archibald Egnatius Varnie; that was Varnie’s full name. Man, did I laugh. Seriously, the guy had good reasons to go with Varnie.
But Varnie died. I kept on hoping that he was not really dead and that something would happen and we’d realize that he wasn’t really dead in the real world, that maybe he only died in Under and not in the other realm, which sounds terribly absurd thinking out loud, but hey, I really liked him and he died. All of my favorite characters have been dying lately. It seems unfair. Did he really have to die though? It felt unnecessary and as if the author was just trying to show a casualty in the war. Mike could have died. Why did Varnie have to die? *sighs*
At least his death was mourned till the end and unlike some authors his character was given due respect. I dislike an author when he/she kills a nice and likable character just to make us cry and then don’t even let the other characters mourn their death. They move on too quickly.
I pay my condolences to Ame and Haden specially. They lost a mentor, a great friend and a big support.
Anyhoo, I should move on with my review. When the book started I found it pretty predictable after being about 80 pages in. It didn’t stay that way after the second part started. Theia was acting totally like the YA female leads who think they can deal with everything on their own, and don’t trust the love of their life or their very close friends with what they’re going through because either they’re too strong to deal with it on their own or they don’t want others to feel their burden or well in some cases they don’t even realize they’re in trouble till it’s too late. I can actually blame Theia’s insecurities on the demon blood or well the not-knowing and everything that was happening in her life or her being ashamed of what she had become, but umm, I’m going to blame her a little for the annoyance she caused me then.
There were great conservations when all of them were together. A lot of people were dragged into the mess created by Haden’s arrival on Serendipity Falls. I won’t totally blame him because he was too adorable when he became totally human in the first book and the guy had some dreams too so I’ll cut him slack. Theia must really be very much in love with him for not blaming him at all. He blamed himself plenty but Theia mostly kept blaming herself. I mean, even Ame blamed herself for everything that happened. Pssssh.
I liked the Twilight reference when Donna found out she was pregnant. That was hilarious. Also, I loved when Theia said she felt like Buffy, the Vampire Slayer when she was all prepped up to fight Mara. The story line was good, the ending of Mara was quite ironic and somehow things ended up okay. I’m not sure if it’s the end of the series yet.
I’d rate this one 3.5/5.
Archibald Egnatius Varnie; that was Varnie’s full name. Man, did I laugh. Seriously, the guy had good reasons to go with Varnie.
But Varnie died. I kept on hoping that he was not really dead and that something would happen and we’d realize that he wasn’t really dead in the real world, that maybe he only died in Under and not in the other realm, which sounds terribly absurd thinking out loud, but hey, I really liked him and he died. All of my favorite characters have been dying lately. It seems unfair. Did he really have to die though? It felt unnecessary and as if the author was just trying to show a casualty in the war. Mike could have died. Why did Varnie have to die? *sighs*
At least his death was mourned till the end and unlike some authors his character was given due respect. I dislike an author when he/she kills a nice and likable character just to make us cry and then don’t even let the other characters mourn their death. They move on too quickly.
I pay my condolences to Ame and Haden specially. They lost a mentor, a great friend and a big support.
Anyhoo, I should move on with my review. When the book started I found it pretty predictable after being about 80 pages in. It didn’t stay that way after the second part started. Theia was acting totally like the YA female leads who think they can deal with everything on their own, and don’t trust the love of their life or their very close friends with what they’re going through because either they’re too strong to deal with it on their own or they don’t want others to feel their burden or well in some cases they don’t even realize they’re in trouble till it’s too late. I can actually blame Theia’s insecurities on the demon blood or well the not-knowing and everything that was happening in her life or her being ashamed of what she had become, but umm, I’m going to blame her a little for the annoyance she caused me then.
There were great conservations when all of them were together. A lot of people were dragged into the mess created by Haden’s arrival on Serendipity Falls. I won’t totally blame him because he was too adorable when he became totally human in the first book and the guy had some dreams too so I’ll cut him slack. Theia must really be very much in love with him for not blaming him at all. He blamed himself plenty but Theia mostly kept blaming herself. I mean, even Ame blamed herself for everything that happened. Pssssh.
I liked the Twilight reference when Donna found out she was pregnant. That was hilarious. Also, I loved when Theia said she felt like Buffy, the Vampire Slayer when she was all prepped up to fight Mara. The story line was good, the ending of Mara was quite ironic and somehow things ended up okay. I’m not sure if it’s the end of the series yet.
I’d rate this one 3.5/5.
pegahe's review against another edition
3.0
I preferred the first. It was nice, but I feel like much more could have been done with it. I wanted to see Theia pushed to the brink by some real darkness. I feel like it's a little bit too fairy-talish for my tastes. JMO.
lpcoolgirl's review against another edition
5.0
Oh, excellent book, really enjoyed it, and seeing the characters again! And a great ending! I want a 3rd book for Ame!!!