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A review by electraheart
Dangerous Creatures by Kami Garcia
2.0
Despite Ridley and Link being my two least favorite characters in the entire series, I pushed through with a book dedicated entirely to them. Initially, the story sets off with the two of them arriving in New York, and this is an okay premise. Nothing strong, but tolerable. Of course there are mysterious, dangerous characters whose foreshadowing nearly puts you to sleep. It isn't long until Ridley's slut-shaming attitude strikes any girl who stands in a five-foot radius of Link, and this wouldn't be a book about Link without the god-awful lyrics about processed meat.
This was supposed to be a story about Ridley and Link, but instead it's more about them constantly fighting and breaking up only to get back together (which cued only a thousand eye rolls from me because that kind of couple irritates the hell out of me). Then halfway through the book, they fight for the hundredth time and Ridley completely abandons Link. In New York City. With Dark Casters he's known for a few days at most. When she knows he's in danger. I'm sorry, but what kind of relationship is that? Am I supposed to be charmed that Ridley runs off in the middle of the night and woos another man -which she swears is only to get to the bottom of whatever's going on- to save someone she pretends she doesn't care about? Is that what we're calling romance these days? Am I supposed to be rooting for this couple?
Relationship woes aside, this book fell flat for me about a quarter of the way through. I had no interest in finding out what Nox is really up to or the full story behind him, because the story has been done before. In the last book in the series. And the one before that. And the two before that one. I get the feeling the authors are milking this series and these flat characters for the sake of a) making money or b) trying to give their fans what they want instead of writing something they're truly invested in. And frankly, it's getting pretty boring.
This was supposed to be a story about Ridley and Link, but instead it's more about them constantly fighting and breaking up only to get back together (which cued only a thousand eye rolls from me because that kind of couple irritates the hell out of me). Then halfway through the book, they fight for the hundredth time and Ridley completely abandons Link. In New York City. With Dark Casters he's known for a few days at most. When she knows he's in danger. I'm sorry, but what kind of relationship is that? Am I supposed to be charmed that Ridley runs off in the middle of the night and woos another man -which she swears is only to get to the bottom of whatever's going on- to save someone she pretends she doesn't care about? Is that what we're calling romance these days? Am I supposed to be rooting for this couple?
Relationship woes aside, this book fell flat for me about a quarter of the way through. I had no interest in finding out what Nox is really up to or the full story behind him, because the story has been done before. In the last book in the series. And the one before that. And the two before that one. I get the feeling the authors are milking this series and these flat characters for the sake of a) making money or b) trying to give their fans what they want instead of writing something they're truly invested in. And frankly, it's getting pretty boring.