Wicked Lovely by Melissar Marr
I can’t say I hated Wicked Lovely, but I
really did not love it. An even bigger turn off was the fact that the sequels
were from a different point of view. If you know me, you’ll know that I hate
when a series changes point of view. Especially when you’ve finally stuck with
one character for a whole book and felt like you really connected with them
only to discover that they won’t be in the next book. And I know that it’s the
authors plan and it must work in the whole grand scheme of things, but give me
a break, you just made me love a character and you are ripping them right out
from underneath me.
Books Read in the series: 1
Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia and
Margaret Stohl
One of the things that turned me off from
this series is the fact that the story is told from a character’s point of view
who felt more like an observer to the main plot line, than actually being in
it. I felt like he was always looking in to Lena’s life and the craziness that
came with it. I mean there is nothing wrong with that. I guess I’m just used to
having the main character be the one that things are happening to. It felt like
I was looking through too many windows to see what was on the other side. The
other side being the actual plot line and driving nature of the book. Ethan, if
that is his name by memory, shouldn’t have been the main character. I felt
helpless reading through his point of view. It made sense why I stopped reading
this series. I didn’t want to be an observer.
Books Read in the series: 2
Matched by Allie Condie
Honestly, I have never really understood the hype that went around
this series. I thought the first book was okay but the majority of people said
they really loved it. Then came the second book, which was horribly slow, and I
think consisted of the characters walking across a desert for the majority of
the book. Blah. Gah. Why? It wasn’t the worst, but it really wasn’t the best
either. I got the last book the day it came out in hardback and then I just
never ended up reading it. Will I ever read it? I want to say that I will
because I am so close to finishing the series but I really don’t know if I
will.
Books Read in the series: 2
House of Night by P.C. CAST and Kristin Cast
Ugh. I have so much bookish disappointment
for this series. It was pretty much a waste of my life. That’s pretty harsh, I
know. The series got to a point in which they were just milking the cow too
long and I don’t know if it was for money or if the authors really just loved
the story that much, but it exhausted me. I was so done with it. I am still
done with it. I definitely know that I will never ever go back to this series.
The first couple of books were bearable and then they started introducing new
point of views with characters I couldn’t care less about. I heard a rumor
somewhere that there will be 12 books in the series. I don’t know if it is true
but that is ridiculous. Extremely ridiculous.
Books Read in the series: 8
