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A review by polluxreads
Any Way the Wind Blows by Rainbow Rowell
3.0
Overall rating is 3.5 stars.
I've loved SnowBaz since I first read Fangirl in 2015, and they'll always be one of my favorite fictional couples. If I had to pick the book I loved the most in this trilogy, though, I'd have to say the first one. I felt myself burning out on reading while I was trying to make it through this novel, so maybe it skewered my overall thoughts, but this book and Wayward Son didn't feel like they matched my expectations in comparison to the first one.
Here's the thing: did the characters get their happy endings? Yes. Do the readers? In my opinion, no.
Too many questions are left unanswered, and I have to wonder if Rowell did that on purpose, in case she ever wants to return to this series. A lot of what we learn in Wayward Son, and here, just... doesn't seem to matter at all in the end? (Like Baz's crisis with what he learns being a vampire, for example.) I just wish more had been wrapped up before the book was over.
In the end, I wouldn't be mad if she ever did returned to SnowBaz in the future.
I've loved SnowBaz since I first read Fangirl in 2015, and they'll always be one of my favorite fictional couples. If I had to pick the book I loved the most in this trilogy, though, I'd have to say the first one. I felt myself burning out on reading while I was trying to make it through this novel, so maybe it skewered my overall thoughts, but this book and Wayward Son didn't feel like they matched my expectations in comparison to the first one.
Here's the thing: did the characters get their happy endings? Yes. Do the readers? In my opinion, no.
Too many questions are left unanswered, and I have to wonder if Rowell did that on purpose, in case she ever wants to return to this series. A lot of what we learn in Wayward Son, and here, just... doesn't seem to matter at all in the end? (Like Baz's crisis with what he learns being a vampire, for example.) I just wish more had been wrapped up before the book was over.
In the end, I wouldn't be mad if she ever did returned to SnowBaz in the future.