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Closer to a 3.5, as I did enjoy this one more than Little Men but still not as much as Little Women.
I definitely felt more attachment to these boys and girls as young men and women then I did when they were school-age children in the previous book, most likely due to their age and the things happening in their lives. In this book, they’re all attending college, finding jobs, maybe falling in love… and learning some of life’s lessons the hard way along the way.
However, I think part of the reason I didn’t enjoy this book as much as the first is because of the number of characters we are following. In Little Women, we follow the four March sisters and their neighbor Laurie as they go through adolescence and enter adulthood. In Jo’s Boys, we again follow adolescents and young adults, but there are fourteen different characters to follow! It’s just a lot to keep up with and I think that was the main reason I struggled with this book.
Overall, it was a satisfying ending to this series and if you’ve read through Little Men I definitely recommend you read this one to see how the boys’ stories ends. But if you’ve only read Little Women, I leave it up to you whether or not you think this story will be to your liking or not. The second and third books focus more on a new cast of characters and less on the March sisters themselves, so it’s a matter of if you want to read about these new characters or not.
I definitely felt more attachment to these boys and girls as young men and women then I did when they were school-age children in the previous book, most likely due to their age and the things happening in their lives. In this book, they’re all attending college, finding jobs, maybe falling in love… and learning some of life’s lessons the hard way along the way.
However, I think part of the reason I didn’t enjoy this book as much as the first is because of the number of characters we are following. In Little Women, we follow the four March sisters and their neighbor Laurie as they go through adolescence and enter adulthood. In Jo’s Boys, we again follow adolescents and young adults, but there are fourteen different characters to follow! It’s just a lot to keep up with and I think that was the main reason I struggled with this book.
Overall, it was a satisfying ending to this series and if you’ve read through Little Men I definitely recommend you read this one to see how the boys’ stories ends. But if you’ve only read Little Women, I leave it up to you whether or not you think this story will be to your liking or not. The second and third books focus more on a new cast of characters and less on the March sisters themselves, so it’s a matter of if you want to read about these new characters or not.
4.5 Stars
This was such a fun story, full of new and interesting characters and plots while still harking back to the original story well. I'm completely intrigued by her twist on the Jinn as compared to the benevolent genie from the Aladdin movie I grew up with and definitely want to know more about them and what they're like, especially in relation to others of their kind. I also loved her use of Gifts and how well they were woven into the everyday lives of the characters who had them, using them in place of sorcery or other types of magic that are more common in the original stories and their retellings. And Rena! She was such a unique character and, despite our spending so little time with her in this book, I can't wait to read more about her in the next one.
This was such a fun story, full of new and interesting characters and plots while still harking back to the original story well. I'm completely intrigued by her twist on the Jinn as compared to the benevolent genie from the Aladdin movie I grew up with and definitely want to know more about them and what they're like, especially in relation to others of their kind. I also loved her use of Gifts and how well they were woven into the everyday lives of the characters who had them, using them in place of sorcery or other types of magic that are more common in the original stories and their retellings. And Rena! She was such a unique character and, despite our spending so little time with her in this book, I can't wait to read more about her in the next one.
4.5 Stars
This was such a fun book and a great sequel to The Stolen Kingdom. Being a great blend of both a Little Mermaid retelling and the continuation of Arie and Kadin’s story from the first book made some of the twists and turns very unpredictable and, I’ll be honest, things did not go exactly the way I thought they would. Which is a exactly what I want in a book because, in the end, I want to be surprised. I also loved getting Rena’s point of view, with her fun and quirky personality and her unique perspective on things. Learning more about both Rena and Gideon’s backgrounds, along with the Mere and Jinn in general, both answered some questions from the first book and also brought up a whole slew of new ones that are still waiting to be answered. I can’t wait to read the last two books and see how these stories all wrap up in the end.
This was such a fun book and a great sequel to The Stolen Kingdom. Being a great blend of both a Little Mermaid retelling and the continuation of Arie and Kadin’s story from the first book made some of the twists and turns very unpredictable and, I’ll be honest, things did not go exactly the way I thought they would. Which is a exactly what I want in a book because, in the end, I want to be surprised. I also loved getting Rena’s point of view, with her fun and quirky personality and her unique perspective on things. Learning more about both Rena and Gideon’s backgrounds, along with the Mere and Jinn in general, both answered some questions from the first book and also brought up a whole slew of new ones that are still waiting to be answered. I can’t wait to read the last two books and see how these stories all wrap up in the end.
4.5 Stars
I've never heard anyone talk about this book and only happened to stumble upon it at my library, but it was so good! Ancient automaton stories spanning millennia, a modern-day protagonist running for her life, and a relic that ties them together but is so old that no one can read the inscription... seriously, so much happening. I was on the edge of my seat waiting to find out what would happen next.
I've never heard anyone talk about this book and only happened to stumble upon it at my library, but it was so good! Ancient automaton stories spanning millennia, a modern-day protagonist running for her life, and a relic that ties them together but is so old that no one can read the inscription... seriously, so much happening. I was on the edge of my seat waiting to find out what would happen next.
