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A review by hsaraah
Gypsy Moon by Kristy Cunning
3.0
i just finished the book
I am so so angry at this book right now
no scratch that. I'm just very angry right now, I don't even know what exactly makes me angry but i know i just do. And that's the reason why I didn't want to type my review just yet. I wanted to give my brain some time to process everything that happened. But the thing is: I don't feel like I can start the next one without getting out my frustration about this one and i really REALLY want to know what happens next I think that says pretty much everything i feel about this book.
I hate the love/hate relationship I entertain with this series... this book raises more questions than it answers. The only thing that kept me sane in the first three books is that they answered as much questions as they raised, maintening some kind of balance.
But now? Everything is just on the loose and here's a list of things that made me very frustrated in this book:
-WHY is Violet becoming so stupid?
She started out as a pretty intresting character, she had her own way of being strong in the wide world of monsters she's being thrown into. But every trait that made her character unique are now quite annoying because they are pushed too far : Violet used to be intresting because she bottles up everything and never says anything until its truly bothering her. But in this book she in just manhandled by everyone even her mother. Stand up to yourself woman!
Arion's obsession with their ex-girlfriend
I honestly rolled my eyes everytime he says "I will handle Idun" , "Idun won't be a problem once i find her" ....
And it's something that goes throughout the whole book, it's an issue that does not get solved at all, making me hate the vampire even more
too much hype around Idun... for nothing
So, she was derscibed as a very scary bitch, everyone seem to fear her but she's just so underwhelming... I was very exited about the whole Idun rising thing since her presence is what might allow us to get a glimpse of what the alphas used to be. But it's just ruined... they flew to Ireland to because omg she is already back and has likely been watching everyone for a while yay
So long story short: we talk about her for a whole book and she does not even appear in it... even as a cliffhanger.
The romance is deat D.E.A.D
All the competition and the selfishness was kind of off-putting. At the begining it was fun, and the fact that they don't mind sharing seems to be obvious for the alphas but Violet just gets tossed around like a toy (her words not mine). It seems like they don't care about her at all and use her to nurture their ego and pride. They lie to her, manipulate her, don't hesitate to stab her with cold honest truth to get her to cry in their arms when sh's sad. Honstly it was tiring
But as i said, I have a love/Hate relationship with this book and I could not put it down because :
I'm a sucker for complex plots and it does not get as confusing as this
yes i might have complained about the enormous ton of unanswered questions but you've got to love the complexity of the whole world Kristy Cunning created for us. You've got to love how every being in her world have a background story and a reason to be. Somehow, in the entangled mess, everything is tied up and makes sense. For every problem, for every curse, every situation, there is always a plausible story to back it up. Creating a complexe and very complete universe that i really enjoyed. In this book, i just love how everything seems to somehow relate even thought i don't understand it.
(maybe my anger is aimed at myself because I usually don't struggle to follow the logic of a universe, but this book is just something else)
steamy steamy sex scenes
Yup. Cunning stepped up her game on this one. I said the romance was dead but certainly not the sex. Wich makes everything very entertaining. kuddos to that
It's just so damn well written
perfect blend of dialogue and description. jokes, puns and comical situations that never fail to make me laugh. Comic reliefs that always come at the right moment. overall a very entertaining book.
So yeah... This book, like the previous ones is very very hard to put down, as frustrated as yu are while reading it, there's just somehing that keeps you from looking away from it. It's not my favorite but this book is definitely something worth reading.
I am so so angry at this book right now
no scratch that. I'm just very angry right now, I don't even know what exactly makes me angry but i know i just do. And that's the reason why I didn't want to type my review just yet. I wanted to give my brain some time to process everything that happened. But the thing is: I don't feel like I can start the next one without getting out my frustration about this one and i really REALLY want to know what happens next I think that says pretty much everything i feel about this book.
I hate the love/hate relationship I entertain with this series... this book raises more questions than it answers. The only thing that kept me sane in the first three books is that they answered as much questions as they raised, maintening some kind of balance.
But now? Everything is just on the loose and here's a list of things that made me very frustrated in this book:
-WHY is Violet becoming so stupid?
She started out as a pretty intresting character, she had her own way of being strong in the wide world of monsters she's being thrown into. But every trait that made her character unique are now quite annoying because they are pushed too far : Violet used to be intresting because she bottles up everything and never says anything until its truly bothering her. But in this book she in just manhandled by everyone even her mother. Stand up to yourself woman!
Arion's obsession with their ex-girlfriend
I honestly rolled my eyes everytime he says "I will handle Idun" , "Idun won't be a problem once i find her" ....
And it's something that goes throughout the whole book, it's an issue that does not get solved at all, making me hate the vampire even more
too much hype around Idun... for nothing
So, she was derscibed as a very scary bitch, everyone seem to fear her but she's just so underwhelming... I was very exited about the whole Idun rising thing since her presence is what might allow us to get a glimpse of what the alphas used to be. But it's just ruined... they flew to Ireland to because omg she is already back and has likely been watching everyone for a while yay
So long story short: we talk about her for a whole book and she does not even appear in it... even as a cliffhanger.
The romance is deat D.E.A.D
All the competition and the selfishness was kind of off-putting. At the begining it was fun, and the fact that they don't mind sharing seems to be obvious for the alphas but Violet just gets tossed around like a toy (her words not mine). It seems like they don't care about her at all and use her to nurture their ego and pride. They lie to her, manipulate her, don't hesitate to stab her with cold honest truth to get her to cry in their arms when sh's sad. Honstly it was tiring
But as i said, I have a love/Hate relationship with this book and I could not put it down because :
I'm a sucker for complex plots and it does not get as confusing as this
yes i might have complained about the enormous ton of unanswered questions but you've got to love the complexity of the whole world Kristy Cunning created for us. You've got to love how every being in her world have a background story and a reason to be. Somehow, in the entangled mess, everything is tied up and makes sense. For every problem, for every curse, every situation, there is always a plausible story to back it up. Creating a complexe and very complete universe that i really enjoyed. In this book, i just love how everything seems to somehow relate even thought i don't understand it.
(maybe my anger is aimed at myself because I usually don't struggle to follow the logic of a universe, but this book is just something else)
steamy steamy sex scenes
Yup. Cunning stepped up her game on this one. I said the romance was dead but certainly not the sex. Wich makes everything very entertaining. kuddos to that
It's just so damn well written
perfect blend of dialogue and description. jokes, puns and comical situations that never fail to make me laugh. Comic reliefs that always come at the right moment. overall a very entertaining book.
So yeah... This book, like the previous ones is very very hard to put down, as frustrated as yu are while reading it, there's just somehing that keeps you from looking away from it. It's not my favorite but this book is definitely something worth reading.