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caitlinwhetten 's review for:
A Sorrow Fierce and Falling
by Jessica Cluess
3.5 stars
Really enjoyed this series overall though this one felt rushed. There were a lot of little story threads that needed to be tied up plus the plot and 400 pages didn't seem like enough length to dedicate adequate time to everything.
In particular, I felt like Blackwood's character arc in this was a bit of a whiplash. He mostly seemed grumpy and a bit ambitious in the other books, but this one he went full Gaston-In-The-Mob-Scene and was ready to burn a woman alive. Then once Henrietta got together with the endgame love interest, he just went back to being grumpy and stubborn again. Just seemed like a plot contrivance., like he needed to be especially bad to make it so Henrietta would end up with who she ended up with. Which I didn't mind, but still.
I would have liked more with the witches, more time with her father and a bit more Faerie stuff. Also, like all the other books, Rook was a non-entity. He shows up for a page and a half and then he's gone. A bit of a waste.
I did love all the atmosphere surrounding Sorrow Fell and I enjoyed the way it all ended. It was a very satisfying conclusion with loss and change and characters not really being able to go back to how they were before. It was bittersweet and felt like everyone had really struggled and gone through things and come out the other side a little older and a little wiser. Overall I enjoyed this series -- it's a solid YA debut fantasy and I would read anything else Jessica Cluess puts out.
A Shadow Bright and Burning: 3 stars
A Poison Dark and Drowning: 4 stars
A Sorrow Fierce and Falling: 3.5 stars.
Really enjoyed this series overall though this one felt rushed. There were a lot of little story threads that needed to be tied up plus the plot and 400 pages didn't seem like enough length to dedicate adequate time to everything.
In particular, I felt like Blackwood's character arc in this was a bit of a whiplash. He mostly seemed grumpy and a bit ambitious in the other books, but this one he went full Gaston-In-The-Mob-Scene and was ready to burn a woman alive. Then once Henrietta got together with the endgame love interest, he just went back to being grumpy and stubborn again. Just seemed like a plot contrivance., like he needed to be especially bad to make it so Henrietta would end up with who she ended up with. Which I didn't mind, but still.
I would have liked more with the witches, more time with her father and a bit more Faerie stuff. Also, like all the other books, Rook was a non-entity. He shows up for a page and a half and then he's gone. A bit of a waste.
I did love all the atmosphere surrounding Sorrow Fell and I enjoyed the way it all ended. It was a very satisfying conclusion with loss and change and characters not really being able to go back to how they were before. It was bittersweet and felt like everyone had really struggled and gone through things and come out the other side a little older and a little wiser. Overall I enjoyed this series -- it's a solid YA debut fantasy and I would read anything else Jessica Cluess puts out.
A Shadow Bright and Burning: 3 stars
A Poison Dark and Drowning: 4 stars
A Sorrow Fierce and Falling: 3.5 stars.