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thechaoshour's review against another edition
5.0
THOUGHTS WHEN I FINISHED:
This was the perfect ending in my opinion. It was a little sad but then also a little happy. It gave me so many feelings but in the end I decided that they were good feelings because it was a different kind of ending.
WHAT I LOVED:
So in the first book, I said I didn’t like how the author was switching back and forth between the past and present. After finishing this book I changed my mind. I think I actually really like that style. It made the book feel a little mysterious because we don’t know what happened leading up to the present time. Even our other characters don’t know what was happening.
I was really glad to see that we got to meet even more characters this time. Zach was a surprisingly interesting character and I wished we could have seen more of him. It’s understandable why we didn’t though because he’s meant to be mysterious. Same with another special character who I won’t name because it’s a spoiler. It was interesting that the author brought him into play. Even our regular characters were all great. Josephine went through the most changes in this book and it was a little strange at first. I would have liked to see her end up a little different but her ending was still nice.
My favourite part of this book was easily the ending. I obviously knew some things were going to happen like a fight for control over the city but it was the very end that surprised me. I was suspicious of a spy the whole book, because they keep mentioning it so your guard is up. I didn’t guess the spy until the very, very end which was great because it was pretty obvious. I especially liked the epilogue sort of part. We see a little glimpse of how the city turns out after the big fight but then everyone chooses happiness over duty. I just found it very satisfying to see that even though these characters are fighting for their freedom, they just want change instead of wanting to be the people in charge. I don’t know if any of that made any sense because I’m trying not to spoil anything. Just know it was a different but satisfying ending for a dystopia series.
WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE:
The parts where we were reading about the past were a little strange this time. In the first book, the past sections were a story leading up to what was happening in the present. This was the case here as well except I found it wasn’t really a story. It was just some events that happened, and they were really strange events. I didn’t really see the purpose of those parts or how they fit into the story. It was just strange that’s all.
I was a little disappointed with the romance in this story. Josephine ended up being very distant from Luke so we didn’t get to see as much of them together as we did in book two. The ending did make up for a lot of my disappointment revolving around this though. Props to the author for distracting me.
WHO I’D RECOMMEND TO:
I’d recommend this to people who are tired of dystopia books all being the same. This was a nice pick me up for that genre. I was seriously considering dropping it for good. I found that while this story still had all the same qualities as a dystopia book (the world, the rebellion, the final fight), the author still presented them in a unique and refreshing way. I have also never read a new adult dystopia book before so it was really nice having all these characters be the same age as me.
This was the perfect ending in my opinion. It was a little sad but then also a little happy. It gave me so many feelings but in the end I decided that they were good feelings because it was a different kind of ending.
WHAT I LOVED:
So in the first book, I said I didn’t like how the author was switching back and forth between the past and present. After finishing this book I changed my mind. I think I actually really like that style. It made the book feel a little mysterious because we don’t know what happened leading up to the present time. Even our other characters don’t know what was happening.
I was really glad to see that we got to meet even more characters this time. Zach was a surprisingly interesting character and I wished we could have seen more of him. It’s understandable why we didn’t though because he’s meant to be mysterious. Same with another special character who I won’t name because it’s a spoiler. It was interesting that the author brought him into play. Even our regular characters were all great. Josephine went through the most changes in this book and it was a little strange at first. I would have liked to see her end up a little different but her ending was still nice.
My favourite part of this book was easily the ending. I obviously knew some things were going to happen like a fight for control over the city but it was the very end that surprised me. I was suspicious of a spy the whole book, because they keep mentioning it so your guard is up. I didn’t guess the spy until the very, very end which was great because it was pretty obvious. I especially liked the epilogue sort of part. We see a little glimpse of how the city turns out after the big fight but then everyone chooses happiness over duty. I just found it very satisfying to see that even though these characters are fighting for their freedom, they just want change instead of wanting to be the people in charge. I don’t know if any of that made any sense because I’m trying not to spoil anything. Just know it was a different but satisfying ending for a dystopia series.
WHAT I DIDN’T LIKE:
The parts where we were reading about the past were a little strange this time. In the first book, the past sections were a story leading up to what was happening in the present. This was the case here as well except I found it wasn’t really a story. It was just some events that happened, and they were really strange events. I didn’t really see the purpose of those parts or how they fit into the story. It was just strange that’s all.
I was a little disappointed with the romance in this story. Josephine ended up being very distant from Luke so we didn’t get to see as much of them together as we did in book two. The ending did make up for a lot of my disappointment revolving around this though. Props to the author for distracting me.
