A review by beth_dawkins
All Things Wicked by Karina Cooper
3.0
Juliet has lost her sister, and the coven she was a part of. She finds the man responsible for destroying her coven, Caleb, and decides that she is going to destroy him. When she manages to corner him, she calls what is left of the coven, only they are not as happy to see her as she thought.
This is the third book in the series, and there may be a couple spoilers from the first two books. After this book, I definitely encourage readers to start at book one. There is a great amount of back story that has been building in the first two novels that comes out in this one. The biggest issue is that the story’s hero was not the nicest guy in the books before this. In fact Caleb has been known to torture witches and steal their powers. He wasn’t on my good side, and I thought it would be impossible for me to like him. I was very glad to be wrong, he is a little dense, but I actually found myself enjoying his POV far more than Juliet’s.
Juliet has found ways of being sheltered. Caleb describes her often in the book as being soft, and he is right, she is very soft. I had a hard time with her because of her constant freak outs. Her knees often buckle, and she shuts down into fits of tears, or screams until she is not just soft, but weak. At the start of the novel her magic is described really well, and she is easy to identify with, but as the novel goes on this side of her does not come off as strong. Her character draw backs were not enough to deter me from the conflict and attraction she has with Caleb. The steamy scenes were not as steamy for me as the ones before it, but still enjoyable.
This book took the series in a direction I didn’t see coming, and introduced some new characters. There is a lot of action going on, and the story is very fast paced, but the action itself lost me. I found myself rereading more than once, and wondering how much of the novel before this one I forgot. That being said, I did enjoy this one a little more than the installment that came before it. It took away from the church vs. witches theme, and landed it somewhere else.
I hope this isn’t the last book. There are some characters that seem like they might take the next book, and the story isn’t finished. They have more to do. Freedom for the witches, saving the world, or just changing it would make me a happy camper. It leaves off with a mystery solved, but the world is not all better, there is still a mean evil Church, and witches to save. I have not yet heard anything about another book, so if this is it I am left disappointed in the overall scope. If not then I still look forward to the next mix of romance, post-apocalyptic and magical installment
This is the third book in the series, and there may be a couple spoilers from the first two books. After this book, I definitely encourage readers to start at book one. There is a great amount of back story that has been building in the first two novels that comes out in this one. The biggest issue is that the story’s hero was not the nicest guy in the books before this. In fact Caleb has been known to torture witches and steal their powers. He wasn’t on my good side, and I thought it would be impossible for me to like him. I was very glad to be wrong, he is a little dense, but I actually found myself enjoying his POV far more than Juliet’s.
Juliet has found ways of being sheltered. Caleb describes her often in the book as being soft, and he is right, she is very soft. I had a hard time with her because of her constant freak outs. Her knees often buckle, and she shuts down into fits of tears, or screams until she is not just soft, but weak. At the start of the novel her magic is described really well, and she is easy to identify with, but as the novel goes on this side of her does not come off as strong. Her character draw backs were not enough to deter me from the conflict and attraction she has with Caleb. The steamy scenes were not as steamy for me as the ones before it, but still enjoyable.
This book took the series in a direction I didn’t see coming, and introduced some new characters. There is a lot of action going on, and the story is very fast paced, but the action itself lost me. I found myself rereading more than once, and wondering how much of the novel before this one I forgot. That being said, I did enjoy this one a little more than the installment that came before it. It took away from the church vs. witches theme, and landed it somewhere else.
I hope this isn’t the last book. There are some characters that seem like they might take the next book, and the story isn’t finished. They have more to do. Freedom for the witches, saving the world, or just changing it would make me a happy camper. It leaves off with a mystery solved, but the world is not all better, there is still a mean evil Church, and witches to save. I have not yet heard anything about another book, so if this is it I am left disappointed in the overall scope. If not then I still look forward to the next mix of romance, post-apocalyptic and magical installment