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A review by pinakamataas
Untamed by A.G. Howard
challenging
emotional
lighthearted
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
4.0
This novella is a collection of a few stories, each I had to rate separately
The Boy in the Web
The first with Allison and her looking at her past with Morpheus and seeing David’s/Tommy’s memories did fill some missing part in my curiosity of what happened before, but while she is a deeply tragic character in her whole scope (and it is even addressed here - what if she had brought Tommy to the train straight from the Wonderland) she has never been my favourite character. And the story didn’t hit quite as much as others (or the main trilogy). 3.25/5⭐️
The Moth in the Mirror
The Morpheus POV book was a tiny bit disappointing purely from the fact that he was viewing Jeb’s memories from Splintered. And Morpheus own emotion was not there. I don’t hate that I got to see the heartbreak and the strength Jeb felt before losing his memories, but it was not what I expected. I honestly thought this would be my favourite of the 3 stories here, and it was the least. I hoped to see how Morpheus reacted to each little thing Jeb felt instead of a generalisation after the memories (or his sarcastic quips over how Jeb saw Morpheus?) 2.5/5⭐️
Six Impossible Things
And finally returning to Alyssa’s POV - getting to view both her mortal life with Jeb, and then the immortality, was special.
The scene with buildup to their wedding was both hilarious and unhinged, but Jeb’s death? The way he chose to die absolutely destroyed me.Morpheus giving them possibility to share dreams for one night after their wedding, and then Jeb using his wish to relive the dream before dying, was truly harrowing.
And then how Alyssa decided to deal with faking her death and moving to Wonderland was wonderful and funny. Morpheus was a consent king/unhinged chaos sprite showing in their wedding attire while she’s an 80+ yo woman and never even batting an eye at her age and still loving her soothed some kind of weird hangup I had with them.
But the birth of their son and the memories from their childhood and their one night together were simply so precious. 4.75/5⭐️
Overall, I’m so happy with this series. And this is so well finished that I’m not feeling a particular book hangover.
(And considering that the last story was longer than the first two combined, it skews the rating in favour to it 4/5⭐️)
The Boy in the Web
The first with Allison and her looking at her past with Morpheus and seeing David’s/Tommy’s memories did fill some missing part in my curiosity of what happened before, but while she is a deeply tragic character in her whole scope (and it is even addressed here - what if she had brought Tommy to the train straight from the Wonderland) she has never been my favourite character. And the story didn’t hit quite as much as others (or the main trilogy). 3.25/5⭐️
The Moth in the Mirror
The Morpheus POV book was a tiny bit disappointing purely from the fact that he was viewing Jeb’s memories from Splintered. And Morpheus own emotion was not there. I don’t hate that I got to see the heartbreak and the strength Jeb felt before losing his memories, but it was not what I expected. I honestly thought this would be my favourite of the 3 stories here, and it was the least. I hoped to see how Morpheus reacted to each little thing Jeb felt instead of a generalisation after the memories (or his sarcastic quips over how Jeb saw Morpheus?) 2.5/5⭐️
Six Impossible Things
And finally returning to Alyssa’s POV - getting to view both her mortal life with Jeb, and then the immortality, was special.
The scene with buildup to their wedding was both hilarious and unhinged, but Jeb’s death? The way he chose to die absolutely destroyed me.
And then how Alyssa decided to deal with faking her death and moving to Wonderland was wonderful and funny. Morpheus was a consent king/unhinged chaos sprite showing in their wedding attire while she’s an 80+ yo woman and never even batting an eye at her age and still loving her soothed some kind of weird hangup I had with them.
But the birth of their son and the memories from their childhood and their one night together were simply so precious. 4.75/5⭐️
Overall, I’m so happy with this series. And this is so well finished that I’m not feeling a particular book hangover.
(And considering that the last story was longer than the first two combined, it skews the rating in favour to it 4/5⭐️)