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The Conspiracy of Us
by Maggie Hall
This review contains SPOILERS!
This book definitely brought me on an adventure. I was told there was a love triangle, but maybe it appears more in the next book because to me, there didn't seem to be any competition between Stellan and Jack. It was obvious who Avery wanted - she never struggled to choose or was swayed. She acknowledged Stellan's looks but that's about it. And now with the prophecy... I guess she is torn between them. But her heart isn't. Anyway.
Am I the only one who thought that prophecy was ridiculously simple? If you've read the Percy Jackson series (and the Heroes of Olympus series) by Rick Riordan, then you know what a good prophecy sounds like. First, and most importantly, nothing is every what it seems. What fulfills the prophecy is the last thing you expect. And I'm pretty sure prophecies rhyme. Maybe I'm wrong, but considering the prophecy was pretty much exactly what it said (survives fire, leader, achilles, etc), I wasn't blown away when Avery figured it out. Anyone who knew Stellan prior to the events of the novel probably could have figured it out. It just didn't surprise me in the end.
Jack was great. Love him. I love that he's willing to make sacrifices, and that Avery turned his world upside-down, and that it took time of the relationship to build up. Sort of. I like that Avery came into her own and took risks and put herself in danger when this wasn't the life she was used to.
I don't really have much else to say. Stellan was an ass. Can't see how he could possibly hold a candle to Jack in the second book. The Dauphin family made me so so angry, but they got what was coming to them.
This book definitely brought me on an adventure. I was told there was a love triangle, but maybe it appears more in the next book because to me, there didn't seem to be any competition between Stellan and Jack. It was obvious who Avery wanted - she never struggled to choose or was swayed. She acknowledged Stellan's looks but that's about it. And now with the prophecy... I guess she is torn between them. But her heart isn't. Anyway.
Am I the only one who thought that prophecy was ridiculously simple? If you've read the Percy Jackson series (and the Heroes of Olympus series) by Rick Riordan, then you know what a good prophecy sounds like. First, and most importantly, nothing is every what it seems. What fulfills the prophecy is the last thing you expect. And I'm pretty sure prophecies rhyme. Maybe I'm wrong, but considering the prophecy was pretty much exactly what it said (survives fire, leader, achilles, etc), I wasn't blown away when Avery figured it out. Anyone who knew Stellan prior to the events of the novel probably could have figured it out. It just didn't surprise me in the end.
Jack was great. Love him. I love that he's willing to make sacrifices, and that Avery turned his world upside-down, and that it took time of the relationship to build up. Sort of. I like that Avery came into her own and took risks and put herself in danger when this wasn't the life she was used to.
I don't really have much else to say. Stellan was an ass. Can't see how he could possibly hold a candle to Jack in the second book. The Dauphin family made me so so angry, but they got what was coming to them.