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A review by brittsallbooked
West by Edith Pattou
4.0
This series will go right up to the top of my favorites list. I adored them and devoured them. Be prepared to get these if you ever do a book swap with me because they were that good!
WEST continues shortly after EAST ends and it takes off rather quickly.
"It was perhaps the hardest test I had ever faced, balancing my wild, northern nature with that love."
Charles has said to have died in a bad shipwreck as he was traveling back to Rose's family gathering. Only, Rose doesn't feel that he has died and can't believe what she hears. She gives her son to her brother to look after until she returns from her adventure to find the truth about Charles.
Upon her adventures she runs into some crazy people who are actually not people at all, but Trolls who work for the Queen who has supposedly died. Clearly she lived to torment Rose for another book and another adventure.
She gets clues as to where to find Charles, and when she does, he is not as he should be. His whole memory of Rose and their life together is gone. So she plays along through her own heartbreak in hopes that Charles's memory will return soon.
Only then do they get news of terrible diseases sweeping the lands and that their own son and daughter had disappeared without a trace. Only who would have that kind of power is an ill stated nation?
"My white bear was gone, but not gone. In some ways it was worse than if he were dead, Here but not here."
What a crazy ride this was...! Loved every moment, for the most part.
Please be aware that this next paragraph will CONTAIN A SPOILER so skip it if you don't want to be spoiled.
LAST WARNING :)
Okay, so here is the main reason why I only gave it 4 stars instead of 5. Why did Charles still not remember his wife or life even after he was turned back into a bear? Even after he was back to being a man after being a bear....
Why didn't Rose just tell him the truth from the beginning..? Given her wild nature, you'd think she would just tell him the truth when the time was right. It's her life as much as it is his. It's her son who was taken as much as it was his. I personally just didn't care for that aspect of the book. I didn't like how Rose went ahead with a "second" wedding with Charles instead of just trying to continue what they had. It just feels like she started over with him, even though their life was already pretty good.
Overall, I loved this book just as much as I loved the first one. Just if you read my spoiler, you would know why I rated it at 4. Which it wasn't even that big of a deal, just my personal opinion on the storyline.
WEST was addictive, adventurous, enchanting, and is a book generations to come will enjoy!
"Where there was life, there was also hope."
Until next time,
DauntlessReading
WEST continues shortly after EAST ends and it takes off rather quickly.
"It was perhaps the hardest test I had ever faced, balancing my wild, northern nature with that love."
Charles has said to have died in a bad shipwreck as he was traveling back to Rose's family gathering. Only, Rose doesn't feel that he has died and can't believe what she hears. She gives her son to her brother to look after until she returns from her adventure to find the truth about Charles.
Upon her adventures she runs into some crazy people who are actually not people at all, but Trolls who work for the Queen who has supposedly died. Clearly she lived to torment Rose for another book and another adventure.
She gets clues as to where to find Charles, and when she does, he is not as he should be. His whole memory of Rose and their life together is gone. So she plays along through her own heartbreak in hopes that Charles's memory will return soon.
Only then do they get news of terrible diseases sweeping the lands and that their own son and daughter had disappeared without a trace. Only who would have that kind of power is an ill stated nation?
"My white bear was gone, but not gone. In some ways it was worse than if he were dead, Here but not here."
What a crazy ride this was...! Loved every moment, for the most part.
Please be aware that this next paragraph will CONTAIN A SPOILER so skip it if you don't want to be spoiled.
LAST WARNING :)
Okay, so here is the main reason why I only gave it 4 stars instead of 5. Why did Charles still not remember his wife or life even after he was turned back into a bear? Even after he was back to being a man after being a bear....
Why didn't Rose just tell him the truth from the beginning..? Given her wild nature, you'd think she would just tell him the truth when the time was right. It's her life as much as it is his. It's her son who was taken as much as it was his. I personally just didn't care for that aspect of the book. I didn't like how Rose went ahead with a "second" wedding with Charles instead of just trying to continue what they had. It just feels like she started over with him, even though their life was already pretty good.
Overall, I loved this book just as much as I loved the first one. Just if you read my spoiler, you would know why I rated it at 4. Which it wasn't even that big of a deal, just my personal opinion on the storyline.
WEST was addictive, adventurous, enchanting, and is a book generations to come will enjoy!
"Where there was life, there was also hope."
Until next time,
DauntlessReading