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[butterbobbin]

Book Nine: Dawn of the Golden Promise, 394pp

So... when I was a teenager I felt gypped that there was Never Going to Be Another Book in this series. I was like, "That's it? It's barely beginning!"

When I was like, just this afternoon, I felt nothing but relief that It Was Finally Over.

It's kind of a... I dunno. If they'd knocked Quinn out of the previous book, a lot of the really important things needing to be wrapped up in this one could have almost been in the last book instead and saved a lot of time and paper. It's almost like she had a few things she had to finish out, so she used a lot of not-so-important filler to make it book-length.

Really, not all that thrilling.

That's all.

Moving on.

Comments

[eattheolives.livejournal.com]

I kind of agree, but I also rather liked Quinn's story - okay, to be honest, what I liked was ... Denny, was that his name? Anyway, I liked him. The part about Daniel going cow-eyes over her? NOT SO MUCH.

[butterbobbin.livejournal.com]

I remembering liking Quinn back in the day. I guess this time it just irked me because it was Another Character With a Sinful Past Who Thought She Was Too Wicked to Be Loved/Forgiven/Accepted, and that concept just kind of gets old by that stage of the series.

I do like Denny, though, a lot, and I think his adoration of her is what really redeems her presence in the book. :-D

[eattheolives.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, I know what you mean about everybody having a tragic backstory. It's like - are there no NORMAL people in her world?!

Denny is just adorable, though. ;)