A review by lucrezi
The Forever Song by Julie Kagawa
2.0
I wish this were written in third person so we could see for ourselves how low Allison's fallen. Like, even an alternate perspective from Jackal or Kanin. It would've been great character development without Kagawa spelling everything out again via internal monologue and explicitly saying she feels bad. Too bad. Someone needs to remind her to show, not tell.
And then Zeke, her boytoy, appears again but this time as a vampire, and an evil one at that. Nice! He's stabbing her! This is great, something's actually happening--wait, she bit him or he bit her and suddenly he's back to normal, but now he's angsting everywhere and Allison is angsting even more on his behalf. Then it gets all better.
Most of the novel now was just their love story with bits of Jackal being an asshole and Kanin being quiet peppered in a few places.
The ending was okay, though a bit predictable. Of course Kanin had to sacrifice himself to save the world, and of course Jackal survives in the end. I like those parts. I got goosebumps at Kanin's death, because he's a cool guy. I was okay with the fairytale kinda ending, where Allison and Zeke leave to bring the cure to the rest of the world because I like happy endings, but I would have loved a bittersweet ending... I mean, Kanin's death was sad but it was obvious and the guy wanted to die anyway. If Zeke died and Allison had to move on for the sake of the greater good, that would have been something.
But egh, whatever, it's a little better than the second book at least. I'd give this two and a half stars but I'll just round it up.
And then Zeke, her boytoy, appears again but this time as a vampire, and an evil one at that. Nice! He's stabbing her! This is great, something's actually happening--wait, she bit him or he bit her and suddenly he's back to normal, but now he's angsting everywhere and Allison is angsting even more on his behalf. Then it gets all better.
Most of the novel now was just their love story with bits of Jackal being an asshole and Kanin being quiet peppered in a few places.
The ending was okay, though a bit predictable. Of course Kanin had to sacrifice himself to save the world, and of course Jackal survives in the end. I like those parts. I got goosebumps at Kanin's death, because he's a cool guy. I was okay with the fairytale kinda ending, where Allison and Zeke leave to bring the cure to the rest of the world because I like happy endings, but I would have loved a bittersweet ending... I mean, Kanin's death was sad but it was obvious and the guy wanted to die anyway. If Zeke died and Allison had to move on for the sake of the greater good, that would have been something.
But egh, whatever, it's a little better than the second book at least. I'd give this two and a half stars but I'll just round it up.