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beckyyreadss's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
This series was gifted to me for my birthday. I loved the film and loved the last book; however, I think it should have had a tragedy ending and that this book wasn’t really needed.
This book has two points of view. The first is Ethan Wate, he has always dreamed of leaving the Southern town of Gatlin. But he never dreamt that finding love with Lena Duchannes would drive him away. Lena is a Caster girl whose supernatural powers unveiled a secretive and cursed side of Gatlin, so powerful it forced him to make a terrible sacrifice. Ethan is dead and stuck in the other universe and now he must find a way to return to Lena and to Gatlin. The second point of view is Lena Duchannes, she is refusing to move on with her life after Ethan’s death. She believes he is sending her messages from the other side and the only person that believes her is Ethans’s guardian Amma. Together they vow to do whatever it takes to get him back. Even if it means trusting old enemies or risking their loved one’s lives. Can Ethan and Lena rewrite their fate and will their love prevail.
This book was not needed at all. Amma should be alive. Ethan should be dead. Lena should be moving on and being a badass instead of moping over Ethan. There was no need for Amma to die, she was literally the godsend of the series and yet they killed her off with three chapters, it was pathetic and ruined the whole series. I ended up skimming through most of this book especially with most of the villains from the previous series coming back and trying to have a different arc. I couldn’t tell if this book was a money grabbing scheme or if the fans from when it first came out begged for it, but I would have loved for this book to be Lena older with children and talking about the old times with Ethan as a memory. He had such a good storyline of sacrificing himself to save his town and the people he loved, and this book has just ruined the whole arc of the series
The thing that stopped this book being 2 stars was Link and the additional POV from Lena, but the rest was just not needed.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death and Mental illness
Moderate: Death of parent
Minor: Suicide
zoeleighcraig's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.25
Content Warnings
Moderate: Death of parent and Death
Minor: Suicide
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