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tiareleine 's review for:
Of Triton
by Anna Banks
As you can probably tell from my review of [b:Of Poseidon|12425532|Of Poseidon (The Syrena Legacy, #1)|Anna Banks|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327879889s/12425532.jpg|17375535], I was... well, I was not a fan. Unfortunately, I have a problem with dnf-ing series (especially after I dnf-ed three earlier this year and continued a few I wasn't sure of that ended up improving greatly by the second book) Plus, these covers are beautiful and I have a lot of time and not many things to read this month (because all the books I would have read are books I'm getting for my birthday. Long story.) Wow, I'm making a lot of excuses. Anyway the important part of this incoherent rambling is that when I rate a book 2 stars, whether or not I complete the series is completely random.
And I happened to keep on reading this one.
And it happened to get a little better. Key word, little. I still don't really like Emma, but she was given a little more independence this time. I still don't like Galen (at all) but he was a little less controlling this time. I still don't like the Toraf/Rayna pairing, but the question of "If she didn't end up liking him, would she still have been forced to mate with him?" was at least brought up. Actually, a lot of the problems I had with the first book were at least brought up. (Toraf/Rayna, Galen's controlling attitude, etc.) Awareness is the first step towards a solution.
But it isn't everything.
There were still things in this book that were problematic for me. For example, Galen and Toraf were both extremely controlling of their girlfriends. Also, Galen got mad at Emma for things that were (at least, in my eyes) fairly small, and she didn't ever call him out on that. I don't see these relationships as healthy.
Which is why I was happy that this plot focused more on Syrena politics, and less on Emma's and Galen's relationship. I was happiest when they were apart, because then I didn't have to suffer through ill-timed cuddling and kissing (by the way, it's like they have no possible way of telling when it's appropriate to canoodle and when it's not) but at least the amount of time spent on their relationship was limited.
The writing style also still bothered me. It was very simple. And it was present tense. I don't like present tense, it makes things feel really awkward. Although, I came to appreciate the switch between Emma's first person narrative and Galen's third person narrative. It felt a lot more necessary in Of Triton than it did in Of Poseidon.
Overall, it was an improvement from the first book (enough that I felt it deserved an extra star) but it still needed work. If you didn't like Of Poseidon, don't read Of Triton. It's not that much better.
Update: 9/18/14
I won't be continuing with the series. I really wanted to, especially because these books are so pretty and I wanted them all on my shelves. But I just can't. I didn't like them enough to justify spending the money on the third one. I have too many other books to buy and read.
And I happened to keep on reading this one.
And it happened to get a little better. Key word, little. I still don't really like Emma, but she was given a little more independence this time. I still don't like Galen (at all) but he was a little less controlling this time. I still don't like the Toraf/Rayna pairing, but the question of "If she didn't end up liking him, would she still have been forced to mate with him?" was at least brought up. Actually, a lot of the problems I had with the first book were at least brought up. (Toraf/Rayna, Galen's controlling attitude, etc.) Awareness is the first step towards a solution.
But it isn't everything.
There were still things in this book that were problematic for me. For example, Galen and Toraf were both extremely controlling of their girlfriends. Also, Galen got mad at Emma for things that were (at least, in my eyes) fairly small, and she didn't ever call him out on that. I don't see these relationships as healthy.
Which is why I was happy that this plot focused more on Syrena politics, and less on Emma's and Galen's relationship. I was happiest when they were apart, because then I didn't have to suffer through ill-timed cuddling and kissing (by the way, it's like they have no possible way of telling when it's appropriate to canoodle and when it's not) but at least the amount of time spent on their relationship was limited.
The writing style also still bothered me. It was very simple. And it was present tense. I don't like present tense, it makes things feel really awkward. Although, I came to appreciate the switch between Emma's first person narrative and Galen's third person narrative. It felt a lot more necessary in Of Triton than it did in Of Poseidon.
Overall, it was an improvement from the first book (enough that I felt it deserved an extra star) but it still needed work. If you didn't like Of Poseidon, don't read Of Triton. It's not that much better.
Update: 9/18/14
I won't be continuing with the series. I really wanted to, especially because these books are so pretty and I wanted them all on my shelves. But I just can't. I didn't like them enough to justify spending the money on the third one. I have too many other books to buy and read.