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The Glass Wall #2
The Brotherhood of the Snake
After breaking the Glass Wall, Sydney finds herself on the run with Rafael. And as her feelings for him awaken, danger arrives in the form of Mesmers, agents of evil sent by the Brotherhood of the Snake.
But when Jareth struts back onto the scene, it isn't long before Sydney finds herself immersed in sinister secrets, and the subsequent whirlwind of events leaves her wondering just who is right and who is wrong?
Join Sydney as she journeys through romance, humor, and adventure into the mysterious world of Tulpas, the Fae, and the Brotherhood of the Snake.
But when Jareth struts back onto the scene, it isn't long before Sydney finds herself immersed in sinister secrets, and the subsequent whirlwind of events leaves her wondering just who is right and who is wrong?
Join Sydney as she journeys through romance, humor, and adventure into the mysterious world of Tulpas, the Fae, and the Brotherhood of the Snake.
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Carmen Caine
29 books392 followersLike many of us on this planet, Carmen Caine/Madison Adler is from another world. She spends every moment she can scribbling stories on sticky notes that her kids find posted all over the car, house, and barn.
When she is not working as a software engineer, she is busy ferrying her kids to various appointments, writing lyrics for her husband's songs, taking care of the dog Tigger and his heart condition, attempting to tame her three insane cats, scratching her three Nigerian Dwarf Goats behind the horns or coddling her flock of thirty bizarre chickens from around the world.
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When she is not working as a software engineer, she is busy ferrying her kids to various appointments, writing lyrics for her husband's songs, taking care of the dog Tigger and his heart condition, attempting to tame her three insane cats, scratching her three Nigerian Dwarf Goats behind the horns or coddling her flock of thirty bizarre chickens from around the world.
Please follow me on Twitter - twitter.com/CarmenRomances or visit my facebook page: facebook.com/Carmen.Caine
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June 12, 2019
Definitely written for a younger audience
But an interesting read. The twists and turns the story takes makes you want to find out what happens next. That’s my main mark of a well written fantasy. I will be buying the next two books.
But an interesting read. The twists and turns the story takes makes you want to find out what happens next. That’s my main mark of a well written fantasy. I will be buying the next two books.
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January 13, 2018Great!
January 26, 2013
So I didn't like this book as much as the first. I try and judge these types of YA fiction books on the level of a YA fiction book but I felt like there were several times where it was silly and just not conceivable that whatever was going on in the book would actually be happening. A lot of this book felt forced, and reading it felt uncomfortable. I began not liking the main character, her reasoning began to feel false and just plain unrealistic. Multiple times during the book I wondered to myself why a girl would like either of the supposed love interests.
While in the last book they had some redeeming qualities, mainly through the fact that they are mysterious, here there were none. They are vapid, self involved, makeup wearing, clothes obsessed men. Especially the new characterizations that have Raphael calling Sydney by cutesy nicknames and the authors description of how he repeatedly touches her in ways that no guy would ever actually touch a girl because it's so romance novel fake, it's just kind of gag inducing. Honestly, no girl is going to want a guy who can't stop preening, even if he is supposed to be a fairy. In fact it kind of makes it worse. While the first novel worked, this one doesn't.
The characters are unbelievable and the romance is silly, there are huge sections of the book that don't need to be there, at all. They serve only to try to move the story along but really the plot could have been better served by other less dramatic and eyeroll inducing choices. There is little appearance of the most interesting characters, Sydney's adoptive family and the actual meat of the story is thin. The author could have gotten from the beginning of the story to the end in about half the time, and left out about half the book since it was fluff that added nothing. The author writes the real world of the book much better than her fake fairy land, so it would be much better if she focused on the real world since she writes it so much better.
The ending twist was interesting, I will probably read the next book as long as it doesn't cost much and I somehow remember to look for it whenever it comes out. But there needs to be some reworking of the characters, Sydney's change from independent, self-reliant, suspicious girl to pansy assed, scared, timid, and love struck mess is super disappointing so hopefully the last bits of the book will not turn her into an angst filled mopey, whiny brat in the next text, but I kind of doubt it.
While in the last book they had some redeeming qualities, mainly through the fact that they are mysterious, here there were none. They are vapid, self involved, makeup wearing, clothes obsessed men. Especially the new characterizations that have Raphael calling Sydney by cutesy nicknames and the authors description of how he repeatedly touches her in ways that no guy would ever actually touch a girl because it's so romance novel fake, it's just kind of gag inducing. Honestly, no girl is going to want a guy who can't stop preening, even if he is supposed to be a fairy. In fact it kind of makes it worse. While the first novel worked, this one doesn't.
The characters are unbelievable and the romance is silly, there are huge sections of the book that don't need to be there, at all. They serve only to try to move the story along but really the plot could have been better served by other less dramatic and eyeroll inducing choices. There is little appearance of the most interesting characters, Sydney's adoptive family and the actual meat of the story is thin. The author could have gotten from the beginning of the story to the end in about half the time, and left out about half the book since it was fluff that added nothing. The author writes the real world of the book much better than her fake fairy land, so it would be much better if she focused on the real world since she writes it so much better.
