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nw_tassia 's review for:
The Faerie War
by Rachel Morgan
Once again, Rachel Morgan brought in a range of new characters and new depths to her current ones. We saw a lot of self-reflection from Violet as she fought to understand who and what she was in a world that had been turned upside down, without any of her past around. Her character developed, she grew and learned, maturing in the wake of her memory loss and The Destruction of the fae world. Her life was no longer going the way she had planned out in the previous two books but she was strong and despite having barely any memories of her life before, she managed to build relationships and help to create harmony between the different species of fae, in the same way Ryn was. At heart, they have similar ideals and outlooks on life whilst being different people, both with their own strengths and insecurities to overcome. They learned to love again and Violet became more open, meeting Ryn without their past or Violet's overshadowing it. He was simply a guy who would do anything for her and wanted her in his life any way he could have her, hoping for the best for her. I fell more in love with Ryn than I did in the second story.
One thing I can say is that I'm a little disappointed that Violet's distress over finding out Ryn had left her at the end of the second book didn't come to light. (And I'm sure the note he left her had grown since she found it in the second book, but maybe I'm just being stupid). I was waiting for it to come out when Violet regained her memories, because whilst the fact her whole life had been devastated, her friend, family and mentor figure killed, with great feelings of guilt and responsibility weighing on her, there was more. The way it played out, it missed the heartbreak Vi felt at Ryn leaving her without explanation. He thinks she just wanted to forget him and there was nothing to contradict that, or to show why she was hurt enough to think the potential to forget him wasn't reasonable.
Vi was made out to be selfish and a coward, with little sympathy, but when I see it, it was brave to take the potion and maybe a little reckless. However, everything she had known had been destroyed and she was at fault, having contributed to death and destruction. She was once again left alone, with heaps of guilt, in a wrecked world, not knowing who was alive. She was 18 years old and had lived a life that had gone reasonably to plan so far. Her reaction was understandable, because nobody can understand exactly how she felt, except maybe Ryn if he had been around. But he wasn't there when Creepy Hollow got destroyed, yet at one point in the novel, Vi thinks Ryn is mad at her for what she did. Can he really understand? Could anyone?
Seeing Violet as who she was without her memories showed her as strong, brave, determined and loyal. She wasn't the person who she had been in that moment of weakness taking the forget potion. She deserved far more understanding and, as I am sure you can tell, I'm incredibly passionate about this topic. I don't remember the last time I wrote so much.
All in all, I wasn't bored for a moment and I once again whizzed through the story. My chattering is a sign of how engrossed I was, how involved I was in the story, and I definitely think this could have been published into the highstreet book stores. It deserves to fly off the shelves! Great read and I can't reccommend it enough. An unexpected turn, full of great ideas and character building.
One thing I can say is that I'm a little disappointed that Violet's distress over finding out Ryn had left her at the end of the second book didn't come to light. (And I'm sure the note he left her had grown since she found it in the second book, but maybe I'm just being stupid). I was waiting for it to come out when Violet regained her memories, because whilst the fact her whole life had been devastated, her friend, family and mentor figure killed, with great feelings of guilt and responsibility weighing on her, there was more. The way it played out, it missed the heartbreak Vi felt at Ryn leaving her without explanation. He thinks she just wanted to forget him and there was nothing to contradict that, or to show why she was hurt enough to think the potential to forget him wasn't reasonable.
Vi was made out to be selfish and a coward, with little sympathy, but when I see it, it was brave to take the potion and maybe a little reckless. However, everything she had known had been destroyed and she was at fault, having contributed to death and destruction. She was once again left alone, with heaps of guilt, in a wrecked world, not knowing who was alive. She was 18 years old and had lived a life that had gone reasonably to plan so far. Her reaction was understandable, because nobody can understand exactly how she felt, except maybe Ryn if he had been around. But he wasn't there when Creepy Hollow got destroyed, yet at one point in the novel, Vi thinks Ryn is mad at her for what she did. Can he really understand? Could anyone?
Seeing Violet as who she was without her memories showed her as strong, brave, determined and loyal. She wasn't the person who she had been in that moment of weakness taking the forget potion. She deserved far more understanding and, as I am sure you can tell, I'm incredibly passionate about this topic. I don't remember the last time I wrote so much.
All in all, I wasn't bored for a moment and I once again whizzed through the story. My chattering is a sign of how engrossed I was, how involved I was in the story, and I definitely think this could have been published into the highstreet book stores. It deserves to fly off the shelves! Great read and I can't reccommend it enough. An unexpected turn, full of great ideas and character building.