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A review by katyanaish
Don't Hex with Texas by Shanna Swendson
3.0
Well, I'm disappointed.
To be honest, from the ending of book 3, I suspected that I would be. It boils down to Katie's martyr complex. I hate that in a character. I hate that other characters are reinforcing it, particularly because it doesn't make sense ().
I hate that in the end, it boiled down to In earlier books, Katie was a smart, innovative heroine, who made great use of her different perspective on the world to show that she didn't need super powers to make a difference. What happened to that? Now she's just a pathetic weakling, but hey, we like you, so stick around. And she rolls over for them to scratch her belly. Seriously, WTF?
I hate the way everyone treated Owen. Firstly, the guy does NOT need more kicks to the ego. Frankly, I think that Merlin and team are well on their way to turning him into Darth Vader, by berating him for all his mistakes (even things that aren't mistakes), berating him for being compassionate, and doing their best to isolate him. They are all clearly scared of him. Does that actually help him? No. And he's such a good guy, it would be great if the people in his life stopped treating him like a whipping boy. I think he should tell them all to piss off and go live his life somewhere, letting them deal with the mess. They deserve it.
Oh well.
:(
To be honest, from the ending of book 3, I suspected that I would be. It boils down to Katie's martyr complex. I hate that in a character. I hate that other characters are reinforcing it, particularly because it doesn't make sense (
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frankly, if Merlin is so concerned that Owen might go all dark-side, he should be THRILLED that Owen is in love. An emotional connection to someone - the feeling of compassion and concern for their well-being - makes him more of a good guy, not more likely to be a bad guy.I hate that in the end, it boiled down to
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"Well, Katie, you're apparently always going to be a victim that needs to have a super hero babysitting you, so you may as well be with Owen." And even worse, I hate that Katie AGREED with that assessment!I hate the way everyone treated Owen. Firstly, the guy does NOT need more kicks to the ego. Frankly, I think that Merlin and team are well on their way to turning him into Darth Vader, by berating him for all his mistakes (even things that aren't mistakes), berating him for being compassionate, and doing their best to isolate him. They are all clearly scared of him. Does that actually help him? No. And he's such a good guy, it would be great if the people in his life stopped treating him like a whipping boy. I think he should tell them all to piss off and go live his life somewhere, letting them deal with the mess. They deserve it.
Oh well.
:(