I too just finished it and honestly, had to force myself to finish it.

As Yoss said, I really didn't have a care what the hell happened to the characters. And then to top it off, It was almost like she had a mythological and folklore book open and she thought, "Hmm.... just how many different ancient creatures can I fit into one modern day setting book."

I mean really, yet another one?

Another thing I didn't care for too much about her writing, was she was like a brand new superhero looking for a catchphrase. It was so heavily sodden with similes, metaphors, and sayings that those alone could have taken up half the words in the book.

I don't think I will be carrying on with the series. It wasn't all bad, just not compelling enough for me to go on.

I just finished book two, the similes, metaphors and sayings were taken even further. I almost put the book down in the first thirty pages from the heinous use of language. They aren't even mildly clever.

On the whole the book was much better, she even managed to make me care a bit about the secondary characters. Unfortunately the obnoxiously brooding main character is so over-done, cliche and uninteresting in his incessant whining that I would rather he die than I have to read another book of it.

I was expecting some actual character growth from the end of the book and something new and interesting in the next book but the author pissed all over that, preserved the status quo and actually back-tracked in some regards. I checked out book three and confirmed my fears, either she is dragging it out indefinitely or she really intends him to be the same twat for the entire series.

 

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yeah. i'm enjoying the series still but its just something to read. it doesn't come close to the dresden files in quality. some books you just read cause you need something to read lol.

 

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Can you answer a question for me, does she ever re-open the relationship between Cal and Georgiana? I will keep reading if she develops the character in that direction but the end of book two just left a really sour taste in my mouth. Building it up the entire book then preserving the status quo.

 

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i'm a bit annoyed over that as well. as of the last book she has not. if the next book doesn't move the story somewhere it will be the last one i read in the series i think.

 

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