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I hate this book. Here is a quick review of the book.

Halo is a not-very-inspiring story about three angels sent to a posh coastal town called Venus Cove for some bizarre reason. They live lives of luxury and self-righteousness, doing very little proper service other than volunteering. A melodramatic and meandering plot follows Bethany and her melodramatic romance with Xavier. Some genuine conflict eventually shows up, several hundred pages too late to make the book any good, but that’s okay; as the author emphasizes several times, this book wasn’t written for artistic merit! Basically, it’s just a way to take your money and preach to you.

A lack of personality was apparent in the heroine. As opposed to doing well, she put her feelings about Xavier first. I found Xavier’s perfection sickening. He’s good-looking, but what else makes you want him? No more talking about his hair and eyes.

I hated the climax. When these characters realize there is a demon in town, they do nothing. In the meantime, they “wait for higher authorities to intervene.”

It would be easy for me to go on, but I don’t want to.

The end.

Celaena Sardothien spent years in the Endovier death camps, where she would spend the rest of her life. Until, crown prince Dorian appoints her to enter a competition for the title of King’s Champion, who will tasked to do the King’s secret bidding. But when one by one, the competitors turn up dead, Celaena knows that something evil lurks in the castle.

This was a huge letdown for me. It mainly involves the writing and the major lead.

For someone who’s supposed to be a deadly assassin, ’s pretty weak. I get it. She's a girl who likes to be pretty and wear nice clothes and date popular boys (I actually love when female characters are both girly and badass at once). The problem is that she is so narcissistic and stubborn that you can't help but focus on the tooth-cringing parts of her personality. She never (or rarely) speaks without thinking first. Sometimes, she really lacks tact, not to mention good manners.

While none of the other characters got on my nerves quite as much as Miss Celaena , I felt like there could have been more work behind the scenes. This is because the entire story didn’t really engage me from start to finish for this reason.

You can tell someone didn’t really do their part of research. The setting and the way all characters behave could have been a bit more authentic. However, holy cow, the out of character moments are too much, even for a mediocre book.

In short, Celaena Sardothien is a Mary Sue. But even worse — she is an unlikable, vain, shallow, self-centered Mary Sue. And if you expect me to believe she’s a deadly killer, then you better think again.

Next, I will discuss how the competition itself was a let-down rather than a fight-to-the-death (or similar) scenario. We had a race, an archery competition, and wall climbing. And a lot of other things that happened off-screen.

Amidst all these competitions and training programs, the plot scattered into flirting banter, gatecrashing parties, and some girl-on-girl hating; as if the author wasn’t sure whether she wanted her novel to be the story of a ruthless assassin, or the romance of a ruthless assassin princess-wannabe.

So, no. The plot didn’t appeal to me. I didn’t like the characters. I don’t see myself continuing this series.

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This is a review of a rework.

Never got around to posting it. The first time I read Fallen, it was okay. Having to read it again makes me hate it. It makes me wonder how this book was so successful.

When Lucy encounters Daniel for the first time, he flips her off. In the following days, he ignored her, rejected her, accused her of stalking him, ditched her, suggested that she was annoying, and so on. GIRL, GET A HINT! It’s obvious that he doesn’t like you! The only thing mysterious in this book is why they fall in love or want anything to do with each other. Let me rethink that. They ARE meant to be together. Both of them are brats. Nobody else would want them.

Obsessively stalking him, she seeks him out repeatedly against all odds. What does she do when he tells her the truth? She runs away from the situation. Yes, that’s right. As a result, her stupid mind can’t handle information like a big fucking pansy.

It’s clear that she’s a useless idiot, and he’s a selfish, moronic asshole. There must be true love between them. The way Daniel treats Luce is disgusting. In accepting Daniel’s treatment of her, Luce internalizes it, agonizes over it, and still seeks him. Luce stands up to Daniel ONE FUCKING TIME and tells him not to treat her that way. He kisses her (just to shut her up) after which she stopped requesting that he treat her as an adult and as an equal, and he just continued to mutter cryptic things without explaining them since her puny female mind would never understand them.

The author does not know of angels. As well as the Bible. Religion. She shows no understanding of angels, their actual function, or how they differ from humans.

In this book, the relationship is so unbalanced. There is so much information Daniel never gives her because she needs to trust him, and her fragile mind cannot handle it. Second, their relationship is power imbalanced. The book almost opposes feminism. The only way to make a boy love you is to accept his treatment and endure his scorn and derision. This is supposed to be romantic. It’s supposed to be a genuine love story.

Would I like to continue this series? A rough outline of Torment has already been written. The review is just about finished. All I have to do is reread the book.

The book tells the story of Sabriel, the daughter of Abhorson. She received her father's necromancy tool, meaning he was either dead or alive. In an attempt to find her father, Sabriel leaves school. The adventure that follows is the story of her battle against the evil greater dead as the new Abhorson.

This was a book I read in middle school. Sabriel was a decent fantasy novel. As far as the second book goes, I can't remember if I read it or not.

The story relies heavily on an underdeveloped magic system. In my understanding, it involves speaking certain words that follow strict rules but are never fully explained to the audience.

The most frustrating part is that there’s no build to the magic, it’s just there.

I really wish I had liked Sabriel more than I actually did. I felt no connection with Sabriel since her emotions were rarely expressed, instead there was a massive amount of description about many other things that caused me to yawn endlessly. Her love interest is - well, not interesting. He was flat and dull.

Between the magic mayhem and the bland-to-non-existent-love, I never formed an emotional connection to any of the main characters or the plot.

It felt like I was being dragged on a journey rather than eagerly plunging into a new series.

I don’t see myself continue this series.