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The fourth installment, Finale, in Becca Fitzpatrick’s Hush, Hush saga does not disappointment in the least. It was a perfect ending to an incredible and wonderful series! I’m a huge fan of series and Becca’s is definitely in my top 10 all time favorite book series. I had a hard time letting go because I did not want to see some of my favorite characters go, but all good things must come to an end. And like I said I said, I was not disappointed one bit over the ending.
Okay, maybe I was but that’s because she killed off one of my favorite characters! I was hoping that everyone would get a happy ending like Nora and Patch. I was caught between feeling undeniably sad and crying hysterically or crying happy tears. Whatever the case – I assure all you Hush, Hush fans to go pick up a copy for yourselves as soon as you can!
Read the entire review at http://emzsnow.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/book-review-finale-hush-hush-4-by-becca-fitzpatrick/
The fourth installment, Finale, in Becca Fitzpatrick’s Hush, Hush saga does not disappointment in the least. It was a perfect ending to an incredible and wonderful series! I’m a huge fan of series and Becca’s is definitely in my top 10 all time favorite book series. I had a hard time letting go because I did not want to see some of my favorite characters go, but all good things must come to an end. And like I said I said, I was not disappointed one bit over the ending.
Okay, maybe I was but that’s because she killed off one of my favorite characters! I was hoping that everyone would get a happy ending like Nora and Patch. I was caught between feeling undeniably sad and crying hysterically or crying happy tears. Whatever the case – I assure all you Hush, Hush fans to go pick up a copy for yourselves as soon as you can!
Read the entire review at http://emzsnow.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/book-review-finale-hush-hush-4-by-becca-fitzpatrick/
Please, please don't think that I'm cruel or anything for giving this book 3 stars...but it was after a lot of consideration that I thought, in my opinion, that it deserved that amount of stars.
First of, I'd like to say that I'm an avid fan of Cassandra Clare's book series. I follow her on tumblr and twitter just waiting for extra little snippet of scenes she posts or just to know things about her series, characters, ect. I LOVE her writing, completely. And it wasn't that her writing fell short, but more like the novel was not up to what I had expected. I felt like the book was more like a back drop for a lot of characters and how relationships were strengthened. We have Alec and Magnus, Isabelle and Simon, Maia and Jordan, Clary and Jace, and there is Jace and Sebastian, Sebastian and Clary - which isn't bad in a novel. We always look forward to how the characters interact with on another but I felt that that was the main focus of the entire book and not on the importance of the story line, which is Sebastian wanting to burn down the world and his evil plan.
There were parts of the novel where I was completely shocked, excited, and a little bit heartbroken. I do have burning questions that could only be answered in the next book, City of Heavenly Fire - but it didn't leave me wanting more like the previous book did with that mind boggling, open mouthed gaping cliffhanger (CoFA).
Okay, so I'm getting a little ahead of myself here...let's talk about the book overall.
The book begins a few weeks after Jace and Sebastian are missing with no trail of where they could be. Clary, Isabelle, and Alec are all worried sick about him and what could have happened. They know that Sebastian and Jace are joined together and with some helpful insight from Brother Zachariach (which is a WHOLE different story)they shadowhunters learn that to kill one boy, it will in turn kill the other. Thus, begins their journey to find a way to severe the bond WITHOUT killing Jace. Clary finds herself stuck in Sebastian's hands and as she learns of his plans becomes frantic because time is running out and they all might be late to save Jace.
Meanwhile, Simon, Isabelle, Alec, and Magnus get themselves the weapon that could severe the bond but at a cost to Simon losing something that he had grown to live with.
I feel like I am all scattered and that I'm everywhere but I DO NOT want to spoil anything so I'm being very vague. There are theories surrounding Brother Zachariah and if you've read Clare's prequel The Infernal Device both Clockwork Angel and Clockwork Prince you will note that Brother Zachariah might be someone we have already met. Which is really exciting to me because I love who he might be!
Anyways....I felt like the outcome of events were predictable although I did get teary eyed when I thought one of my favorite characters died. The ending was also predictable because well.....Sebastian was not caught so of course he comes back, but I do wonder about the message he left.
Hope this review helps you in reading the book! Again, it wasn't horrible - just EH. That was my emotion while reading most of the book. I think most people would beg to differ on my opinion. I will leave by saying that I look forward to the next book, City of Heavenly Fire, to see how it all plays out and ends.
First of, I'd like to say that I'm an avid fan of Cassandra Clare's book series. I follow her on tumblr and twitter just waiting for extra little snippet of scenes she posts or just to know things about her series, characters, ect. I LOVE her writing, completely. And it wasn't that her writing fell short, but more like the novel was not up to what I had expected. I felt like the book was more like a back drop for a lot of characters and how relationships were strengthened. We have Alec and Magnus, Isabelle and Simon, Maia and Jordan, Clary and Jace, and there is Jace and Sebastian, Sebastian and Clary - which isn't bad in a novel. We always look forward to how the characters interact with on another but I felt that that was the main focus of the entire book and not on the importance of the story line, which is Sebastian wanting to burn down the world and his evil plan.
There were parts of the novel where I was completely shocked, excited, and a little bit heartbroken. I do have burning questions that could only be answered in the next book, City of Heavenly Fire - but it didn't leave me wanting more like the previous book did with that mind boggling, open mouthed gaping cliffhanger (CoFA).
Okay, so I'm getting a little ahead of myself here...let's talk about the book overall.
The book begins a few weeks after Jace and Sebastian are missing with no trail of where they could be. Clary, Isabelle, and Alec are all worried sick about him and what could have happened. They know that Sebastian and Jace are joined together and with some helpful insight from Brother Zachariach (which is a WHOLE different story)they shadowhunters learn that to kill one boy, it will in turn kill the other. Thus, begins their journey to find a way to severe the bond WITHOUT killing Jace. Clary finds herself stuck in Sebastian's hands and as she learns of his plans becomes frantic because time is running out and they all might be late to save Jace.
Meanwhile, Simon, Isabelle, Alec, and Magnus get themselves the weapon that could severe the bond but at a cost to Simon losing something that he had grown to live with.
I feel like I am all scattered and that I'm everywhere but I DO NOT want to spoil anything so I'm being very vague. There are theories surrounding Brother Zachariah and if you've read Clare's prequel The Infernal Device both Clockwork Angel and Clockwork Prince you will note that Brother Zachariah might be someone we have already met. Which is really exciting to me because I love who he might be!
Anyways....I felt like the outcome of events were predictable although I did get teary eyed when I thought one of my favorite characters died. The ending was also predictable because well.....Sebastian was not caught so of course he comes back, but I do wonder about the message he left.
Hope this review helps you in reading the book! Again, it wasn't horrible - just EH. That was my emotion while reading most of the book. I think most people would beg to differ on my opinion. I will leave by saying that I look forward to the next book, City of Heavenly Fire, to see how it all plays out and ends.