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4.04 AVERAGE
4.04 AVERAGE
I had forgotten a lot of my pedo concerns from books 6 and 7, since it had been a while since I read the previous installment and I didn't reread the series before getting this book. I was quickly reminded but felt that Moning toned it down a bit so it felt a little less creepy and overbearing. Or maybe I am being brainwashed slowly overtime, so I will eventually come around.
But afterwards I was left with a feeling of, "Wait what happened?" and in short the answer is not a whole lot of anything. The same feelings were rehashed, there wasn't much further character development, no problems were really solved. It all just built up to the next book; I just read 400 pages of filler.
Yet somehow Moning drew me back in to the world and characters and I enjoyed this while I was reading it. I'm pleading momentary insanity on this one.
But afterwards I was left with a feeling of, "Wait what happened?" and in short the answer is not a whole lot of anything. The same feelings were rehashed, there wasn't much further character development, no problems were really solved. It all just built up to the next book; I just read 400 pages of filler.
Spoiler
There were a few new plot points such as Alina somehow being alive again, but we don't know how or why; or that Dani/Jada and Mac have mended their relationship once again. But really the focus seemed to be how nothing was solved around the black holes; Barrons still won't commit to a labeled relationship with Mac, but boy oh boy he has a large endowment and knows how to use it, and will always be there for her; the book is in Mac and no one knows who is in control and what it means; Jada/Dani has issues etc.Yet somehow Moning drew me back in to the world and characters and I enjoyed this while I was reading it. I'm pleading momentary insanity on this one.
4.5 stars
It's still not as magical and perfect as the first five books of this series, but it's still interesting and I love that it sometimes actually suprises me. Off to book 9. I'm glad I finally decided to read beyond book 5.
It's still not as magical and perfect as the first five books of this series, but it's still interesting and I love that it sometimes actually suprises me. Off to book 9. I'm glad I finally decided to read beyond book 5.
The book had a slow start but finally picked up speed and ended with quite a cliffhanger. We got more of an insight into what happened to Dani in the Silvers.
I think this series has run out of steam. There were some lovely twists (Shazam!) but I think the plot just doesn't hold together anymore. This feels like a in-between book with no further advancement to the real story. So much wasted potential.
I felt like nothing happened in this book. Maybe that's not completely fair. Some stuff did happen. But Mac was just the same character with the same problems and I felt like nothing really changed beginning to end. I might be losing interest in this series.
It took me a lot of time to finish this pointless boring book, another cliffhanger in the end, but I'm not sure this is going to help me to pick up the next book. I'm sorry anyway because I was so in love for the first 5 books with Mac and Barrons but not anymore, they seem so petty. Ryodan, Dani/Jada and all the others I just can't stand.
Ho impiegato un mese per finire questo libro noioso e senza senzo, che non finisce, ma non credo che sia sufficiente questo per farmi leggere il prossimo. Comunque mi dispiace perché dei primi 5 libri ero proprio innamorata, cosí come di Barrons e Mac, che ora sembrano cosí stupidi. Di Ryodan, Dani/Jada e tutti gli altri, é meglio che non parli perché non si reggono proprio.
Ho impiegato un mese per finire questo libro noioso e senza senzo, che non finisce, ma non credo che sia sufficiente questo per farmi leggere il prossimo. Comunque mi dispiace perché dei primi 5 libri ero proprio innamorata, cosí come di Barrons e Mac, che ora sembrano cosí stupidi. Di Ryodan, Dani/Jada e tutti gli altri, é meglio che non parli perché non si reggono proprio.
I PUT MY PAWS ON IT!!!! Bow before me, mortals! Oh.My.God. I put the plague sign on the door and asked people to leave me alone until i finished all of it twice at least and then had enough time to deal with my existence. And of course, like the book maniac that i am, it is now all done and well read and some passages reread because it's me here we're talking about.
But then Reality intruded.
I don't know what to do with my life. Help. I need the next one, pronto. How do i cope with no Mac and no Barrons until the next book? And no Ryo to boot. What is the protocol here? I wish i could be as smooth as this guy and just roll with it:
But i can't. This book was, as we have gotten used with the one and only Karen Marie Moning, simply mind-blowing. So many things happened, i can't even say anything without saying something and spoiling a part or two or three, so beware i might have slipped a few teasers. My book-addled brain could not process it properly so don't curse me too much. The things that happened are too many and complex and beautiful and epic and jaw dropping for me to put into words. Actually one of the most common and frequent reaction that i have had while reading this masterpiece of a book has been something along the lines of:
If that wasn't enough, Major spoiler here, someone returns in the book for an encore. Someone i know for sure none of you has been expecting.
I haven't been expecting that person for sure.
Hell, even Mac hasn't been expecting it.
And to topple it all, you can bet it on Cruce to seed some mayhem even stuck in an ice prison beneath an abbey as the poor cookie is. And did i ever mention that i find bugs utterly disgusting?Except ladybugs, and this because they're cute.
But i abhor bugs in any form or shape. Particularly the cockroach variety. Especially considering that cockroaches can survive nuclear blasts and if they also happen to form a very sentient entity called Papa Roach, then i kind of hate them even more. If on top of that they are dissatisfied with being underfoot (underfoot, get it?) especially if the boot that makes sure to crush them belongs to Ryodan (i love him too, and i want to have his babies, but not as much as i love Barrons,) then you might understand why the... cockroach thingie that believes himself a god, would want to plot against that crushing boot. With the most unlikely of people.