WHO I’D RECOMMEND TO:
I’d recommend this to people who are tired of dystopia books all being the same. This was a nice pick me up for that genre. I was seriously considering dropping it for good. I found that while this story still had all the same qualities as a dystopia book (the world, the rebellion, the final fight), the author still presented them in a unique and refreshing way. I have also never read a new adult dystopia book before so it was really nice having all these characters be the same age as me.
maureensbooks89's review against another edition
5.0
A view weeks ago I began reading this amazing series by starting in the first book ‘Fury’. Shortly after I began reading the second book ‘Melancholy’. And soon it was time to read the last book in the series called ‘Limerence’. I was really looking forward to reading this last book, but I was also dreading it. I loved this series from the very first page in ‘Fury’, and although I really wanted to know how this story would end, I really wasn’t ready to let this series and the characters go.
“Limerence is romantic love. Desperate, aching, shivering, can’t think, can’t eat, can’t sleep love. It’s the obsessive demanding part of love that turns us into slaves.”
In ‘Limerence’ we re-enter the world of Josephine and Luke. A lot has happened since the ending of ‘Melancholy’ and the beginning of ‘Limerence’. And it definitely was a little shocking to find out how Josephine and Luke were now, months later. But thankfully, this book, just like the other two books, is written from the past and the future. During the story we switch from the past to the future and back again. This is such an interesting way of writing, and it made this story even more intense than it already was.
Throughout this book a lot of questions I had since the beginning of this series were answered. And a lot of these answers were definitely not what I expected. Just as with the first two book I devoured the pages of ‘Limerence’. I just loved it so much. Charlotte McConaghy definitely has a way of making you feel all kinds of emotions while reading this series. At the end of ‘Limerence’ I honestly felt like I had been riding a roller-coaster. I was sad, devastated, confused, happy and above all I was touched. This series was so intense and I really came to love those two main characters Josephine and Luke.
A lot is happening in ‘Limerence’ and there were definitely some shocking developments. This book definitely made me ‘oehh’ and ‘aww’ out loud at times. Other moments I just didn’t know how I would be able to keep sitting because it just became so intense.
The world were Josephine and Luke life in, is definitely terrible but also has it’s beautiful parts. I find it really impressive that a person can come up with a world like this. And also being able to make the readers still fall in love with this this world and all the creatures that lived inside it. I just loved getting to know this world and the characters. Josephine and Luke definitely are characters I will remember for a long time.
And now, although I am sad that it ended.. I couldn’t have wished for a better ending to this series. This series definitely is one of my favorites and I’m getting those paperbacks, because this series just needs to be on my bookshelf.
“Limerence is romantic love. Desperate, aching, shivering, can’t think, can’t eat, can’t sleep love. It’s the obsessive demanding part of love that turns us into slaves.”
In ‘Limerence’ we re-enter the world of Josephine and Luke. A lot has happened since the ending of ‘Melancholy’ and the beginning of ‘Limerence’. And it definitely was a little shocking to find out how Josephine and Luke were now, months later. But thankfully, this book, just like the other two books, is written from the past and the future. During the story we switch from the past to the future and back again. This is such an interesting way of writing, and it made this story even more intense than it already was.
Throughout this book a lot of questions I had since the beginning of this series were answered. And a lot of these answers were definitely not what I expected. Just as with the first two book I devoured the pages of ‘Limerence’. I just loved it so much. Charlotte McConaghy definitely has a way of making you feel all kinds of emotions while reading this series. At the end of ‘Limerence’ I honestly felt like I had been riding a roller-coaster. I was sad, devastated, confused, happy and above all I was touched. This series was so intense and I really came to love those two main characters Josephine and Luke.
A lot is happening in ‘Limerence’ and there were definitely some shocking developments. This book definitely made me ‘oehh’ and ‘aww’ out loud at times. Other moments I just didn’t know how I would be able to keep sitting because it just became so intense.
The world were Josephine and Luke life in, is definitely terrible but also has it’s beautiful parts. I find it really impressive that a person can come up with a world like this. And also being able to make the readers still fall in love with this this world and all the creatures that lived inside it. I just loved getting to know this world and the characters. Josephine and Luke definitely are characters I will remember for a long time.
And now, although I am sad that it ended.. I couldn’t have wished for a better ending to this series. This series definitely is one of my favorites and I’m getting those paperbacks, because this series just needs to be on my bookshelf.
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