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A review by trgrze20
The Golden Tower by Holly Black
4.0
3.5
It took me awhile to think of a way to write this review and I guess all I can say is I did enjoy the book, but knocked it a star because my overall feeling for it is that I finished it feeling underwhelmed. Let me explain.
Call got his old selves memories back. That was something I was really looking forward to since we found out he was EoD, but in the end there was maybe a chapter or two that this even effected.
They added Gwen as a main side character, but there wasn’t much of a backstory or connection made so finding out about jasper and her was indifferent.
The “resolution” between Cecilia and Call felt forced or rushed with a random side bully who had no resolution made.
The battle with Alex felt to easy and the ending left so many questions like did they go to college, how was Alex/Arron treated afterwards.
It might be that I read the majority of this book in breaks at work or that I had to high expectations because I live for Cassandra Clare books, but I felt this book needed at least 100 more pages to make it feel full circle. Maybe there will be a continuing series? I would definitely stick with the series if that’s the case to maybe ease my feelings for the conclusion to this series.
It took me awhile to think of a way to write this review and I guess all I can say is I did enjoy the book, but knocked it a star because my overall feeling for it is that I finished it feeling underwhelmed. Let me explain.
Call got his old selves memories back. That was something I was really looking forward to since we found out he was EoD, but in the end there was maybe a chapter or two that this even effected.
They added Gwen as a main side character, but there wasn’t much of a backstory or connection made so finding out about jasper and her was indifferent.
The “resolution” between Cecilia and Call felt forced or rushed with a random side bully who had no resolution made.
The battle with Alex felt to easy and the ending left so many questions like did they go to college, how was Alex/Arron treated afterwards.
It might be that I read the majority of this book in breaks at work or that I had to high expectations because I live for Cassandra Clare books, but I felt this book needed at least 100 more pages to make it feel full circle. Maybe there will be a continuing series? I would definitely stick with the series if that’s the case to maybe ease my feelings for the conclusion to this series.