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shutupnread 's review for:
Carrier Of The Mark
by Leigh Fallon
For original review: https://holedupinabook.blogspot.com/2018/03/carrier-1-2-by-leigh-fallon.html
I knew going in to this series that there were technically three books in this series but apparently the author went AWOL and no one knows if the third book will ever be finished. So at least I was aware that there was going to be a cliff-hanger and cliff-hanger there was.
However, I am actually quite glad that the third book is AWOL because these two books have so many issues that maybe that’s the reason why the author decided to just call it quits. The main character, Megan, is probably one of the most self-absorbed character ever. She claims she’s not selfish but in the second book, all I saw was “me, me, me” and getting so angry at the people around her. And even though her feelings for Adam were really strong, she still felt compelled to get with his brother and stated that it was because of the elements. Seems like a flimsy excuse to me but apparently the author went with it. I also hated how she never really listened to the people around her and would tend to jump to conclusions with disastrous results especially since she controls air and would wreak havoc on the area/people around her. She had little to no control a lot of times and would use her powers without any indication to the people around her.
So, yes, I really didn’t like Megan if you can’t tell already.
As for the plot, I found it really disorganized and chaotic with a ton of layers to it. I mean, it was interesting because I was curious to see where the elements were going and how the author was going to play it out. But there were just too many players involved such as the Knights which randomly popped up in the second book; the Order but they had a lot of clusters to it so it was really confusing to really understand each clusters’ objectives; Ciorcal Imolan hidden group that literally showed up in the last few chapters of the second book; Danu, the evil elemental girl; etc. I think there were just too many entities involved and they all had a separate agenda with the elements and carriers that it was too complicated for only two books. It felt as if the author was trying to rush the second book with introductions of too many groups when it should have really been spanned to maybe two or even three separate books.
Overall, I think this series had a lot of potential but the author rushed a lot of scenes and the MC wasn’t that likable which made the series to fall flat.
I knew going in to this series that there were technically three books in this series but apparently the author went AWOL and no one knows if the third book will ever be finished. So at least I was aware that there was going to be a cliff-hanger and cliff-hanger there was.
However, I am actually quite glad that the third book is AWOL because these two books have so many issues that maybe that’s the reason why the author decided to just call it quits. The main character, Megan, is probably one of the most self-absorbed character ever. She claims she’s not selfish but in the second book, all I saw was “me, me, me” and getting so angry at the people around her. And even though her feelings for Adam were really strong, she still felt compelled to get with his brother and stated that it was because of the elements. Seems like a flimsy excuse to me but apparently the author went with it. I also hated how she never really listened to the people around her and would tend to jump to conclusions with disastrous results especially since she controls air and would wreak havoc on the area/people around her. She had little to no control a lot of times and would use her powers without any indication to the people around her.
So, yes, I really didn’t like Megan if you can’t tell already.
As for the plot, I found it really disorganized and chaotic with a ton of layers to it. I mean, it was interesting because I was curious to see where the elements were going and how the author was going to play it out. But there were just too many players involved such as the Knights which randomly popped up in the second book; the Order but they had a lot of clusters to it so it was really confusing to really understand each clusters’ objectives; Ciorcal Imolan hidden group that literally showed up in the last few chapters of the second book; Danu, the evil elemental girl; etc. I think there were just too many entities involved and they all had a separate agenda with the elements and carriers that it was too complicated for only two books. It felt as if the author was trying to rush the second book with introductions of too many groups when it should have really been spanned to maybe two or even three separate books.
Overall, I think this series had a lot of potential but the author rushed a lot of scenes and the MC wasn’t that likable which made the series to fall flat.