sharonrhh's review
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
soveryaary's review against another edition
5.0
I adore the characters in this series SO MUCH that I am literally heart broken that the series is over. The series is one of the most satisfying tales I have ever read and it will remain one of my favorites for quite some time.
shantastic's review
5.0
I'm not sure that this is a book that, strictly speaking, needed to be written. But I appreciate that it was. I loved getting a chance to see all of the characters happy, exchanging presents, and dealing with nothing more complicated than a few confused villagers after the roller coaster ride that was the last book of the series. It's purely self-indulgent, but I'm glad Hogarth indulged, and I'm equally glad that I did, too.
capellan's review
4.0
What happens after you've defeated the bad guy, and instead of just trying to stay alive you have to actually try and build a future? Well, in the "Her Instruments" series you get this charming little gem of a coda to the main series. It's sweet and light and thoroughly 'cosy', and it totally wouldn't work if you hadn't seen the characters go through all sorts of difficult times before this. But you have, and so I read the whole thing with a smile on my face.
cathepsut's review
5.0
So saccharine-sweet and fluffy, it will give you cavities. Which is ok, as it was intended as holiday reading. Excellent feel-good material for Christmas/New Year or whatever holiday it is for you. It is also full of good ideas for another novel in this particular series or maybe the Pelted Universe as a whole. Should definitely be read after the Her Instruments trilogy.
Part of my Pelted reading challenge, I plan to read them all. Afterword from the author:
So I embarked on this enterprise, and it got longer, and longer, and this is when I realized I was at work on a bridge between Her Instruments and the series that will follow Princes’ Game, the series describing the Chatcaavan War that begins with Even the Wingless.
Lisinthir and his dragons from Princes’ Game, Jahir and Vasiht’h from Dreamhealers, and Reese and her people in Her Instruments are all building What Comes Next for this sector of the Pelted Alliance, and inevitably the seeds seem small when they’re planted.
Looking forward to it!
Part of my Pelted reading challenge, I plan to read them all. Afterword from the author:
So I embarked on this enterprise, and it got longer, and longer, and this is when I realized I was at work on a bridge between Her Instruments and the series that will follow Princes’ Game, the series describing the Chatcaavan War that begins with Even the Wingless.
Lisinthir and his dragons from Princes’ Game, Jahir and Vasiht’h from Dreamhealers, and Reese and her people in Her Instruments are all building What Comes Next for this sector of the Pelted Alliance, and inevitably the seeds seem small when they’re planted.
Looking forward to it!
zetasyanthis's review
5.0
I almost don't want to say "OMG Hogarth Love in book form" again, but it's too gosh-danged true! I read this, couldn't get over it, re-read my favorite parts for about a week, and then re-read it again on a plane ride to Tucson. I think I'm still stunned.
sarah42783's review
4.0
✉ A message from Dr. Prawn, very personal shrimp shrink physician to the person formerly known as ✘✘ Sarah ✘✘ (former Nefarious Breeder of Murderous Crustaceans).
Her Former Nefariousness (henceforth to be known as ❤❤ Sarah, Cuddly Breeder of Cute Kitties and Snuggly Bunnies ❤❤) is momentarily indisposed. She was so thoroughly ruined by the present series that her beloved murderous children and I were quite reluctantly forced to hand her over to the Deathly Rehabilitation Team (DRT™) of Vile & Vicious Subaquatic Pastures Sanatorium. We do hope that their renowned Heavy Duty Despicability and Depravation Shock Therapy Treatment (HDDaDSTT™) will help her regain some of her former nefariousness. And if all goes according to this most noxious regimen, she shall, in due time, be rid of all the disgustingly revolting fluffiness that took over her infernally villainous soul of yore after being submitted to this most repulsively comforting, sugar-coated read.
We are sadly aware that this must be quite shocking news to barnacles everywhere. Our dearly beloved Ruthless Ruler of all Things Ruthlessly Subaquatic and Subaquatically Ruthless (RRoaTRSaSR™) being much, well, beloved and stuff, we understand that you Lovely Decapods might be slightly dismayed by the drastic measures we found ourselves compelled to take in order to remedy this terrifyingly upsetting state of affairs. But furiously desperate situations call for furiously desperate procedures and stuff. That our RRoaTRSaSR™ gave such high ratings to the first three instalments in this abhorrently fluffy series was distressing enough. Troubling warning signs not to be ignored and all that crap. So her slightly enjoying the vile thing known as A Rose Point Holiday was the laststraw exoskeleton for her murderous family and friends. Such a repugnantly immoral display of heart-warming, sweet, loving, adorable Holiday cheerfulness is so absolutely offensive, and against everything homicidal maniacs stand for, that it was unthinkable for us not to take action post haste! Something had to be done to save the Nefarious One's scrumptiously vindictive soul!! So QED and stuff.
Warm-up first, rescue second. Wouldn't want to strain a muscle or something.
» And the moral of this The Fluff and Cuddles are Strong in this One Crappy Non Review (TFaCaSitOCNR™) is: this story is reprehensibly sacchariferous and loathsomely candy-coated. And I loved every minute of it. Ergo, extinction of all life on this planet awaits. It was nice knowingsome of you you all. Adios now.
· Book 1: Earthrise ★★★★
· Book 2: Rose Point ★★★★★
· Book 3: Laisrathera ★★★★★
Her Former Nefariousness (henceforth to be known as ❤❤ Sarah, Cuddly Breeder of Cute Kitties and Snuggly Bunnies ❤❤) is momentarily indisposed. She was so thoroughly ruined by the present series that her beloved murderous children and I were quite reluctantly forced to hand her over to the Deathly Rehabilitation Team (DRT™) of Vile & Vicious Subaquatic Pastures Sanatorium. We do hope that their renowned Heavy Duty Despicability and Depravation Shock Therapy Treatment (HDDaDSTT™) will help her regain some of her former nefariousness. And if all goes according to this most noxious regimen, she shall, in due time, be rid of all the disgustingly revolting fluffiness that took over her infernally villainous soul of yore after being submitted to this most repulsively comforting, sugar-coated read.
We are sadly aware that this must be quite shocking news to barnacles everywhere. Our dearly beloved Ruthless Ruler of all Things Ruthlessly Subaquatic and Subaquatically Ruthless (RRoaTRSaSR™) being much, well, beloved and stuff, we understand that you Lovely Decapods might be slightly dismayed by the drastic measures we found ourselves compelled to take in order to remedy this terrifyingly upsetting state of affairs. But furiously desperate situations call for furiously desperate procedures and stuff. That our RRoaTRSaSR™ gave such high ratings to the first three instalments in this abhorrently fluffy series was distressing enough. Troubling warning signs not to be ignored and all that crap. So her slightly enjoying the vile thing known as A Rose Point Holiday was the last
Warm-up first, rescue second. Wouldn't want to strain a muscle or something.
» And the moral of this The Fluff and Cuddles are Strong in this One Crappy Non Review (TFaCaSitOCNR™) is: this story is reprehensibly sacchariferous and loathsomely candy-coated. And I loved every minute of it. Ergo, extinction of all life on this planet awaits. It was nice knowing
· Book 1: Earthrise ★★★★
· Book 2: Rose Point ★★★★★
· Book 3: Laisrathera ★★★★★
megandawn's review
4.0
One of the best things about self-publishing is that books like this exist. Novel length epilogues where nothing bad happens and everything is sweet and good and the characters you've followed for a trilogy have a good time. I mean obviously I wouldn't want every book I read to be void of angst, but sometimes it's exactly what you need.
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