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Ballad: A Gathering of Faerie
by Maggie Stiefvater
This novel was really great and an interesting sequel to Lament. I kind of wish that it had been from Dee's point of view and James' point of view, instead of Nuala and James. I really hope there's going to be another sequel to this but I haven't seen any sign of one, so I'm not sure that it ended on the best note.
If you've seen my review of Lament, you know that this might not be the best review either. Talk about taking time to digest a book! Anywho, I can't say whether I liked Lament better or Ballad, because the romance was completely different, but the same in a way. Confused? Me too. But James and Nuala were an... odd pair to watch. I wanted James to notice Dee more, especially when she really needed him. I know that's being unfair because we got to read her unsent text messages and obviously he didn't, but still I feel like the role of best friend was played differently than normally defined.
I LOVED James' sarcasm and humor. I wish I was as witty as him, along with creating and writing about a character half as sarcastic. But, he had his faults, the main one being that he loved Dee, who loved Luke, who (***QUICK FEW-LINE SPOILER***) turned out to be not who she thought he was and somehow forgot that he loved her after becoming some kind of other fairy that she only see once a few months. And she just stopped loving him (***END OF SPOILER***). Sorry about that, I don't remember much, so what I do remember I'm just puting in their randomly.
The writing was again phenominal and I really want another book in the series, because I can definitely see this progressing. I've officially forgotten everything in this book, meaning I will most likely be reading it again.
If you've seen my review of Lament, you know that this might not be the best review either. Talk about taking time to digest a book! Anywho, I can't say whether I liked Lament better or Ballad, because the romance was completely different, but the same in a way. Confused? Me too. But James and Nuala were an... odd pair to watch. I wanted James to notice Dee more, especially when she really needed him. I know that's being unfair because we got to read her unsent text messages and obviously he didn't, but still I feel like the role of best friend was played differently than normally defined.
I LOVED James' sarcasm and humor. I wish I was as witty as him, along with creating and writing about a character half as sarcastic. But, he had his faults, the main one being that he loved Dee, who loved Luke, who (***QUICK FEW-LINE SPOILER***) turned out to be not who she thought he was and somehow forgot that he loved her after becoming some kind of other fairy that she only see once a few months. And she just stopped loving him (***END OF SPOILER***). Sorry about that, I don't remember much, so what I do remember I'm just puting in their randomly.
The writing was again phenominal and I really want another book in the series, because I can definitely see this progressing. I've officially forgotten everything in this book, meaning I will most likely be reading it again.