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Arrow (No Ordinary Fairy Tale, #3)
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I will fight anyone who criticizes this series. Not that I know anyone who has, but still.
Again, I had a bit of a struggle with the early part of this third and final installment, adjusting to the new main character and being away from Oakhaven (and knowing from having read the companion trilogy first that (view spoiler)). It was really once we got back to the Oak that the story started to sing for me. I'm just a massive fan of the faeries of the Oakenwyld; while other settings are conjured well, the Oak feels like the stories' true home.
It's lovely being back among the old crew, too. It was fun to see Peri from another person's point of view (with an air-rifle and a crossbow), and Timothy grew on me in this novel, particularly when he (view spoiler); Paul's okay, but we don't see a whole lot of him. Thorn I wasn't sure about when I met her in the companion trilogy, but I thoroughly enjoy her now after seeing her in these three books; I love her sarcasm and quips, both of which are actually very technically challenging traits to pull off in a character and often overdone. Here, though, they're just right. Her colorful phrases feel thoroughly appropriate to the setting, and are always bang-on ("...this is a fine mess of badger droppings if ever I saw one" is a personal favorite). Martin, too, emerges from the shadows of REBEL in this one, and even though I knew his story from the FLIGHT AND FLAME series, there were moments that still managed to surprise me and make me want to go reread that second trilogy to better appreciate his character arc.
These books have a lot of themes packed into them, exploring different ethical challenges and especially the nature of trust and of power, alongside issues of prejudice, fear, selfishness, and betrayal. They're quite keen-eyed, yet not overly dark and certainly not gloomy. I had a marvelous time with them and am sorry to have finished. I'd love another series.
Again, I had a bit of a struggle with the early part of this third and final installment, adjusting to the new main character and being away from Oakhaven (and knowing from having read the companion trilogy first that (view spoiler)). It was really once we got back to the Oak that the story started to sing for me. I'm just a massive fan of the faeries of the Oakenwyld; while other settings are conjured well, the Oak feels like the stories' true home.
It's lovely being back among the old crew, too. It was fun to see Peri from another person's point of view (with an air-rifle and a crossbow), and Timothy grew on me in this novel, particularly when he (view spoiler); Paul's okay, but we don't see a whole lot of him. Thorn I wasn't sure about when I met her in the companion trilogy, but I thoroughly enjoy her now after seeing her in these three books; I love her sarcasm and quips, both of which are actually very technically challenging traits to pull off in a character and often overdone. Here, though, they're just right. Her colorful phrases feel thoroughly appropriate to the setting, and are always bang-on ("...this is a fine mess of badger droppings if ever I saw one" is a personal favorite). Martin, too, emerges from the shadows of REBEL in this one, and even though I knew his story from the FLIGHT AND FLAME series, there were moments that still managed to surprise me and make me want to go reread that second trilogy to better appreciate his character arc.
These books have a lot of themes packed into them, exploring different ethical challenges and especially the nature of trust and of power, alongside issues of prejudice, fear, selfishness, and betrayal. They're quite keen-eyed, yet not overly dark and certainly not gloomy. I had a marvelous time with them and am sorry to have finished. I'd love another series.
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Reading Progress
November 18, 2023
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Started Reading
November 19, 2023
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November 20, 2023
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fantasy
November 20, 2023
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Finished Reading