The ending twist was interesting, I will probably read the next book as long as it doesn't cost much and I somehow remember to look for it whenever it comes out. But there needs to be some reworking of the characters, Sydney's change from independent, self-reliant, suspicious girl to pansy assed, scared, timid, and love struck mess is super disappointing so hopefully the last bits of the book will not turn her into an angst filled mopey, whiny brat in the next text, but I kind of doubt it.
April 10, 2013
Not as good as the first. Definitely Twilight zone here
The smart, snarky, sarcastic, flawed, strong heroine Syndey of Book 1 becomes the puddle of goo Sydney in Book 2. I get that HS crushes are overwhelming and make you wobbly when they are near. But her brain dribbles out of ears throughout the entire book when any guy looks at her or is close (not counting her foster father). And what about the I won't be like my mother about guys theme that dominates Book 1. Gone. In fact, mother pretty much gone.
And the thing is, especially with her insight to her mother's flaws, why does she go wobbly in turns over Jareth who treats her very badly. Sometimes she hates him, then she's weak in the knees. And Rafael's treatment is not much better - the whole "but I shouldn't" line gets old. He's no kid and seemingly has no ability to not make a play for her. He is by turns beckoning (all those missed kisses) and rebuffing. He's like a cat playing with her affection.
And worse still - spoilers : if you're gonna make your good guy the bad guy in the last thirty seconds, you need to have some (any) foreshadowing done. That's like making the murderer in the mystery novel the 4th cousin of the second wife of the Earl's brother's butler that you just met. If no indication was given in Book 2 or Book 1, how about that cute little prologue you have as a separate novella that is all about setting Rafael's background.
The smart, snarky, sarcastic, flawed, strong heroine Syndey of Book 1 becomes the puddle of goo Sydney in Book 2. I get that HS crushes are overwhelming and make you wobbly when they are near. But her brain dribbles out of ears throughout the entire book when any guy looks at her or is close (not counting her foster father). And what about the I won't be like my mother about guys theme that dominates Book 1. Gone. In fact, mother pretty much gone.
And the thing is, especially with her insight to her mother's flaws, why does she go wobbly in turns over Jareth who treats her very badly. Sometimes she hates him, then she's weak in the knees. And Rafael's treatment is not much better - the whole "but I shouldn't" line gets old. He's no kid and seemingly has no ability to not make a play for her. He is by turns beckoning (all those missed kisses) and rebuffing. He's like a cat playing with her affection.
And worse still - spoilers : if you're gonna make your good guy the bad guy in the last thirty seconds, you need to have some (any) foreshadowing done. That's like making the murderer in the mystery novel the 4th cousin of the second wife of the Earl's brother's butler that you just met. If no indication was given in Book 2 or Book 1, how about that cute little prologue you have as a separate novella that is all about setting Rafael's background.
May 4, 2013
Picks up where The Glass Wall end. Sydney, Jareth, and Rafael are hiding and fighting for their lives against the Fae Queens, the Lizard beings, the Tulpa, and more. Human and the Fae have been compromised by the lizard beings. Many secrets that need to be exposed and very little time to do so. All three are Blues, each could make that catastrophic decision that would end all life in the three dimensions.
Sydney is finding that she is falling in love with Rafael and learns that the feelings are mutual--but that would be disastrous according to the Fae mentor.
Raphael and Jareth are supposed to be perfectly "matched" Fate seekers, but they act like enemies. What other secrets lie behind each. Sydney and Rafael become closer. While Sydney despises Jareth even more, yet why does he protect and lie for Rafael and her?
This book exposes many secrets behind the Fae, Rafael, Jareth, and even some surprises with Sydney and her foster family. Who to trust? May not be the person you think.
Again Adler leaves you hanging at the end of the story! UGH! Book 3 isn't due till later in 2013 and Book 4 won't be until 2014.
I will probably re-read all three books in 2014 back to back! the story is good and exciting, enough to read again--even funny at times with the cultural misunderstandings.
Sydney is finding that she is falling in love with Rafael and learns that the feelings are mutual--but that would be disastrous according to the Fae mentor.
Raphael and Jareth are supposed to be perfectly "matched" Fate seekers, but they act like enemies. What other secrets lie behind each. Sydney and Rafael become closer. While Sydney despises Jareth even more, yet why does he protect and lie for Rafael and her?
This book exposes many secrets behind the Fae, Rafael, Jareth, and even some surprises with Sydney and her foster family. Who to trust? May not be the person you think.
Again Adler leaves you hanging at the end of the story! UGH! Book 3 isn't due till later in 2013 and Book 4 won't be until 2014.
I will probably re-read all three books in 2014 back to back! the story is good and exciting, enough to read again--even funny at times with the cultural misunderstandings.
