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alannaodea's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
emotional
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
daphx00's review against another edition
4.0
Short books, not truly amazing but I find this very easy and nice reads. Can't wait for the next part to come out
evidasbooks's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
mysterious
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
belle2022's review against another edition
4.0
Soo much has happened in this book. I loved the storyline with the Kitsune and had no idea that they were in this book. Elena is so powerful right now. The malach are completely disgusting and the whole possession of the young girls because of Misao, urgh I hate her. The brother is super creepy too. I hope to god we don’t see them again.
I had mixed feelings about Damon in this book. I understand after that he was being possessed because as crazy as he can be what he did to Elena and Matt was pure abuse and torture. I love Meredith, Bonnie and Matt coming through for Elena and Stefan.
Where is Stefan? This stupid riddle the twins have to find the keys to unlock his cage is ridiculous! I wonder how the next book will go and how they start the journey to release him. The book ending with Damon, Elena and Matt having to run away as people are after Matt because of allegations Caroline has made. Hate Caroline, also she’s preggers by Tyler I think? This is weird trio but I also I’m not too thrilled with how friendly Elena is with Damon.
I had mixed feelings about Damon in this book. I understand after that he was being possessed because as crazy as he can be what he did to Elena and Matt was pure abuse and torture. I love Meredith, Bonnie and Matt coming through for Elena and Stefan.
Where is Stefan? This stupid riddle the twins have to find the keys to unlock his cage is ridiculous! I wonder how the next book will go and how they start the journey to release him. The book ending with Damon, Elena and Matt having to run away as people are after Matt because of allegations Caroline has made. Hate Caroline, also she’s preggers by Tyler I think? This is weird trio but I also I’m not too thrilled with how friendly Elena is with Damon.
cobycoyle's review against another edition
2.0
I...don’t know. Everything was just so convenient. And Elena annoys the shit out of me. Loyalty is a big trait for me and while she hasn’t done anything with Damon or Matt (that wasn’t by force at least) she’s like practically in love with Damon too and has her jimmies all rustled.
Also the scenes at the end with Damon and Elena’s plan to attack the kitsunes were just so slow-paced and confusing.
This review is ridiculous sounding, but there were just points in this book that I didn’t know how to react. Am I going to read the next one?....well. Yeah.
Also the scenes at the end with Damon and Elena’s plan to attack the kitsunes were just so slow-paced and confusing.
This review is ridiculous sounding, but there were just points in this book that I didn’t know how to react. Am I going to read the next one?....well. Yeah.
lizzycatslibrary's review against another edition
1.0
I was so incredibly disappointed with this book. I hate to say it but it feels like LJ saw the success of Twilight and decided to try and revive her series through a badly constructed version of the lovey dovey crap I can't take. The first 200 pages were like nails on a chalkboard. Honestly, I don't really see any need for Elena as "spirit child" and the whole ridiculous lovey dovey love love talk. It made me want to roll my eyes about 100% of the time.
When Elena returned to her "normal" self the book overall was confused at best. There was no flow to the writing at all and the subject matter was just lame and horribly cliche. I hated that my favorite character from the previous books was ruined. Honestly I hated all the portrayals of the characters in this book. She should have just stopped at three books. I don't think I am going to continue on with this series. This last book was enough crap forever.
When Elena returned to her "normal" self the book overall was confused at best. There was no flow to the writing at all and the subject matter was just lame and horribly cliche. I hated that my favorite character from the previous books was ruined. Honestly I hated all the portrayals of the characters in this book. She should have just stopped at three books. I don't think I am going to continue on with this series. This last book was enough crap forever.
bkreader's review against another edition
1.0
Wish I could give this negative stars. Writing was horrendous, to the point that I had a hard time concentrating on the story. Not quite sure if Smith ever learned anything about sentence structure.
Plot was strange, jumped around, and made grand leaps with little to no connecting thread. Very little explanation as to why different events occurred or what preceeded them.
Characters were insipid, unrelateable, and had no depth.
Between the poor writing and the boring and bizarre story I couldn't even get through the book; and I tried, really hard, to finish. More than half way through I had to stop before risking any further brain cell deterioration.
icequeen37's review against another edition
4.0
Yeah, this started out okay, but devolved into some nonsense. At first I liked the book, even though it read like fanfiction. Since I don't have problems with it, I continued. The story kept me interested up until the point Elena got all those wings, and then by the end, I was lost and disappointed. Overall I liked the writing, especially the descriptions, but I think I'm gonna stop with this series and go on to "Secret Circle".