Emmett Swan
Autor de Forest of Lost Secrets
Obras de Emmett Swan
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- Obras
- 4
- Miembros
- 42
- Popularidad
- #357,757
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- 4.1
- Reseñas
- 13
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- 3
i feel kinda sad that this one flopped for me, because the premise of potions that can transport your to different realms and make you invisible etc etc was really promising. however, the worldbuilding felt a little lazy. i don't normally go into that much detail about books i don't finish (especially since i read just over 10% of this book), but i feel like being a little nit-picky today.
the book starts with jennifer finding out that her boyfriend, curtis, drowned as a result of a drunken boating accident. i felt sorry for about .01 seconds. my sympathy ended when i found out he was the one who was drunk and he also refused a life jacket because he "couldn't breath." well, curtis, that's not going to be a problem for you anymore. i also had a little hiccup in this prologue because jennifer takes a moment to remember that, when she was in macy's buying her new itsy bitsy black polka dotted bikini, curtis told her that her boobs looked big in it.
imagine, if you will, that you're sitting in an ambulance on the shore while the coast guard are searching for your potentially dead boyfriend that you all but watched drown fewer than 24 hours ago and all you can think about is that one time in the macy's dressing room that he told you your titties looked nice in your new bathing suit. hm. interesting.
anyways, after curtis dies jennifer joins an organization called "against drunk boating." yeah, that's it. we don't know what against drunk boating, but they sure are against it. the rest of the book starts with jennifer and her little brother traveling to ireland to stay with their aunt and uncle. when they arrive at the house, they offer to take their own bags because they don't feel comfortable with the servants taking them. it's a little thing. but both the servants and their aunt and uncle seem hideously offended by this. their aunt even goes "oh just let them do it, it's their job." that was strike one.
strike two was the aforementioned sad 16 year old girl. her name is keeva and she's the princess of something or other and she's >:( because her daddy won't let her run around and socialize with the peasants. she's also got this guy appearing on her balcony every day that she's Totally In Love with. but she hasn't told him and doesn't until she finds out that he's leaving for good because he's from some other different magical realm or other and he's been stealing the rarest magical potion of them all so he can come and woo her every day--but his dad found out and he can't do that anymore.
i stopped reading after keeva decided that she was going to bribe her dad's head wizard guy, inargram, to get more of that super rare and expensive potion so she can go and meet her fake boyfriend who basically broke into her house and told her she was hot for a few months. killer seduction technique, my dude.
anyways, i am not made for YA novels. at all. so, onto the next.… (más)