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A review by gsanta1
Grave Destiny by Kalayna Price
2.0
A little disappointed, but not bad.
If you follow the series than maybe you’ve become aware of the overarching trend away from its foundation into the more mundane.
It still has some of the investigative, detective, dead, grave elements from the first two or three books but this book number 6 has only its last gasps.
It was surprisingly short book.
The mystery was good but the solutions were more given than investigated. Minor characters turned out to be major characters for the convenience and to save time.
This book wasn’t really about the Mystery.
It was about learning about the Faery world.
Most of the characters from the prior books have been abandoned and forgotten for Faeries.
I remember the first few book which were much more of the detective genre, but little by little, with each passing book, it’s becoming just another faery book.
What was once an aside has taken over the series almost completely. I can only assume the next book or two will fully abandon the series’s premise.
This book had some tropes, some plot cheats by the author, and one of two grammatical issues, but these are minor problems.
But still, the characters are the same and enjoyable. The fading elements are still present and enjoyable. The love drama is fun and silly. The Magic is still great and fun and sometimes laughably silly.
An element I enjoy in this series, and still true here, is that it still hasn’t become ridiculous or crass or overly erotic.
I may read one more after this, out of loyalty, but it’s a little sad that it’s beginning to show signs of wear and tear so common in urban fantasy series.
It just makes me appreciate how J.K. Rowling was able to do it with her 7 books.
If you follow the series than maybe you’ve become aware of the overarching trend away from its foundation into the more mundane.
It still has some of the investigative, detective, dead, grave elements from the first two or three books but this book number 6 has only its last gasps.
It was surprisingly short book.
The mystery was good but the solutions were more given than investigated. Minor characters turned out to be major characters for the convenience and to save time.
This book wasn’t really about the Mystery.
It was about learning about the Faery world.
Most of the characters from the prior books have been abandoned and forgotten for Faeries.
I remember the first few book which were much more of the detective genre, but little by little, with each passing book, it’s becoming just another faery book.
What was once an aside has taken over the series almost completely. I can only assume the next book or two will fully abandon the series’s premise.
This book had some tropes, some plot cheats by the author, and one of two grammatical issues, but these are minor problems.
But still, the characters are the same and enjoyable. The fading elements are still present and enjoyable. The love drama is fun and silly. The Magic is still great and fun and sometimes laughably silly.
An element I enjoy in this series, and still true here, is that it still hasn’t become ridiculous or crass or overly erotic.
I may read one more after this, out of loyalty, but it’s a little sad that it’s beginning to show signs of wear and tear so common in urban fantasy series.
It just makes me appreciate how J.K. Rowling was able to do it with her 7 books.