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3.87 AVERAGE
3.87 AVERAGE
I am so lost after reading book 2 in this trilogy. I loved the first book, Nocte. It flowed well and had an incredible twist at the end that I did not see coming. But this book had so many layers to it, and the reader isn't necessarily routed in reality reading it, so I feel like I'm in a fog and clueless. At each corner, I'm wondering if it's a hallucination, a delusion, or reality - it can get frustrating.
In this book, we travel with Calla and Dare back to England to visit her mother's family's estate. There are so many questions we're faced with to answer. Who is the boy in the gray hoodie? What does Calla's future hold after each reading of her cards? She feels like she's being watched...but by who? What the heck is Dare hiding? With this part of the mystery, you could come up with a billion different scenarios to get ahead of the story, but we don't actually find out confirmed details. We're left hanging at the end to wait out this mind game until book 3, Lux, releases.
“…your mind is closed. You don’t see things for what they are, you see things for what you think they should be.”
I do love how Courtney Cole writes. A staunch English major or copy editor would go nuts reading this one with its run-on sentences, lack of punctuation and repetitive words...but I call it brilliance. It flows like it's human. It flows like I'm riding a continuous wave into the beach. As a reader, I truly feel like I'm in Calla's mind - as scary as it is in there. And some of the most interesting quotes to include in a story...
"Run, little mouse. The hawk is coming, and you’re going to get eaten."
"It's a rabbit hole and I'm the rabbit and I'm crazy."
I need Lux, like ASAP!
In this book, we travel with Calla and Dare back to England to visit her mother's family's estate. There are so many questions we're faced with to answer. Who is the boy in the gray hoodie? What does Calla's future hold after each reading of her cards? She feels like she's being watched...but by who? What the heck is Dare hiding? With this part of the mystery, you could come up with a billion different scenarios to get ahead of the story, but we don't actually find out confirmed details. We're left hanging at the end to wait out this mind game until book 3, Lux, releases.
“…your mind is closed. You don’t see things for what they are, you see things for what you think they should be.”
I do love how Courtney Cole writes. A staunch English major or copy editor would go nuts reading this one with its run-on sentences, lack of punctuation and repetitive words...but I call it brilliance. It flows like it's human. It flows like I'm riding a continuous wave into the beach. As a reader, I truly feel like I'm in Calla's mind - as scary as it is in there. And some of the most interesting quotes to include in a story...
"Run, little mouse. The hawk is coming, and you’re going to get eaten."
"It's a rabbit hole and I'm the rabbit and I'm crazy."
I need Lux, like ASAP!
Ay dios, es que está trilogía no me decepciona para nada! Lo disfrute mucho. Estaba todo el tiempo tratando de descifrar la verdad, pero mi mente al parecer no trabaja tan bien como la de Courtney Cole.
Si Nocte fue un libro un poco oscuro y super misterioso, este lo es x2 En serio que wooow yo necesito seguir leyendoooo porque yo ya no entiendo nada!! Jajajjs
Si Nocte fue un libro un poco oscuro y super misterioso, este lo es x2 En serio que wooow yo necesito seguir leyendoooo porque yo ya no entiendo nada!! Jajajjs
Even worse than the first. The same grating, graceless narration by a character that is frustratingly flat, through events that are tortuously contorted, perhaps to hide that the plot is going nowhere.
Panebože! Jsem úplně rozpolcená. Jak mám teď asi po tomhle konci normálně fungovat???
What?! I just can't believe it! Everything it's just so crazy.
It's suspensive but It's over-repetitive, though.
Keep reading you'll find the answer in the next book. Keep reading because it's definitely worth it!
It's suspensive but It's over-repetitive, though.
Keep reading you'll find the answer in the next book. Keep reading because it's definitely worth it!
UGHHHHHHH!!!!!!! What.Is.Going.On?!?!?!?! This story is messing with my head big time! Can't stop reading! Onto the next book!
dark
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
3.5 Stars...
WOW!.....This is a challenging review…I honestly don’t even know where to begin with this story. I don’t feel very articulate at the moment….and once I reached the end I was more frustrated than anything else…which isn’t a bad thing, it’s just something I was so wrapped up in that the end almost made my head explode…
Like this:
Then this:
Verum picks up where Nocte left us, but as far as my mind is concerned it was like picking up a whole new series! Verum was a story within a story and though I absolutely loved it, my confusion kind of clouded my judgment. There were things that we’re hinted at too subtly, and it’s kind of left up to the reader to put the pieces together…which can be fun, but if the details aren’t fresh in your mind you may be left scratching your head.
For example to connection between Dare and Calla’s family, felt indirectly explained. It was like “Calla you are in danger” then “Oh Calla, come across the country with me to Whitley where you will be safe.” Then “Ohh hey reader in case you didn’t out it together Call’s Uncle is Dare’s step-father”……Whatt?!?- it felt like no explanation was given, which made getting into the story hard for me as it didn’t really feel like an organic transition.
