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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
Bro it swings from a 2.5 to a 3.5, who tf even knows at this point? Not me!
emotional
funny
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
shepard my demon marrying husband
I still loved the characters but this book doesn't measure up to the first two. There's a lot of bloat and not a lot of plot. The plot twists are easy to see coming and too much relationship angst, but I'm not a teenage reader so recognize I'm not the target audience.
DNF 75% later..I’ve never rated a book this low before but I honestly just wasn’t feeling it and I hate to DNF.
im not entirely sure if i finished this book or if it finished me, but either way im crying harder than the day i was born.
there were certainly um *cough* moments that took me off guard but it was absolutely beyond anything i could have asked for.
that being said my bias is as big and fat as the bloody moon and i’m not afraid to say it, however…..this book was quite flawed, but it was flawed in a way that made it real (and that’s rich seeing as it’s quite literally a book about magicians, vampires, demons and a curly haired rosebud boy with dragon wings).
this book sang of trauma and heeling and everything in between and how people can change and grow and try.
carry on had taken a chunk of my heart the moment i let it in and nestled itself comfortable and i am more than willing to let it stay that way. i know the books are now finished but i’m sure many of us will forever be keeping them alive everywhere we go.
i know i definitely will
:’) <3
there were certainly um *cough* moments that took me off guard but it was absolutely beyond anything i could have asked for.
that being said my bias is as big and fat as the bloody moon and i’m not afraid to say it, however…..this book was quite flawed, but it was flawed in a way that made it real (and that’s rich seeing as it’s quite literally a book about magicians, vampires, demons and a curly haired rosebud boy with dragon wings).
this book sang of trauma and heeling and everything in between and how people can change and grow and try.
carry on had taken a chunk of my heart the moment i let it in and nestled itself comfortable and i am more than willing to let it stay that way. i know the books are now finished but i’m sure many of us will forever be keeping them alive everywhere we go.
i know i definitely will
:’) <3
Gosh - After an excellent book two I thought maybe this series was going somewhere, but this book seemed like fan service. The plot seemed to just string together in a way that didn’t always make sense. The most interesting side story is resolved too early, and there is an entire subplot that just goes nowhere. The world is fun though, the characters great, I just wish they all had something to do.
adventurous
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
That third star is just for nostalgia's sake. This book feels very much like it started with a list of things to sort out for the protagonists and everything else was then built around it. I love a good satisfying ending, but unfortunately that surrounding plot felt both disjointed and predictable . Even that I'd be happy to overlook, but not the fact that I couldn't recognise several of the characters I loved so much in Carry On . There were genuinely sweet moments and others that made me laugh, but I can't help but wish these glimpses into Baz and Simon's future were instead turned into vignettes or novellas - or really just left to the reader's imagination.
Spoiler
(Simon and Baz snogging in the catacombs? check. Get Simon a new sword and a long lost granny who loves feeding him? check. No inconveniently incompatible lifespans? check. Pair everyone up neatly? check, I was half expecting Jamie and Pippa to announce their engagement.)Spoiler
(I knew it was coming but I still had to stop reading and just stare into the distance for a while when that melodrama with Excalibur started to actually unfold, like the weirdest homage to Oliver Twist and other improbable Dickensian reunions)Spoiler
(Look I'm as delighted as the next person about a butch lesbian love interest, but nothing about the characterisation of Agatha in CO persuaded me that she could find her happiness as a hermit goatherd at Watford. And Penny - PENNY - ignoring Simon when he's asking her for help for A WEEK so that she can conveniently deal with her demonically engaged boyfriend? Please. I even felt sorry for Daphne and what the story did to her.)
I loved the romance that we got & I also thought there were some fun and thrilling moments in this book. However, idk if it was just because it was so long or because it felt disconnected from the other two books in my opinion, but I just couldn't shake this weird feeling that it ended abruptly and didn't feel the same as reading Carry On & Wayward Son.