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A review by jessielzimmer
Wisteria Woven by Angela Pepper
3.0
I just finished this, so my thoughts are still rather messy. I'm going to hash out a few things.
- I only gave this book 3 stars because of the Zinnia plot. Without it, it would've been a flat two stars. Zinnia's struggle was the heart of this book and the only thing that kept me reading. I wish the author had focused much more on that than all the "wacky" things that had been going on around Zara. Related spoiler:I was expecting the little girl trailing Zinnia to be the little sister that Aiden had created, and was disappointed when it wasn't. Plus Zinnia wasn't really active in her own rescuing, which was really frustrating. To watch everyone just *do* things for her, and it all shakes out just fine.
- Zoey continues to be a non-character as this series progresses, and it's really sad. Zoey is one of the best characters in this world, and to see her forgotten or tossed aside for other, newer characters like Maisy and Ambrosia is disappointing. I continually find myself missing the flow of the first five books, which were much more grounded in Zara, Zoey and Zinnia. Zoey has one crucial scene in the whole book. ONE. While newer characters (Ambrosia) or much more annoying characters (Margaret) have multiple. Why is Zara so worried about her protege rather than her actual daughter? It's annoying as hell.
- For some reason in this book it feels like the author thinks just having chaos left, right and center makes for a riveting plot. It doesn't. Things are constantly moving at a breakneck pace and then resolved just as quickly without much weight or consequences. With this book, it's gone beyond fluffy into annoying. I'm pretty sure I keep reading these books because they're easy and have little consequence for the series, like comic books. But it's a real letdown because they used to be much better.
- Why is everyone so awful to Zara in this one? She's been a witch for less than a year (as far as I can tell) and she's had a ton of shit happen to her. Dead relatives being not so dead, finding a long-lost love, kind of losing a love, gaining a vampire boyfriend ... and those are just the things I *remember*. Yet in this one, everyone seems to have something to bitch about when it comes to her humor, her parenting, her attitude. I like Zara just the way she is. She's interesting and funny and doesn't take any shit. I don't want that to change.
- I want Maisy to leave the series. She's annoying and pompous and rude and arrogant and *mean*. I'd much rather have more of Zoey and Zinnia or Chloe and Carrot, than Maisy. Please let her choke on a coffee bean and die, or something.
- The whole romance with Bentley feels like a waste of plot space. It's been awkward and rushed since the beginning, and I don't think that it's getting any better. I wish the author had paced things out and let them fall in love at a more natural pace. Perhaps this was the author's plan all along, but ever since the Daybreak series started it just feels forced. I wish she'd back off some and like it flow at a slower rhythm. The whole brief moment where he wanted to"dad" Zoey and was jealous of Archer felt borderline gross. He has no place in that triangle right now, he's just Zara's boyfriend. *I* wanted to smack him and tell him to back the fuck off.
Those are my main thoughts, pretty uncensored. They're still fine enough books, and light, swift reads. But as the series keeps drumming on, I feel like we're losing more and more of the shine and wonder that made the first 3-5 books so good.
- I only gave this book 3 stars because of the Zinnia plot. Without it, it would've been a flat two stars. Zinnia's struggle was the heart of this book and the only thing that kept me reading. I wish the author had focused much more on that than all the "wacky" things that had been going on around Zara. Related spoiler:
- Zoey continues to be a non-character as this series progresses, and it's really sad. Zoey is one of the best characters in this world, and to see her forgotten or tossed aside for other, newer characters like Maisy and Ambrosia is disappointing. I continually find myself missing the flow of the first five books, which were much more grounded in Zara, Zoey and Zinnia. Zoey has one crucial scene in the whole book. ONE. While newer characters (Ambrosia) or much more annoying characters (Margaret) have multiple. Why is Zara so worried about her protege rather than her actual daughter? It's annoying as hell.
- For some reason in this book it feels like the author thinks just having chaos left, right and center makes for a riveting plot. It doesn't. Things are constantly moving at a breakneck pace and then resolved just as quickly without much weight or consequences. With this book, it's gone beyond fluffy into annoying. I'm pretty sure I keep reading these books because they're easy and have little consequence for the series, like comic books. But it's a real letdown because they used to be much better.
- Why is everyone so awful to Zara in this one? She's been a witch for less than a year (as far as I can tell) and she's had a ton of shit happen to her. Dead relatives being not so dead, finding a long-lost love, kind of losing a love, gaining a vampire boyfriend ... and those are just the things I *remember*. Yet in this one, everyone seems to have something to bitch about when it comes to her humor, her parenting, her attitude. I like Zara just the way she is. She's interesting and funny and doesn't take any shit. I don't want that to change.
- I want Maisy to leave the series. She's annoying and pompous and rude and arrogant and *mean*. I'd much rather have more of Zoey and Zinnia or Chloe and Carrot, than Maisy. Please let her choke on a coffee bean and die, or something.
- The whole romance with Bentley feels like a waste of plot space. It's been awkward and rushed since the beginning, and I don't think that it's getting any better. I wish the author had paced things out and let them fall in love at a more natural pace. Perhaps this was the author's plan all along, but ever since the Daybreak series started it just feels forced. I wish she'd back off some and like it flow at a slower rhythm. The whole brief moment where he wanted to
Those are my main thoughts, pretty uncensored. They're still fine enough books, and light, swift reads. But as the series keeps drumming on, I feel like we're losing more and more of the shine and wonder that made the first 3-5 books so good.