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Of Neptune
by Anna Banks
2.5 stars
As you can tell from the rating, I was disappointed in this book. I went into it expecting something at least good, if not great because I really enjoyed the first two books in the trilogy, but that did not happen with this one.
The first three quarters of the book I didn't really like, mainly because of that damn love triangle (which had no place in the book, its very existence bothered me) and the way those people involved in said love triangle acted. Emma was the most annoying of them all, then Reed and securing the last place is Galen (for a short period of time though).
Emma, Emma, Emma... she was whiny in Of Triton, but I believed she had every right to be, but now... she really got on my nerves. Not just the whining, but also the overthinking (especially in regard to Galen and what he said during the fight and his actions, but she did not overthink or even think when it came to Reed). And don't get me started on Emma and Reed... Apparently, he has a very thick skull because he doesn't want/can't understand that Emma and Galen are a couple and he flirts with her 90% of the time, even in front of Galen. And little miss Half-Breed does very little to discourage him. After Galen leaves after a fight he has with Emma, this is what happens every time:
- Reed: "Let's go out so you can meet the citizens of Neptune and we can hold hands and go in very small spaces where you have to stay very close to me and people think we are together because, let's be honest, when you are not in your hotel room, you are always with me."
- Emma: "I can't hold hands with you. I'm with Galen."
- Reed: "But Galen left you here alone."
- Emma: "Okay, let's go."
So, yeah I wanted to smack Emma. Repeatedly.
Galen, on the other hand, annoyed me in the beginning. I really wanted to shake some sense into him when he did not say what he truly wanted during the big fight he had with Emma and let's not forget about him running off after that. But I could not stay mad at him considering what he goes through after. Even though his chapters weren't exactly full of happiness and I just wanted to hug him all the time, I enjoyed them more than Emma's chapters.
The last third of the book I enjoyed more, mainly because that love triangle nonsense finally ended, but not too much. Even the epilogue wasn't satisfying for me (we have yet another moment when Emma doesn't seem to know Galen at all).
Overall, I really liked and would recommend the first two books of the trilogy, but I am sad to say that the last one was a disappointment for me.
These were the first mermaid (yes, Galen, mermaid :)) ) books I read, but they will certainly not be the last.
As you can tell from the rating, I was disappointed in this book. I went into it expecting something at least good, if not great because I really enjoyed the first two books in the trilogy, but that did not happen with this one.
The first three quarters of the book I didn't really like, mainly because of that damn love triangle (which had no place in the book, its very existence bothered me) and the way those people involved in said love triangle acted. Emma was the most annoying of them all, then Reed and securing the last place is Galen (for a short period of time though).
Emma, Emma, Emma... she was whiny in Of Triton, but I believed she had every right to be, but now... she really got on my nerves. Not just the whining, but also the overthinking (especially in regard to Galen and what he said during the fight and his actions, but she did not overthink or even think when it came to Reed). And don't get me started on Emma and Reed... Apparently, he has a very thick skull because he doesn't want/can't understand that Emma and Galen are a couple and he flirts with her 90% of the time, even in front of Galen. And little miss Half-Breed does very little to discourage him. After Galen leaves after a fight he has with Emma, this is what happens every time:
- Reed: "Let's go out so you can meet the citizens of Neptune and we can hold hands and go in very small spaces where you have to stay very close to me and people think we are together because, let's be honest, when you are not in your hotel room, you are always with me."
- Emma: "I can't hold hands with you. I'm with Galen."
- Reed: "But Galen left you here alone."
- Emma: "Okay, let's go."
So, yeah I wanted to smack Emma. Repeatedly.
Galen, on the other hand, annoyed me in the beginning. I really wanted to shake some sense into him when he did not say what he truly wanted during the big fight he had with Emma and let's not forget about him running off after that. But I could not stay mad at him considering what he goes through after. Even though his chapters weren't exactly full of happiness and I just wanted to hug him all the time, I enjoyed them more than Emma's chapters.
The last third of the book I enjoyed more, mainly because that love triangle nonsense finally ended, but not too much. Even the epilogue wasn't satisfying for me (we have yet another moment when Emma doesn't seem to know Galen at all).
Overall, I really liked and would recommend the first two books of the trilogy, but I am sad to say that the last one was a disappointment for me.
These were the first mermaid (yes, Galen, mermaid :)) ) books I read, but they will certainly not be the last.