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Golden by Michael Johnston, Melissa de la Cruz

kcecil11's review

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adventurous dark emotional tense slow-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

laurenxoxo's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional sad medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

I thought this book was okay. It wasn’t great but it wasn’t entirely bad. I got into it faster than I did with Stolen but I still think Frozen is the best book in the trilogy by far. There was la lot grammar mistakes in the book which made me cringe because I hate that. Nat was also sooooo annoying through the book. Like I hate the miscommunication trope because it makes me so angry. Just talk to him!! And if she wants to push him away do it a bit nicer. And don’t get me started on how  during the whole series she’s all “ I am the drakonrydder I protect the blue I protect my home I am great blah blah blah” but then after she finds out about the cost she’s all” I’m just an orphan from the grey lands I’m nobody” like shut up please. I hate that everyone died, especially Shakes  Liannan and Wes that  made me really sad. The ending was cute but like I was really confused, I still am. They spent so long on the love scene (which was cute but “he growled 🤢)or the fight between Avo and Wes but then, at the part they were leading up to for the whole series, I felt there was barely an explanation about what has happened. Like they’re all alive  and loving in a desert? Huh? Idk but I’m happy they all got their happy ending, they deserve it
QUOTE: “it was over, and if he could, he would have mourned what he never had”
“Go, Nat, light the world. Set the world on fire”

zorasorel's review

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adventurous emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

khaleesimod93's review

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adventurous emotional sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes

5.0

This book broke me. It's just absolutely heartbreaking, and I'm not sure the ending truly makes up for everything. Yes, everything was put to rights but the suffering. All the loss, the pain, the heartbreak. Ugh 😭😭😭😭 I wanted more happiness. Not just a page of happiness. Great story, though! Pulled at all the emotions. 

kayemm's review against another edition

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4.0

Not my favorite ending.

I liked the book and the writing. My issue was the lack of how and what and why things occurred in the end. We get a whole chapter of them making love, and so much description of Wes and Avo fighting, but when the world ends and is reborn, all we get are a few short lines and some abbreviated dialogue. Totally disappointing.

melhara's review against another edition

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1.0

Update (11/27/2018): So the other day, I saw my mom grab this book from the shelf and I literally ran across the room screaming "NOOOOO!" because there were so many other series I could recommend her aside from this one. I'll admit though, the lovely cover art is a great bait and looks fantastic on my shelf.
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“I’ve already died twice before,” he said, smiling down at her. “Somehow, I’m not worried.”

The first two books were absolutely ridiculous and this final installment was no different. Wes dies. Again. And comes back to life. Again. As usual, Nat’s power is limitless (when it comes to protecting Wes but not her other friends).

Also, the super annoying ice-themed curse words made me cringe every time.
Here’s a list of some of the annoying curses that were used:

“What the freeze…”(WTF?!)

“Godfreezeit… he was freezing dying… motherfreezer...”

(WTF IS A MOTHERFREEZER?)

“What the ice… holy freeze, you’re supposed to be dead.”
(and he should've stayed dead!)

“Oh, for freeze’s sake.”
🙄

“Ice you.”
(really?)

“To hell with that,” said Wes, “and you know what? To hell with you too. Ice it.”

(in my experience, to "ice it" means to put ice on a wound...)

Finally, the ending was unexpected but so cheesy.


Final verdict: Ice this book and this series! It was freezing terrible.

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Check out my reviews for the rest of the series:
Book 1: Frozen
Book 2: Stolen
Book 3: Golden

louhoo's review against another edition

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4.0

This book wasn’t a page turner like the previous 2. But it was still a good story and a nice ending. I found myself saying to myself “why did the character do that?” “That makes no sense” a few times, but altogether it was a great series. I loved all the fantasy elements and the love story was a little back and forth but good.

potaytaspages's review against another edition

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3.0

So I was planning on giving this book 4 stars but then the ending was rough lol. 3.5 is my rating. It all just felt very “and now everything is perfect k bye”

This book was short and sweet. It kept my attention the whole time and I’m glad to be over with the series. I wasn’t a fan of the first blue bloods by Melissa but decided to give this series a shot, I loved this series way more but the ending was disappointing.

cindeereads's review against another edition

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5.0

I loved this book so much even if it had its moments when I just wanted it to end but things that were in the story made up for all that I still ended up loving it. I really loved the characters even more they just were so well written I still loved the romance even though it had its ups and downs but even after that I enjoyed the romance.
Spoiler with Nat trying to push Wes away to protect him because she thinks she will only hurt him
I loved the story it was well written even if there were a few things I did not like but those were developed where it was not bad and I stilled liked the story in the end. The plot moved along at a pretty good pace it had its ups and downs but it was still well written and I still ended up loving the story very much. So overall I loved the story even with its faults.

alexaferg's review against another edition

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3.0

I was not as impressed with this book as the rest of the series. It was slower paced and yet skipped through the more exciting parts, and I was really disappointed with the ending. It just wasn't what I was looking for to finish out the series.