This is the third installment in the Weaver series.
It's time for the twins to return home, and as usual when it
comes to Cass and Silver, nothing is done quietly. From the moment they arrive
the sweet homecoming they expect turns into attempted assassinations, fights,
whirlwinds, betrayals, re-ignited love, discovered powers and new beginnings.
So really-just another day then!
This third book was much easier to read. The narration from
Cass seems to work better for the story-maybe it's the maturity level that
allows you to understand from Cass's POV instead of the flitty and snarky
persona that Silver demonstrates. Some negatives cropped up again for me. There
is a heck of a lot of action in this book-especially for the short amount of
time in which it takes place. The problem with this is that the incidents seem
to be forced into the text artificially (time and depth wise) in order to
explain certain happenings. This makes an entire book only about a few major
happenings. I felt what James offered to do (with regards to his present
situation) after the homecoming, considering he and Cass had been in contact in
the Web the entire time, proved him to be very shallow. For the character to be
such a big part in Cass's life, we really don't know that much about him. A lot
of crazy things happen , especially since the status quo has not really changed
in the time they have been gone, yet everyone just seems to accept this and
move on. A few niggles too-while some of
the Weavers have immense strength (but certainly not superhuman), twisting
someone's head off raised an eyebrow and again the amount of injuries that
people suffer but seem to shrug off beggars belief. Money also seems to be no
issue in all this-so much is destroyed yet there always seems to be something
bigger and better around the corner. I also felt certain important parts to do
with Cora's history that may have explained more about the present situation were
brushed over. The editing was a problem again-too many extended similes and
metaphors are used to try and describe something-in one chapter over a few
pages there were up to three per page. Simple mistakes like now instead of know
or you and not your as well as missing words in sentences or punctuation errors
are extremely detrimental to the story.
I will say however, that this is the best book in the series
for me so far with regards to the improved writing, the flow of the story and a
better fit for the characters. The short story at the end of the book helped to
explain certain issues but there are many unanswered questions that will
hopefully be settled in the next book.
Thanks to Netgalley for an opportunity to review this book.
No comments:
Post a Comment