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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
The first book in a while that made me pull an all-nighter. This book healed me, don’t ask me how!
adventurous
emotional
funny
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Overall rating is 3.5 stars.
I've loved SnowBaz since I first read Fangirl in 2015, and they'll always be one of my favorite fictional couples. If I had to pick the book I loved the most in this trilogy, though, I'd have to say the first one. I felt myself burning out on reading while I was trying to make it through this novel, so maybe it skewered my overall thoughts, but this book and Wayward Son didn't feel like they matched my expectations in comparison to the first one.
Here's the thing: did the characters get their happy endings? Yes. Do the readers? In my opinion, no.
Too many questions are left unanswered, and I have to wonder if Rowell did that on purpose, in case she ever wants to return to this series. A lot of what we learn in Wayward Son, and here, just... doesn't seem to matter at all in the end? (Like Baz's crisis with what he learns being a vampire, for example.) I just wish more had been wrapped up before the book was over.
In the end, I wouldn't be mad if she ever did returned to SnowBaz in the future.
I've loved SnowBaz since I first read Fangirl in 2015, and they'll always be one of my favorite fictional couples. If I had to pick the book I loved the most in this trilogy, though, I'd have to say the first one. I felt myself burning out on reading while I was trying to make it through this novel, so maybe it skewered my overall thoughts, but this book and Wayward Son didn't feel like they matched my expectations in comparison to the first one.
Here's the thing: did the characters get their happy endings? Yes. Do the readers? In my opinion, no.
Too many questions are left unanswered, and I have to wonder if Rowell did that on purpose, in case she ever wants to return to this series. A lot of what we learn in Wayward Son, and here, just... doesn't seem to matter at all in the end? (Like Baz's crisis with what he learns being a vampire, for example.) I just wish more had been wrapped up before the book was over.
In the end, I wouldn't be mad if she ever did returned to SnowBaz in the future.
adventurous
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Strong character development:
Yes
This book made the rest of the series all come together. I love these characters and I love this universe. I would GLADLY read more. This book has been re-read by my three times in the last two years. I am a huge fan.
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A
Is your ideal novel a book where your favs lay in the bed the whole time talking about their feelings and being cute? Same, actually. And oh boy, this is the book for you.
Simon and Baz are my favs, so they were FOR SURE the highlight of the book, just watching them as “boyfriends-being-boyfriends.” But Shepherd and Penny had SUCH a cute storyline that I’m honestly still laughing about. And Agatha and Niamh! I kind of wish I enjoyed them more, but I was so wrapped up in Simon and Baz’s moments that it was hard to take a break.
I got so scared because there was a lot still unresolved when there was 150 pages or so left, but a lot of hopeful details got thrown in the last 30 pages or so that were really awesome. There are still some moments I wish we got (ie Baz drinking Simon’s blood, Simon coming more to terms about the way the Mage using him has hurt his ability to be intimate) but I suppose that’s what fanfiction is for.
Overall, I loved this book so so so much. My whole SnowBaz obsession came from trying to deal with my ATYD hangover, but now I have such a book hangover from this. There is no solution but to just keep rereading :)
Spoiler
Seriously, I feel like this is a dream of a book, like an amazing meal with a bottomless stomach- I could just inhale more and more of this book and not be filled. Simon and Baz are the cutest cuties. The sweetest sweeties. And they deserved every moment of this book- every healing, redeeming moment that they got after all the trauma they’ve been through. There was emotional growth! And good communication! And cute little bed hangs! And all the things one dreams about in the final installment of an amazing novel.Simon and Baz are my favs, so they were FOR SURE the highlight of the book, just watching them as “boyfriends-being-boyfriends.” But Shepherd and Penny had SUCH a cute storyline that I’m honestly still laughing about. And Agatha and Niamh! I kind of wish I enjoyed them more, but I was so wrapped up in Simon and Baz’s moments that it was hard to take a break.
I got so scared because there was a lot still unresolved when there was 150 pages or so left, but a lot of hopeful details got thrown in the last 30 pages or so that were really awesome. There are still some moments I wish we got (ie Baz drinking Simon’s blood, Simon coming more to terms about the way the Mage using him has hurt his ability to be intimate) but I suppose that’s what fanfiction is for.
Overall, I loved this book so so so much. My whole SnowBaz obsession came from trying to deal with my ATYD hangover, but now I have such a book hangover from this. There is no solution but to just keep rereading :)
1.5 Sterne
Endlich bin ich durch mit der wohl größten Enttäuschung des Jahres (bisher). Es war mir wirklich eine Qual!
Meine Kritikpunkte:
* extrem unangenehme Sexszenen zwischen Baz und Simon
* lauter Klischees über England
* Verrat an den Figuren, besonders an Agatha
* zu viele offene Fragen
* zu wenig Plot bei zu vielen Seiten
* ein lachhafter Bösewicht
* zu wenig Bezug zu den früheren Bänden
* generell die Unnötigkeit; "Carry On" hätte ein Einzelband bleiben sollen!
Endlich bin ich durch mit der wohl größten Enttäuschung des Jahres (bisher). Es war mir wirklich eine Qual!
Meine Kritikpunkte:
* extrem unangenehme Sexszenen zwischen Baz und Simon
* lauter Klischees über England
* Verrat an den Figuren, besonders an Agatha
* zu viele offene Fragen
* zu wenig Plot bei zu vielen Seiten
* ein lachhafter Bösewicht
* zu wenig Bezug zu den früheren Bänden
* generell die Unnötigkeit; "Carry On" hätte ein Einzelband bleiben sollen!