jamsu's reviews
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At first I didn't mind Nesta in this book. I mean she seemed so different from her character in ACOTAR and I just loved her relationship in Azriel in this book which I think we never saw in their own series. But that being said I became so annoying how every single Crescent City character seemed to like her so much, like she was a special snowflake or something. I don't really get the hype with her character but I do like her sometimes.

I loved that Rhysand wouldn't look into Bryce's mind without her permission even if Rhysand antis will find some reason to why he was wrong in this book. He had every right to be mad at Nesta for risking their whole world.

Not to even mention that the whole thing was so OOC of Nesta. I don't keep it a secret that I don't like her but even with her issues, all Nesta wants is to keep the people she loves safe. It could've been more believable if Nesta had known Bryce for more than two minutes and if Bryce hadn't just basically betrayed them. Does it help the plot? Yes. But does it sound like something Nesta would do without benefitting herself? Nope. Am I supposed to believe she helped just because of her mommy and daddy issues? I mean come one-- this is the girl who abused her own sister to feel better. 

It was interesting to me to see how this world and ACOTAR characters were related. I just wish we had seen Rhysand and Ruhn meet. it would have been so cool to see everyone be shocked how they looked alike.

I really liked seeing Lidvia and Ruhn get from him hating her and not caring what happened to her to accepting being mates and wanting to keep each other safe.

I still didn't care about most characters and even tho Hunt and Bryce had some sweet scenes, I just couldn't care enough. Maybe that's why I didn't get why everyone was so mad about their reunion. 

All in all the plot was much much more interesting than in the second book and I lived for ACOTAR characters appearing even if most of the time it was Nesta. I also really liked the romance between Ruhn and Lidvia. Still the only way I'll be reading fourth book if there's one if we get any Feysand content. This series was a definition of "even if you love other work by author. It doesn't mean every single work is for you."

I might unhaul all books but this one in case this one was meaningful for the plot of ACOTAR. But hey at least it didn't take two months to finish this one as it did with the second book!

I love these graphic novels I really do. I just wish they were more focused on Rishe and prince Arnold than all the politics. Do the plot ned all the politics? Yes. But do they also make me want to skip to these two ex enemies? Also yes. Only good thing about the side characters in this volume was seeing more of Rishe being friends with Arnold's brother and that she was able to help her ex teacher.

Now the last pages of this volume was the saving grace for me. Prince Arnold might have cause Rishe's death in all six of her previous lives but in this life he wanted her to get everything she wanted and to give her freedom. He clearly wanted her to wear his ring but still told her that she didn't need to unless she wanted to. He didn't feel like he had the right to ask more than for her to allow him to give her the ring.

He's so sweet and I can't help but swoon when he's ruthless to everyone else but so sweet to Rishe. He requests very little of her, so she wants to wear the ring (which she loves and can't stop looking at because of the stone) and she wants him to see her wear it.

I love it when I see my favorite ships in books, so when Rishe told Arnold that she wants to someday travel with him to see all the beauty this world has to offer I immediately thought of Klaus asking Caroline to travel with him. Rishe wanted to discover more things that he found beautiful and the way it was implied that he thought she was beautiful just made me want to swoon all over.

My favorite moment was when he kissed her hand while kneeling and that's how the royalty of Galkheun proposes. 

I love the fact that she loves the color of his eyes even more now. Arnold hates his father but he feels like he's just like him. It's in his nature to invade and conquer but what he hates the most is that they share their eyes. When he was younger, he even wanted to fluck both eyes out because they're the same color as his father's. They were a proof that his father's blood run through his veins. Rishe didn't know his father but to her, his eyes were Arnold's own eyes. She loved them and he's so handsome.

My favorite scene was the balcony scene.

The art was still good for being black and white.

All in all I loved Rishe and Arnold's moments but I was almost bored to death with other scenes, like I could care less about Rishe's ex teacher or prince Kyle.

Prince Arnold Hein was so cute in this volume. I'm so glad we get little moments with him and Rishe and him being jealous of the person she's thinking while they're dueling (not knowing he's jealous of his future self) was so cute and funny at the same time. In the future he was much stronger and far more brutal. I hope unlike in the anime-- we will some point see why he got so brutal.

I also loved that he wanted to make Rishe happy and get her a ring so people would know that they were together. Her wanting to have a ring that was the same color as his eyes was just so good, especially since she said it aloud in front of him. I'm glad even though she's getting married to him to save her own life and others, she also clearly likes the prince and he also likes her. She'd promised to do whatever Arnold asked of her, but all he did was give. 

I like the art but I'm sad as this is manga, the art doesn't have any color.

All in all I'm loving this enemies to lovers slow burn manga. Rishe and Arnold are so cute and I think it will be so good when they finally realize that they are in love. I just didn't care for some of side characters. 

I'll be honest I had forgotten 99% of this series, so unlike Sam I didn't see this as pretty much the same as the second book. I might think differently if I actually remembered more stuff. This is also why I'm glad this book retold things, like about Cain's family.

This is probably the first that I rated a book higher than Sam but I really enjoyed the romance aspect of things. Cain claimed Wynter as his and would never let her go and she didn't even want him to. As someone who loves possessive men in books-- are you even surprised I loved this? Wynter was vital to him, as necessary as breathing. Cain would never give her up and would fight tooth and nail to keep her.

I loved how Cain thought that it was like they were meant to be together. She suited him in every imaginable way and accepted every part of him. It was also sweet how even his monster wanted her. These two had secrets, well mostly Wynter but she clearly loved him and thought that he was central of her life.

I was very proud of Wynter deciding not to give herself up for "good of others" because that's just so dumb and I hate when it's done in other books.

I didn't really care about fantasy stuff in this book. I did find some things interesting but I was mostly there for Wynter and Cain. My biggest problem with the book was how many times our main character got kidnapped. She managed to save herself pretty much always but it became annoying.

The second thing I really didn't enjoy was Wynter's coven. I think they're meant to be quirky and funny but I just was tempted to skim read every time they appeared.

All in all I wasn't that into the plot of this book but I lived for the romance and as the romance is always my favorite part of the book-- The Monsters We Are lived up to my expectations, especially after being disappointed with the second book. 

justnot feeling the romance 

This is a sixth volume of Villains Are Destined to Die graphic novels.

I just adore couples who can relate to each other, so even though Callisto and Penelope are alike in a sad way I was hearing Klaus Mikaelson saying "We're the same" as Callisto said that his father wasn't too different from hers. I think it's clear these two will end up together. Not only because they're the best couple but also because they meet even in other love interest focused episodes and every time there's a possibility of leveling up ???'s affection-- it ends up being Callisto. 

Winter was hostile towards "fake daughter" in the normal mode but now he seems to want to get to know both daughters. He also seems to have kind of a thing for Penelope. I couldn't really understand why before Penelope knew where they were going did she think that it would be a date. I liked them having moments together even if I don't ship them together but I disliked how he expected her to trust in him when he couldn't do the same to her. 

All in all not my favorite volume but still a good one. I liked the comparison of Winter's distrust and Penelope not having to explain anything to Callisto and he trusted her. I can't wait for the next volume to be published.