I loved it. So many feelings, so much tension and angst. Exactly what I like. I admit I felt disappointed that the romance diActual Rating: 4.5 stars.
I loved it. So many feelings, so much tension and angst. Exactly what I like. I admit I felt disappointed that the romance didn't go towards a polyamorous relationship, but it ended up being really good anyways.
After reading the first two books of this series and seeing how the stories push sexual boundaries, and enjoying it, I still can't help but wish the mentality behind all of it was more open minded. There is too much mention of jealousy and overall too monogamous ideologically for my preference. For such forward thinking situations, I feel that the monogamous ideals surrounding it all get in the way of having a more natural, aware and healthier progression of the relationships.
In this book there is mention of cheating, but I just can't see those situations as cheating. What happens is more complex than that. To simplify it and confine it that way is, in my opinion, the erroneous perspective from where to approach those situations and as such there is missing an actual mindfulness. Showing a more forwards thinking towards the typical monogamous ideals and expanding those confines, would have made these stories more valuable in my opinion. Then again, most people looking for romance books aren't that open to any kind of polyamorous mentality...
I didn't enjoyed this book. I wasn't interested in the romance part of this story because first, part of it happened in the previos book and by now I I didn't enjoyed this book. I wasn't interested in the romance part of this story because first, part of it happened in the previos book and by now I don't remember, and second, because it was absurd to me and I have no patience for irrationalities, I very much disliked the characters for the same reasons. Added to this, I was very disappointed by the smut aspect of the story, at how civilized the ménage was, very tame and tentative, not exciting at all and excessively polite. Couple with an irrational hypocritical almost nun and a repressed irrational fool who one second is immovable in his values just because and the next changes his mind also just because, and I couldn’t connect or care for anything. Furthermore, I have always disliked the topics of values and morals that stand over peoples lives and happiness without any actual reason given to validate them, support them or understand them. Values and moras that are simply there as inmovible things that just are with no reason and must be followed at all costs and sacrifices, it is brainwashing and I can't connect or care for that, much less respect it.
On a positive note, like always, there is great imagination in the world building aspect of the series. I have always enjoyed it and the author keeps it up even after 10 installments. I really take pleasure in thous little things, and it is the main thing that keeps me hooked to this series.
Audiobook: I very much dislike the audiobook narrator. Specially because of the meak female voices he always gives to the female leads in this series. It infuriates me how weak and clueless they sound. But also because he whispers every time the characters have some internal dialogue, which I find intensely annoying and it pulls me out of the story every time. A really strange and unfortunate choice on the narrator’s part.
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