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joanna77_'s review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
"๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐ฆ๐จ๐ซ๐! ๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐'๐ฆ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฌ๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ซ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฒ'๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฏ๐๐ซ. ๐'๐ฆ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐๐๐๐คโ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐ฐ๐ก๐๐ญ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฆ."
Actual Rating: 3.75 โจ
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ค๐๐:
The romance I've been waiting for eight books and a novella finally paid off, so yay! I've never cared about a fictional couple so much, and I swore if they didn't get together in this book I would riot (thankfully I don't have to riot. In addition to that, I also like how much Sophie grew in this book. I can really tell how much she's grown as a character and her characterization in this book was spot-on, especially with Keefe being gone.
Another thing I liked was how some of the massive questions we've had the whole time have finally been answered. It was clear that Shannon was tying up some loose ends, making me really hopeful that this will be the last book. I really enjoy this series, but it needs to end. It's too long and too dragged out.
I also really enjoyed Ro in this book. She was so much fun and I loved her and Sophie's interactions. It was also fun to see the gang back at Foxfire. The magical school aspect was one of the main reasons why I like this series so much.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ค๐:
Besides the romance, not a lot happened in this book. It was probably 97% dialogue and 3% actual action. I've always had that struggle with the keeper books, and maybe it's just because I'm well beyond the target audience, but Shannon really needs to cut. This series could have been five or six books if some of the needless conversations were cut out.
I also think there are way too many characters in this series. And it just keeps growing. I really wish some of the characters would be cut, I feel like other than Sophie and Keefe, a lot of the other characters lack characterization because there are just SO many of them.
My main gripe remains that nothing has happened in the last couple of books though. Also, do have Keefe gone for 85% of this book was just mean!
๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐:
Nothing else really matters though because we FINALLY got the scene between Sophie and Keefe that we've been dying for and even though it wasn't nearly long enough or drawn out enough for me, I'll take it because it was MAGICAL. I am so glad that all of my sufferings paid off and that I stuck with the series long enough to see Team Foster-Keefe happen. I don't even care about the plot anymore. If these two don't have a happy ending I will never read another book again. To say I'm anxious about book ten (and possibly book eleven is an understatement. I'm just crossing my fingers that we get more sokeefe content and that I get a nice epilogue as I got in the HP series. I'll be rereading this chapter every single day until book ten is in my hands! '
Overall this book has the same issues as the rest of the series, but it still remains so near and dear to my heart and I'm so glad to see that my favorite ship has finally sailed.
๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ฌ:
"๐๐'๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐, ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐, ๐ญ๐๐๐ง๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐'๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง. ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ."
"๐'๐ฏ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ."
"๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐. ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐. ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ."
Actual Rating: 3.75 โจ
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ข๐ค๐๐:
The romance I've been waiting for eight books and a novella finally paid off, so yay! I've never cared about a fictional couple so much, and I swore if they didn't get together in this book I would riot (thankfully I don't have to riot. In addition to that, I also like how much Sophie grew in this book. I can really tell how much she's grown as a character and her characterization in this book was spot-on, especially with Keefe being gone.
Another thing I liked was how some of the massive questions we've had the whole time have finally been answered. It was clear that Shannon was tying up some loose ends, making me really hopeful that this will be the last book. I really enjoy this series, but it needs to end. It's too long and too dragged out.
I also really enjoyed Ro in this book. She was so much fun and I loved her and Sophie's interactions. It was also fun to see the gang back at Foxfire. The magical school aspect was one of the main reasons why I like this series so much.
๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ง'๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ค๐:
Besides the romance, not a lot happened in this book. It was probably 97% dialogue and 3% actual action. I've always had that struggle with the keeper books, and maybe it's just because I'm well beyond the target audience, but Shannon really needs to cut. This series could have been five or six books if some of the needless conversations were cut out.
I also think there are way too many characters in this series. And it just keeps growing. I really wish some of the characters would be cut, I feel like other than Sophie and Keefe, a lot of the other characters lack characterization because there are just SO many of them.
My main gripe remains that nothing has happened in the last couple of books though. Also, do have Keefe gone for 85% of this book was just mean!
๐๐ก๐๐ฉ๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐:
Nothing else really matters though because we FINALLY got the scene between Sophie and Keefe that we've been dying for and even though it wasn't nearly long enough or drawn out enough for me, I'll take it because it was MAGICAL. I am so glad that all of my sufferings paid off and that I stuck with the series long enough to see Team Foster-Keefe happen. I don't even care about the plot anymore. If these two don't have a happy ending I will never read another book again. To say I'm anxious about book ten (and possibly book eleven is an understatement. I'm just crossing my fingers that we get more sokeefe content and that I get a nice epilogue as I got in the HP series. I'll be rereading this chapter every single day until book ten is in my hands! '
Overall this book has the same issues as the rest of the series, but it still remains so near and dear to my heart and I'm so glad to see that my favorite ship has finally sailed.
๐๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐ ๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐จ๐ญ๐๐ฌ:
"๐๐'๐ฌ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ ๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ฌ๐, ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐, ๐ญ๐๐๐ง๐ฒ, ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐ฒ ๐ญ๐ก๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐๐ญ ๐ก๐'๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ฅ๐๐ญ ๐ ๐จ ๐จ๐ง ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐จ๐ฐ๐ง. ๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ก๐๐ฏ๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ญ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐ข๐ฆ."
"๐'๐ฏ๐ ๐ง๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ ๐ก๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ซ๐ ๐จ๐ ๐ฆ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐จ."
"๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐. ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐. ๐๐ง๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ก๐๐ฅ๐ฉ."
Minor: Torture
luckyri's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
2.5
I want to start this off by saying that I did enjoy this book. I had a lot of fun reading it!
But it just seems so unnecessarily long. Thereโs so many scenes and conversations that go on for so many pages and I think a lot them shouldโve been trimmed down. Thereโs no need for relatively unimportant scenes to last 50 pages or more.
Vague spoilers:
Most of this book felt like the characters talking about what theyโre going to do than actually doing anything. And I know theyโre trying to figure stuff out and thatโs not always action-based, but I donโt think thatโs a enough good excuse for how little happens in this book.
I didnโt mind it too much honestly, because of how much I enjoyed seeing all the characters again and
Less vague spoiler:
watching them all hang out at Foxfire.
But I canโt ignore that I think this is just a weak book overall.
ACTUAL SPOILER!
I will say that Iโve wanted Sophie and Keefe together for the last six years and it made really happy seeing that!
I also really like that Alden doesnโt show up even once in this entire book, he gets one or two mentions and thatโs it! And I hope it stays that way
But it just seems so unnecessarily long. Thereโs so many scenes and conversations that go on for so many pages and I think a lot them shouldโve been trimmed down. Thereโs no need for relatively unimportant scenes to last 50 pages or more.
Vague spoilers:
I didnโt mind it too much honestly, because of how much I enjoyed seeing all the characters again and
Less vague spoiler:
But I canโt ignore that I think this is just a weak book overall.
ACTUAL SPOILER!
I also really like that Alden doesnโt show up even once in this entire book, he gets one or two mentions and thatโs it! And I hope it stays that way
Moderate: Child abuse, Death, and Murder
Minor: Child death, Torture, and Kidnapping
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