Sinner (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #4) by Maggie Stiefvater

Sinner (The Wolves of Mercy Falls #4) by Maggie Stiefvater

 

This is a new adult paranormal romance novel (Rated PG-16)

 

♥♥♥

(Three Depressing Hearts)

 

 

Book Summary

 

A standalone companion book to the internationally bestselling Shiver Trilogy. Sinner follows Cole St. Clair, a pivotal character from the #1 New York Times bestselling Shiver Trilogy. Everybody thinks they know Cole's story. Stardom. Addiction. Downfall. Disappearance. But only a few people know Cole's darkest secret -- his ability to shift into a wolf. One of these people is Isabel. At one point, they may have even loved each other. But that feels like a lifetime ago. Now Cole is back. Back in the spotlight. Back in the danger zone. Back in Isabel's life. Can this sinner be saved?

 

 

My Review

 

Honestly, I knew going in this would be a depressing book. I’d seen the comments. But I think a strong warning from the Attorney General like on a pack of cigarettes in bold lettering should be on the front cover and should say…

WARNING- IF YOU SHOW SIGNS OF DEPRESSION OR HAVE ATTEMPTED SUCIDE IN THE PAST, DO NOT READ THIS BOOK.

Seriously, I considered slitting my wrist during and after reading this one. This book had to be about the most misery characters you ever met, who were equally miserable together.

And unfortunately, MS beautiful writing (not storyline, character development but…) but how she strung words together wasn’t enough to overcome the heavy weight of melancholy this story presented. Although to be honest, the Shiver series itself was pretty depressing but not as bad as this.

Cole, our rock star, and one of our favorite side characters from the Mercy Wolves series, has moved to LA to be with Isabelle.  While I wanted to root for their love and HEA, I couldn’t.

Isabelle was busy the entire book being a untrusting, hateful bitch, who was so engrossed with her own misery, I kindly wished she’d be put down. Slitting her wrist would have been a good thing. (Mind you, she is a book character and not a real person).

While Cole was climbing out of the rabbit hole, she was digging herself into one as an early grave. I couldn’t understand why Cole put up with her BS after a point. She never redeemed herself and never apologized for her lack of trust and he didn’t try to get her to see reason. Example. She smelled alcohol on him. Did she ever check his breath???

This was one time I hoped; no I prayed this couple would not end up together. She did nothing to prove herself worthy of him while he spent the entire book trying to prove he was worthy of her and came off as a weak pussy who had no balls and laid on the ground to be her doormat. And she didn’t deserve the honor. It almost felt like a fuck you by the author. Like she didn’t want to write the book but she was forced maybe by contract. So she did in a way to say fuck you.

Anywho, I think I need some therapy after reading that one. I can’t recommend it unless you are an insanely happy person all the time. Then maybe it may help you to see the darker side of life.

My book boyfriend Cole (barely.)

 

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Blue Lily, Lily Blue (The Raven Cycle #3) by Maggie Stiefvater

Blue Lily, Lily Blue (The Raven Cycle #3) by Maggie Stiefvater

 

This is a somewhat of a young adult paranormal fantasy novel (Rated PG-13)

 

 ♥♥♥

 (Three and that's being generous Hearts)

 

 

Book Summary

 

There is danger in dreaming. But there is even more danger in waking up.

Blue Sargent has found things. For the first time in her life, she has friends she can trust, a group to which she can belong. The Raven Boys have taken her in as one of their own. Their problems have become hers, and her problems have become theirs.

The trick with found things though, is how easily they can be lost.

Friends can betray.
Mothers can disappear.
Visions can mislead.
Certainties can unravel.

My Review

SUCH A HUGE DISAPPOINTMENT

I’m a Maggie Stiefvater fan. I’ll admit, I was disappointed in her series ending of Shiver, Linger, Forever and haven’t read Sinner. And I’ll admit because of that series ender, I’m concerned at how this series will end. But Maggie’s writing is so stunning that I find myself drawn to her construction of a sentence which for to me is like a paint stroke on an amazing canvas. In fact, I loved Scorpio Races.

Alas, I thought this series had outdone those. I should admit I haven’t read her Fey series. Anyway, the first two books in the Raven Cycle were HOME RUNS. This one was soooo not.

So much to say… Where to begin….

I'll first say that where I normally love her writing, this time the prose, metaphors all felt forced. They didn't have the quality I've found in the other two books in the series. And I'm no writer, so you'll have to forgive my glaring grammar errors and how I have the gall to berate an author when I'm not one.

I guess I’ll say with all that happened in the last book, I assumed there would be more. I know this book isn’t about romance the way Shiver was. But, the revelations were startling, although for me not unexpected. And this book, there was silence all around. Okay, so I don’t need romance in a story. But I need a plot. And there was NONE…

The characters in this book went and did mundane things in their lives and took us on that boring journey. We had a brief moments were truths could have been spoken between characters and they remained mute. We had a little action but not really much. I could have done without the page or so of explanation while a yard was cleaned up, while a protest happened. Nothing much of consequence happens in the book. When things did occur like a law suit, it was sadly without much in the way of satisfying fact finding or gratification in the outcome. These interesting things were cut short.

We learned precious little until the end. And I must say I was disappointed as a somewhat of a triangle was formed with Blue’s mom and we got NOTHING on how that was resolved or what two men might have said to each other.

It was flat out boring. And if not for the expectation that something would occur in this book, I would have DNF’d it. Only to get barely anything for the time wasted on reading. I will finish the series. I just hope we aren’t left with the glaring OPENING of a series ending we got in the Mercy Falls Wolves series or whatever Shiver, Linger, Forever was.

My book boyfriend Gansey.

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