Ahemz, moving on. We do have some sex scenes between our two most favorite characters in the world, and of course they are once more of the extremely hot variety because anything else would simply not do. Although if i were to be honest, . 
This book was everything i have ever wished (well i also want an apartment in Venice, but that's the second part) for and then some. I did not even feel too bad that we could not find out more about the Nine. But what will no doubt drive me utterly crazy by the end of this week, will be the fact this masterpiece of a book ends in... yes, you guessed right, the Mother of All Cliffhanger. Mrs. Moning likes to torture us, her devoted readers to such degrees, that half of us are wailing uncontrollably after every book and then praying to all the gods in all the pantheons for a time machine so we could fast-forward in time and get her next book without the torturous wait.
I must warn you though, there is a silver-lining at the end between Mac and Jada a.k.a. Danny (which i might add was never my favorite person and this so far has not changed, unfortunately) but them BOOM comes the cliffhanger i have been warning you about and leaves me staring in abject horror at my Kindle because i know it will take at least a year for me to find out what happens next
Did i mention we have a teddy bear involved?
Yes, you have heard me right the first time. We have a stuffed teddy bear involved. Did not expect the teddy bear. And Ryodan rips apart the teddy bear. It's not the first time he gruesomely destroys a toy because it pissed him off, if you remember the incident with the broken toy and the kid from the Keltar clan. I'm really thinking that Ryodan has some very serious issues regarding toys and destroying them; i have no idea what toy-less childhood he has had, but even thinking about Ryodan as a kid paints a blank slate in my mind and gives me goosebumps.
I will not delve into these feelings too deeply as i am concerned of what conclusions i will reach.
All in all,
This wait is gonna kill me.
But then Reality intruded.
I don't know what to do with my life. Help. I need the next one, pronto. How do i cope with no Mac and no Barrons until the next book? And no Ryo to boot. What is the protocol here? I wish i could be as smooth as this guy and just roll with it:
But i can't. This book was, as we have gotten used with the one and only Karen Marie Moning, simply mind-blowing. So many things happened, i can't even say anything without saying something and spoiling a part or two or three, so beware i might have slipped a few teasers. My book-addled brain could not process it properly so don't curse me too much. The things that happened are too many and complex and beautiful and epic and jaw dropping for me to put into words. Actually one of the most common and frequent reaction that i have had while reading this masterpiece of a book has been something along the lines of:
If that wasn't enough, Major spoiler here, someone returns in the book for an encore. Someone i know for sure none of you has been expecting.
I haven't been expecting that person for sure.
Hell, even Mac hasn't been expecting it.
And to topple it all, you can bet it on Cruce to seed some mayhem even stuck in an ice prison beneath an abbey as the poor cookie is. And did i ever mention that i find bugs utterly disgusting?Except ladybugs, and this because they're cute.
But i abhor bugs in any form or shape. Particularly the cockroach variety. Especially considering that cockroaches can survive nuclear blasts and if they also happen to form a very sentient entity called Papa Roach, then i kind of hate them even more. If on top of that they are dissatisfied with being underfoot (underfoot, get it?) especially if the boot that makes sure to crush them belongs to Ryodan (i love him too, and i want to have his babies, but not as much as i love Barrons,) then you might understand why the... cockroach thingie that believes himself a god, would want to plot against that crushing boot. With the most unlikely of people.
Ahemz, moving on. We do have some sex scenes between our two most favorite characters in the world, and of course they are once more of the extremely hot variety because anything else would simply not do. Although if i were to be honest,
Spoiler
i really, really would have wanted to read in detail, and by detail i mean outrageous detailed description about what kinks Mac explored with Barrons when she whispered quite a string of suggestions in his ear after a memorable bout of ... well.. mind altering "therapy" and of course my thoughts regarding it are the following:
This book was everything i have ever wished (well i also want an apartment in Venice, but that's the second part) for and then some. I did not even feel too bad that we could not find out more about the Nine.
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or is it the Ten now?I must warn you though, there is a silver-lining at the end between Mac and Jada a.k.a. Danny (which i might add was never my favorite person and this so far has not changed, unfortunately) but them BOOM comes the cliffhanger i have been warning you about and leaves me staring in abject horror at my Kindle because i know it will take at least a year for me to find out what happens next
Spoiler
and wondering with a sort of perverse giddiness how is Barrons gonna react when he sees That Mac is not Mac anymoreDid i mention we have a teddy bear involved?
Yes, you have heard me right the first time. We have a stuffed teddy bear involved. Did not expect the teddy bear. And Ryodan rips apart the teddy bear. It's not the first time he gruesomely destroys a toy because it pissed him off, if you remember the incident with the broken toy and the kid from the Keltar clan. I'm really thinking that Ryodan has some very serious issues regarding toys and destroying them; i have no idea what toy-less childhood he has had, but even thinking about Ryodan as a kid paints a blank slate in my mind and gives me goosebumps.
I will not delve into these feelings too deeply as i am concerned of what conclusions i will reach.
Spoiler
And the teddy bear is named after a music identification application... and named after a particular talking fluffy creature that said teddy bear resembles. Too many things happening for me to put them in a decent order, bear with me.All in all,
This wait is gonna kill me.
Even though I should know better by now, I still feel annoyed at how desperate a cliff hanger these books always end on. Still, it keeps me reading, so I suppose it's effective.
Holy cliffhanger. I really enjoyed that KMM delved more into Jada/Dani's time in the silvers, although I still really miss the young, free spirited Dani. Lot's of sexy times with Jericho and Mac. Now the long wait for the next installment.