jody eve

note: review does contain spoilers if you haven't read the first four books in the series.

I don't really think I realized how much I was enjoying this series until I reached the end of City of Lost Souls. Considering how epically long it took me to get through City of Bones, I completely devoured the rest of the series. And I'm going to miss these characters and their stories. There are, however, things I won't miss. (Similes, anyone? Oye. Also not going to miss scanning chunks of writing that described seemingly unimportant scenes from the perspective of secondary (at best) characters.) Hopefully glossing over those scenes that didn't involve Jace, Clary, or Simon won't come back to bite me in the ass somehow in the next book.

*edit* so I'm bumping my rating up to four stars because I CANNOT get this FREAKING SERIES and the STUPID CHARACTERS out of my DAMN BRAIN. It's ridiculous! In a good way. At least... I think.

But I figure that worth another star at least. I suppose sometimes you don't realized how much you enjoyed a book until two months after you've read it.

*shrugs*

Ugh. This book. I can't get it out of my head, and now I'm staring at my to-read shelf and I just. I don't know. What do I pick up next? Where do I even begin? Will anything ever compare? I ever love anything ever again???

Through the Ever Night made me feel so many feels. It made me feel every feel. It gave me the heart hurt. I loved every second.

And I can't even form a coherent review because of THIS BOOK.

Gah.

The romance is incredibly believable. The action is real. The friendships are SO GENUINE.

I don't even remember the last two days of my life because as far as I'm concerned, I was chillin with Perry and Aria and Roar. And it was awesome.

*clutches book to chest*

I'm so glad I found your books V Rossi :)

I was so pleasantly surprised by this book! I actually borrowed it from the library a few times before I finally decided to give it a chance. And I'm so glad I did. The writing was really excellent, the story was entertaining, and for the most part I found the characters quite engaging.

For the first half of the book, Aria was a little hard to relate to or sympathize with due to the fact that she was just so incredibly naive/ungrateful/everything you would expect from a spoiled, sheltered teenage girl. But I forgive her because that's the point. Perry was... actually a surprisingly complex character, and not just in the damaged, broody emo teenage way. I really enjoyed his chapters, and he made me laugh more than once. I look forward to seeing what becomes of him in the next book. And then there's Roar. Omg, Roar. I didn't realize what the book was missing until he was introduced. I was SO relieved that he wasn't killed off. I really thought he was going to be one of those charming, lovable best friend characters that gets ruthlessly slaughtered because the author has got to prove that shit's real out there and people die. But. Sigh. Team Roar all the way.

The lack of back-story and world building really didn't bother me. I feel like it's something that will be explored later on in the series. I admit that I did have to flip back a few times, thinking that I'd missed the explanation for things like the aether and the smart eye (I still can't picture what they might look like.) But I trust all will be revealed in time. What we know of the realms and the unity and of Aria's world gave me chills. Legit. It's a believable future, in the horrifying, omg-we're-already-on-our-way-there, sci-fi kind of way.

I cannot wait to get my hands on the next book in the series. Rossi tied up enough at the end of this book to satisfy, and left just enough hanging to make me desperate for more.

Hmmm. So yeah, out the the series, I enjoyed Boundless the most. Clara was awesome -- mature, witty, brave. She turned out to be a great character.

However, the ending just left me... empty. I find it so annoying when a major player in a three book series doesn't get a proper ending. I'm angry and bitter and I don't really want to write an angry and bitter review so. I guess I'll just leave it here for now.

But I still think Unearthly needs to be a TV series. Like right now.

I feel like I read this somewhere and I'm not totally making this up -- but apparently there is/was talk of making the Unearthly series into a TV series? I think this is the PERFECT place for these books. Get 'em on the CW stat, and I bet it would do amazeballs.

Like, go. Somebody. Now.

Anywhooo. *clears throat* On with le review.

In my review of Unearthly, I complained about a lack of emotional connection to the main character(s). I guess I was feeling a little bit more connected this book because, ugh, that last quarter of the book, my heart was hurting. I mean, I wasn't sobbing in my cereal or anything, but I certainty felt something.

*pokes chest*

I KNEW it wasn't empty in there.

After scanning the reviews, I had really high hopes for Unearthly. But... I didn't love this book as much as I was hoping I would. I think I made the mistake of reading Angelfall and Daughter of Smoke & Bone first, and Unearthly just really didn't compare. It just wasn't even close. It wasn't particularly bad and didn't HATE it... I just wasn't really feeling it.

As the main character, Clara didn't particularly appeal to me, and it's really hard to root for a MC when you're not their biggest fan. Both Tuck and Christian were pretty predictable. I didn't really know whose corner to stand in because I didn't really love or hate one more than the other. (And the whole prom thing, which I know I know was supposed to be this big turning point... I actually thought was utterly ridiculous and everybody Clara seriously overreacted).

That being said, I thought the premise was unique and I admit that I really had no idea how it was all going to play out. I really liked Clara's family and I look forward to finding out more about them (oh and Jeffery = Jeremy from TVD in my brain the entire book). Though the writing wasn't anything special, I did enjoy the story. I think I'll try and get through the rest of the series and hopefully I'll connect more with some of the characters along the way.