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3.78 AVERAGE
3.78 AVERAGE
I have no idea how, but I have shifted to favoring Pippa and Arjun more than Celine and Bastien
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
emotional
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
The whole story switched from Celine and Bastien to Pippa and Arjun. While I like they're characters, the book wasn't grasping my interest.
Add in the fact that almost every page had to bring racism into the picture, iy just really made the book not fun for me. I'm all for learning from the past and representation, but this just felt like hatred and division.
I decided to look up some reviews after the first 60 pages. They weren't promising.
Very disappointed. I loved the first 2 books.
Add in the fact that almost every page had to bring racism into the picture, iy just really made the book not fun for me. I'm all for learning from the past and representation, but this just felt like hatred and division.
I decided to look up some reviews after the first 60 pages. They weren't promising.
Very disappointed. I loved the first 2 books.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racial slurs, Racism, Religious bigotry
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Very little actually happens in this book. It pretty much exists to set up the 4th book.
Don't get me wrong I enjoy spending time with Arjun and Pippa (not to mention we get a "marriage of convenience" AND a "only one bed" scenario!) but by the end of the book the plot has barely progressed from where we were at the end of Book 2.
For a YA series about vampires and werewolves set in New Orleans we barely got any of those 3 things. There is a very interesting and unexpected twist in the last couple of pages that sets up an intriguing development for Book 4 but overall this volume felt like a wasted opportunity.
Don't get me wrong I enjoy spending time with Arjun and Pippa (not to mention we get a "marriage of convenience" AND a "only one bed" scenario!) but by the end of the book the plot has barely progressed from where we were at the end of Book 2.
For a YA series about vampires and werewolves set in New Orleans we barely got any of those 3 things. There is a very interesting and unexpected twist in the last couple of pages that sets up an intriguing development for Book 4 but overall this volume felt like a wasted opportunity.
adventurous
dark
mysterious
fast-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:
Complicated
Awesome series...now to wait for #4...ugh!
medium-paced
Let me start off by saying this series has been one of my favorite reads of January, I absolutely adored the Beautiful and The Damned. It is rare that a sequel doesn't fall flat, but in this case, it hadn't. This leads me to the third installment of this series, The Righteous.
I had every intention to love this series, I love Celine and Bastien with my whole heart, they quickly had become one of my favorite book couples ever. The chemistry was wonderful, the banter was great, Celine was as headstrong and stubborn as Bastien, if not more. This book however genuinely broke that love for them and the entire series. Now, please enjoy my rant review.
Reasons why I dislike this book are as follows:
- Celine and Bastien are no longer the main characters. Yes, after two previous books the focus of the series has moved from Celine to Celine and Bastien, now to Pippa and Arjun. This would be fine except Pippa is the most infuriating character ever, while she had a redemption arc in this book I will never be able to look past how boring and whiney her character is. While I have no qualms with Arjun I just prefer Bastien more. Sitting there watching the only sensible character be put into five chapters when he was one of the main characters previously is infuriating.
- Celine is an entirely new person. So after watching Celine be this headstrong independent woman, I really adored her. She loved fiercely but trusted so rarely. Now, Celine has randomly decided to trust a woman who has lied to her all her life, and whenever Bastien raises concern over this she sneers his way. Bastien gave up his entire family to support her, is entirely unhappy in the situation yet she upturns her nose at a decent question of his. Like Celine, I get that this is exciting or whatever but there was once a time when you gave up everything for this man, now he does the same and you can't even stand to be in the same room with him? Ok, that makes sense.
- There was literally no plot, like what was the point other than to make Pippa decently more likable and have her and Arjun "fall in love" which, by the way, feels entirely unnatural and I feel bad for Arjun having to put up with Pippa. Pippa, you hate your life. You made bad decisions, lay in your bed. Oh, I'm sorry, I asked you to take responsibility for your actions? I forgot I was talking to an irrational child.
- Michael was literally in this book 4 times. I forgot he existed, to be honest. He was the Jacob to Celine's Bella and I entirely forgot he was here. He popped in at like page 250 just to remind you he still existed, and while the dynamic in the book has changed with our MC's switching, he was still a well-built character who got pushed aside for no reason.
My general consensus for this book is 'WHY?!'. I honestly see no point in this book at all, the plot was pretty much non-existent, and just felt like I was getting force-fed tropes that had somehow not already been put in the series. The only reason I even finished this book was for my main man Bastien, I have never wanted to DNF something so bad.
Renée I still love you please forgive me.
I had every intention to love this series, I love Celine and Bastien with my whole heart, they quickly had become one of my favorite book couples ever. The chemistry was wonderful, the banter was great, Celine was as headstrong and stubborn as Bastien, if not more. This book however genuinely broke that love for them and the entire series. Now, please enjoy my rant review.
Reasons why I dislike this book are as follows:
- Celine and Bastien are no longer the main characters. Yes, after two previous books the focus of the series has moved from Celine to Celine and Bastien, now to Pippa and Arjun. This would be fine except Pippa is the most infuriating character ever, while she had a redemption arc in this book I will never be able to look past how boring and whiney her character is. While I have no qualms with Arjun I just prefer Bastien more. Sitting there watching the only sensible character be put into five chapters when he was one of the main characters previously is infuriating.
- Celine is an entirely new person. So after watching Celine be this headstrong independent woman, I really adored her. She loved fiercely but trusted so rarely. Now, Celine has randomly decided to trust a woman who has lied to her all her life, and whenever Bastien raises concern over this she sneers his way. Bastien gave up his entire family to support her, is entirely unhappy in the situation yet she upturns her nose at a decent question of his. Like Celine, I get that this is exciting or whatever but there was once a time when you gave up everything for this man, now he does the same and you can't even stand to be in the same room with him? Ok, that makes sense.
- There was literally no plot, like what was the point other than to make Pippa decently more likable and have her and Arjun "fall in love" which, by the way, feels entirely unnatural and I feel bad for Arjun having to put up with Pippa. Pippa, you hate your life. You made bad decisions, lay in your bed. Oh, I'm sorry, I asked you to take responsibility for your actions? I forgot I was talking to an irrational child.
- Michael was literally in this book 4 times. I forgot he existed, to be honest. He was the Jacob to Celine's Bella and I entirely forgot he was here. He popped in at like page 250 just to remind you he still existed, and while the dynamic in the book has changed with our MC's switching, he was still a well-built character who got pushed aside for no reason.
My general consensus for this book is 'WHY?!'. I honestly see no point in this book at all, the plot was pretty much non-existent, and just felt like I was getting force-fed tropes that had somehow not already been put in the series. The only reason I even finished this book was for my main man Bastien, I have never wanted to DNF something so bad.
Renée I still love you please forgive me.
adventurous
mysterious
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
I am so confused.
That being said, I found Arjun and Pippa’s story much more interesting than Celine and Bastien’s
That being said, I found Arjun and Pippa’s story much more interesting than Celine and Bastien’s
adventurous
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
N/A