September 5, 2014
This is book 2 in the collection.
It took almost the entire first book to really get to moving and being interesting enough to keep reading.
One thing I would suggest to the author, is placing the prequel first as it answers some of the questions we do not have answered in the first book.
Once The Glass Wall got to moving, it kept a rapid pace going. I had trouble putting it down, it became so interesting. I definitely recommend this, and it can be easily read by those who are not young adults. I am almost 50, and truly enjoyed this collection. Buy this, you will not be sorry.
I received an ARC to give an honest review.
It took almost the entire first book to really get to moving and being interesting enough to keep reading.
One thing I would suggest to the author, is placing the prequel first as it answers some of the questions we do not have answered in the first book.
Once The Glass Wall got to moving, it kept a rapid pace going. I had trouble putting it down, it became so interesting. I definitely recommend this, and it can be easily read by those who are not young adults. I am almost 50, and truly enjoyed this collection. Buy this, you will not be sorry.
I received an ARC to give an honest review.
March 12, 2013
I didn't like this second book quite as much as I did the first, but still enjoyed it. The expansion of the Fae players and their world, Avalon, was great. I also enjoyed the overall progression of the plot line and great "cliff-hanger" at the end. Sydney's pining over Rafael and her "confused" feelings became tiresome and grinding. Okay, I got it already, she has a major crush; just get on with the story and action. That being said, I am looking forward to the next book and where it will take the characters given the ending of the second.
April 22, 2018
This book picks up where the first left off and draws you deeper into the complications of Sydney's, Raphael's, and Jareth's threads of fate.
The relationship between Sydney and Raphael grows stronger while Jareth tries to gain Sydney's trust.
There is trouble at every turn and Sydney must trust her heart to make the right decisions but things are not as they seem.
The ending was great, and though I thought to myself, "I should have seen that coming", I didn't!! I am looking forward to the next book and finding out where the blue thread will lead.
The relationship between Sydney and Raphael grows stronger while Jareth tries to gain Sydney's trust.
There is trouble at every turn and Sydney must trust her heart to make the right decisions but things are not as they seem.
The ending was great, and though I thought to myself, "I should have seen that coming", I didn't!! I am looking forward to the next book and finding out where the blue thread will lead.
March 23, 2014
Why do YA authors always write about love triangles... which never happen in real life.... fantasy with alternate universe thrown in for good measure.
This is a solid three star effort!
In this edition, a feisty teenage girl with a crush on a hunky neighbour and in constant fights with another hunk, who also happens to be a rock star. Both boys are different and not human.. and when she hands her trust to one of them.. he betrays her
Interesting plot twists that will probably have me looking for the next one...
This is a solid three star effort!
In this edition, a feisty teenage girl with a crush on a hunky neighbour and in constant fights with another hunk, who also happens to be a rock star. Both boys are different and not human.. and when she hands her trust to one of them.. he betrays her
Interesting plot twists that will probably have me looking for the next one...
August 5, 2015
Intriguing
A story of Sydney, Rafael, and Jareth. Sydney is involved with 2 Fae's, Rafael and Jareth. Jareth is a Rock star on earth yet Sydney is attracted to Rafael and trust him. They are searching for the Tulpa, however they are running from the lizard people and Chupacabra. I actually had to look up Chupacabra's online and was surprised that they truly do exist. You will be somewhat surprised on how this book ends, yet we will see what happens in the following book.
A story of Sydney, Rafael, and Jareth. Sydney is involved with 2 Fae's, Rafael and Jareth. Jareth is a Rock star on earth yet Sydney is attracted to Rafael and trust him. They are searching for the Tulpa, however they are running from the lizard people and Chupacabra. I actually had to look up Chupacabra's online and was surprised that they truly do exist. You will be somewhat surprised on how this book ends, yet we will see what happens in the following book.
January 21, 2013
Wow I just loved this the second book in The Glass Wall Series. I read it the day after finishing the first book but even so I enjoyed the quick synopsis of the first book. All the characters gained some flesh on their bones, I was immersed in this story and agast at the ending and having to wait for the next book. Please write fast!!
Kim
Kim
July 25, 2014
I know I just read it but I couldn't tell you what happened. Due to the fact that this book did not progress the story at all. In fact more questions are being asked and obscured answers are all that are garnered.The points are for the ending with the twist.
July 13, 2015
Good series so far
I think I liked book 2 better then book 1. I have come to really like the characters and the storyline is really interesting. I haven't come across a story quite like this one before. I'm looking forward to starting book 3 now.
I think I liked book 2 better then book 1. I have come to really like the characters and the storyline is really interesting. I haven't come across a story quite like this one before. I'm looking forward to starting book 3 now.
June 8, 2015
Quite possibly THE worst book I have ever tried to read. Couldn't even finish it.
October 1, 2013
Cliff hanger - on to the next book, quick!
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