Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: February 2011
Pages: 336
Source: e-book from Library
For: Fun
Series: Wicked Lovely, Book 5
With Keenan missing, Aislinn is struggling to run the summer court by herself, all while longing for Seth. Donia is working to strengthen her already strong winter court, against the coming war with Bananach. With the dark court in turmoil and no one quite sure what is coming next, will Bananach defeat all and turn the world to chaos?
Things I Liked:
I can't seem to get away from this series. I usually have mixed feelings about them, but I can't seem to give them up. I'm glad I got to the last in this series, because the ending was surprising and satisfying. Marr has a skill with words and descriptions that can paint an entire world so vividly. I loved how things progressed to the point that we wonder how she will extricate her characters, and then she does it in surprising ways. It is a smart, beautiful, complicated series.
Things I Didn't Like:
I don't care much for several of the main characters, notably Keenan and Aislinn. I was more interested in what happened to some of the minor characters. Still, I found it satisfying, if not mind-blowing and amazing. A really good faery series that has an interesting and unique faery world.
Read-alikes:
The Iron Fey series by Julie Kagawa
Lament and Ballad by Maggie Stiefvater
BOOK CONTENT RATINGS:
s-factor: !@#
plenty, some f-words
mrg-factor: XX
mostly sensuality and off-page action
v-factor: ->->
quite a bit of gory fighting
Overall rating: ***
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As you said, it's the "side" characters that have my heart in this series. I mean, I loved Seth and Ash in book 1. But after that it was all Leslie/Irial/Niall ALL THE TIME.
ReplyDeleteYes, yes, Irial and Niall were so interesting! And Donia. But Ash was just not so much.
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