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Okay, we start off with Oro deepthroating Isla's dick. Then we switch over to Grim so he can have a turn.

All I'm reading is slurping sounds.

Aw shit, here we go again.

I'm liking it so far.

There's still an abundance of 'describing the science' but it's not as bland/dry as it was in the Martian.

But I also didn't mind it in the beginning of the Martian but it kept going on and on that I got annoyed with it.

Let's see if this fairs better.

I'm at the point where I'm looking up reviews to see if it's worth finishing this.

By the looks of it: No.

Damn disappointing.

Is something going to happen besides smut at some point?

Like, is there a plot that's going to happen sometime soon?

I thought we were building up to the smut but nah - very first chapter.

Let's go I guess

In Oro's part and... looks like this, too, will mostly be about sucking Grim's dick.

Done with Grim's section.

The writing is still extremely juvenile - like something out of a teeanger's diary and it's cringe - but at least the parts that aren't a recap of the previous books (aka, the very beginning before Island shows up) are entertaining as well as cringe so there is that.

Yeeeessss one of my favorite hate read series!

And it's NOT DISAPPOINTING

Yes, tell me all about 7 YEAR OLD GRIM BEING AN LITTLE ANGSTY LORD GROWING INTO A MASSIVE EMO BITCH WHILE IGNORING ALL THE INCONSISTENCIES, PLOT HOLES, AND DUMB FUCKING WRITING.

As long as these books are, reading them just flies by because there is NO THOUGHT NEEDED WHATSOEVER. It's like reading fucking Air

Imma call it here

I'm trying to decide if I want to continue with this or not.

It feels like most of the 'plot' is concluded, just waiting for Siiri to get to the underworld now and it's just... meh

I kinda want to know how it ends but it's the same kind of desire as 'I started watching this crappy for TV movie and nothing else is on so might as well finish it' kinda feeling.

Not looking good so far.

The pace is breakneck, something I remember not liking before, but also she's doing the 'This is a retelling but I'm COMPLETELY CHANGING THE CHARACTERS INSTEAD OF JUST THE STORY' that pisses me off.

If you're going to change the character's personalities, just write a new story all together.

I've read one of Kiersten White's books before and I did NOT like it.

But I like vampires and the cover looks awesome, so I'll give this a try.

Every time I'd remember to get back and finish this, I just didn't. I finally picked it back up and I just don't care.

So DNFing this

Is this ghostwritten?

Because so far there are no absurd tangents, there's no random scenes thrown in for the DRAMAS, the purple prose is a bit more lilac than violet, and while there's still a focus on relationships, the characters are given a bit more room to breath.

In other words; There's no way Clare is writing this.

10% in and we've introduced an absurd amount of characters, established the beginnings of a FEW love triangles, and already counteracting previously established lore.

At least she TRIED to give a reason for why guns don't work but it still doesn't pass the sniff test.

Also, NOTHING HAS HAPPENED YET. At least not actiony. We just have character/relationships being established and it's actually not that soulcrushing.

As of writing this, this is the only ShadowHunter series I have left to read. I'm not counting the short story fanfic books she had other people write for her and I think there's a book or two that's just Magnus and Alec and since I hate that pairing, I'm not going to torture myself THAT much.

She's finally written something NOT Shadowhunter so I might have to read that one at some point.

Okay, this book was already on pretty thin ice but that whole Hedotis BS just destroyed this book for me.

It was pointless, relied on a deus ex machina plot twist that was infuriating, and Yarros is apparently one of those people who doesn't know what 'Wisdom' means.

Here's a hint Yarros: 'Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad'.

This is a hate read from now on.

OH, yeah, this is definitely taking a downward turn.

Taking out this whole Cat plot point would have made this book 50% better. Checking the egos at the door would do it another 25%.

It really doesn't take much to suck the enjoyment out of something.

Okay, it's going downhill.

What I liked about the first book is that it avoided a lot of the 'Annoying Characters' that litter YA/NA books.
That's gone now.

A lot of plot devices are a bit TOO convenient (which is saying something) and basically ALL the riders have been sniffing their own farts and declare it to be roses.

I just really want a gryphon to kick a dragon's ass but I know it's not going to happen

I'm liking it so far.

I definitely see the worldbuilding issues people have with it: Mainly the whole 'why are you killing so many of your own soldiers' BS and the 'Of course the very rare special dragon(s) like the MC'.

But this is also YA/NA - It's fantasy wish fulfillment and an effort is being made to make suspension of disbelief possible.

But I'm not even halfway so we'll see how it goes...

Bitch is really going to try and pull a Tom Riddle's Diary

*face palm*

Welp, going from one disappointingly bad book to a book I know will be bad.

*SIIIIIIIIGH*

I also can't help but think a good lawyer would rip a lot of these characters assholes into shreds for even thinking about doing some of the shady business stuff they do.

This is starting to get ridiculous now.

Almost every 'twist' is introduced a chapter or so before and then suddenly expanded on in the next chapter. There's no time to breath, no extra hints that the reader can dwell on. Just plopped down in front of you without any preamble.

This is just a guess but I'm thinking Hendrix is a pantser when it comes to writing.

Lynnette's walking the border of interesting and annoying.

On one hand, it makes some sense that she'd be paranoid but on the other... do you have to go into so much detail about it? And some of the safety precautions are just absurd to me.

But the book is also building up my suspension of disbelief: 'Yeah, it's a bit silly but just keep imagining this takes place in a horror movie universe.'