We know there are secrets Calla is trying to uncover. With her mental break regarding the death of family, she is fragile but determined. She’s desperate for answers as was I, and I wanted to push her to keep on going, dig deeper be fearless and GO! It was infuriating to see people coddle her mind, and urge her forward at a snail’s pace. I adjusted to Calla being at Whitley, the strange hooded boy lurking about and her urge to push and keep Dare at arm’s length out of…fear? It’s an interesting thing to be inside a mind that’s unraveling. It was beautifully written I can’t deny that.
Just when you think you have put the pieces together and figured it out, the next page blows all your assumptions away. I really and honestly have no idea what is going on here. I had my theories but I really just can’t tell which end is up…and I’m starting to think that’s exactly how Ms. Cole wants it. I mean was it a coma dream? Who is really dead?? I just….
I would LOVE to go over all these theories with you, but I really really feel with this series it’s important to form your own opinions and feel everything for the first time with unbiased eyes. Spoilers would only confuse you more….
This whole story is a mystery you are dying to uncover and figure out, it really does suck you in and urge you to keep going, and just when you’re on the precipice you get yanked back into the darkness.
Are the voices Calla hears real? What is UP with Sabine? What is UP with all these strange things Calla has been seeing and experiencing…and as I said just when you think you have it all figured out and have your “OOOhhhh” moment another page blows that theory away and you are left with a nerve wracking cliffhanger…
I’m very concerned right now. I HAVE to know what’s going on….a complex web has been spun here and I just HAVE to figure out what is going on. I LOVED this book, I am in love with this series and all the intensity and desperation it evokes when I’m reading it…and how thought provoking it is even when I’m not reading. Major hangover here.
Now just to explain my 3.5 rating, it’s only because of the rocky ending. I LOVED this book and I would totally recommend it to fans of the mystery genre, but the flow of information was just a little rough for me in the beginning. I found myself TOO confused and I wanted to focus on THOSE specifics rather than getting into the rest of the story. Once I let it go and continued on, it became much more enjoyable and put together for me.
I’m a desperate woman waiting…
Kudos Cole, you’ve wrecked me!
WOW!.....This is a challenging review…I honestly don’t even know where to begin with this story. I don’t feel very articulate at the moment….and once I reached the end I was more frustrated than anything else…which isn’t a bad thing, it’s just something I was so wrapped up in that the end almost made my head explode…
Like this:
Then this:
Verum picks up where Nocte left us, but as far as my mind is concerned it was like picking up a whole new series! Verum was a story within a story and though I absolutely loved it, my confusion kind of clouded my judgment. There were things that we’re hinted at too subtly, and it’s kind of left up to the reader to put the pieces together…which can be fun, but if the details aren’t fresh in your mind you may be left scratching your head.
For example to connection between Dare and Calla’s family, felt indirectly explained. It was like “Calla you are in danger” then “Oh Calla, come across the country with me to Whitley where you will be safe.” Then “Ohh hey reader in case you didn’t out it together Call’s Uncle is Dare’s step-father”……Whatt?!?- it felt like no explanation was given, which made getting into the story hard for me as it didn’t really feel like an organic transition.
We know there are secrets Calla is trying to uncover. With her mental break regarding the death of family, she is fragile but determined. She’s desperate for answers as was I, and I wanted to push her to keep on going, dig deeper be fearless and GO! It was infuriating to see people coddle her mind, and urge her forward at a snail’s pace. I adjusted to Calla being at Whitley, the strange hooded boy lurking about and her urge to push and keep Dare at arm’s length out of…fear? It’s an interesting thing to be inside a mind that’s unraveling. It was beautifully written I can’t deny that.
Just when you think you have put the pieces together and figured it out, the next page blows all your assumptions away. I really and honestly have no idea what is going on here. I had my theories but I really just can’t tell which end is up…and I’m starting to think that’s exactly how Ms. Cole wants it. I mean was it a coma dream? Who is really dead?? I just….
I would LOVE to go over all these theories with you, but I really really feel with this series it’s important to form your own opinions and feel everything for the first time with unbiased eyes. Spoilers would only confuse you more….
This whole story is a mystery you are dying to uncover and figure out, it really does suck you in and urge you to keep going, and just when you’re on the precipice you get yanked back into the darkness.
Are the voices Calla hears real? What is UP with Sabine? What is UP with all these strange things Calla has been seeing and experiencing…and as I said just when you think you have it all figured out and have your “OOOhhhh” moment another page blows that theory away and you are left with a nerve wracking cliffhanger…
I’m very concerned right now. I HAVE to know what’s going on….a complex web has been spun here and I just HAVE to figure out what is going on. I LOVED this book, I am in love with this series and all the intensity and desperation it evokes when I’m reading it…and how thought provoking it is even when I’m not reading. Major hangover here.
Now just to explain my 3.5 rating, it’s only because of the rocky ending. I LOVED this book and I would totally recommend it to fans of the mystery genre, but the flow of information was just a little rough for me in the beginning. I found myself TOO confused and I wanted to focus on THOSE specifics rather than getting into the rest of the story. Once I let it go and continued on, it became much more enjoyable and put together for me.
I’m a desperate woman waiting…
Kudos Cole, you’ve wrecked me!
Holy holy holy holy holy. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!