Kyla Jones Jones itibaren Haskayne, Ormskirk, Lancashire L39, UK
The treatment of Malvolio is a little too cruel, Belch and Aguecheek are a little too coarse, and the resolution is a little too abrupt, and so this excellent Shakespearean comedy falls a little short of perfection. Still, the poetry about music and the songs themselves are wonderful, Viola and Orsino are charming, and Feste is the wisest and best of clowns.
This was the first Heyer I'd read that was more of a mystery than a romance. In fact, the romance part of it was barely present, and up until the very end I was wondering how the two people involved were going to get together (I figured out fairly early on who would be matched with who.) The mystery in the book is developed more fully and I thought that it was very well done; it was suspenseful and I didn't figure out "who did it" until Heyer revealed it. All in all, not one of my all-time-favorite Heyers, but enjoyable.
After struggeling to accept the fact that Jace and Clary are brother and sister, I found myself, hesitating to turn each page. But after the initial shock, I resumbed to read just as thirstily as before. I found that this one in the series, had the biggest growth, Clary seems to become accepted into the world more freely. The book endures some huge changes. **SPOILERS** For example, Simon, changing into a vampire - that was the biggest one of me. My favourite part of the whole book, and possibly most inspiration piece of writting I read of the three books, was in here. The faery kindom part. The trickery of Clary licking the juices off her fingers, not realising that she has been trapped. And her onnly means of escape, is a kiss..."The fay will find the thing you most desire, and with a sting of a tail, you'd wished you never thought of it." Crushing Simon as he kisses her, and she is still not free. "She needs the kiss she desires most." And although I found the queen evil, I silently thanked her as I turned the page, hoping for another kiss between Jace and Clary - I wasn't disapointed. "It doesn't mean anything" - Jace says, but it's clear that's not true - and I think he was trying to convince himsself. The other part I find really brillaint is the part where Jace is locked in the runed prison, and he has to fly (leap) out of it, and I pray and pray, each time I read it, that he makes it - even though I know he must. The battle of the book, is brilliant. It's very agonising to read though, I was terrified that a charcater should die, Alec, or Simon, Isabelle, Mia or Clary - and I struggle to think the last name, Jace. It is clear that things are not all they seem between the siblings, both have special abbilities. All is not as it seems when Jace's life is saved, by the Inquisistor - who 'supposedly' hate him - the last words she says to him are "Your father would be proud of you" - which was a huge piece of a twisted jigsaw. All I can say is that by the end of the book I was heaving from excitment for the next intallment.
A beautiful but slightly confusing book about a young girl named Alma and an old man named Leo and how their stories become inextricably linked. Really interesting story, though I think I’ll need a second reading to really fully understand all the ways the stories end up connected.
** spoiler alert ** Follows the typical formula and contents of all other Jodi Picoult novels. 1) A trial of some kind 2) A crime involving a child of some kind 3) A moral complexity of some kind that will blur the lines between what is right and wrong 4) A twist you shouldn't see coming 5) An "unexpected" romance I don't mean to sound like I am mocking this, clearly, now that I have read 9 of her books there is something that I enjoy about them. At this point, I just know exactly what I am going to get. This book involves a trial of a father, who kidnapped his daughter when she was 4. Was he right, was he wrong for doing it? He had his reasons after all, reasons that are supposed to make you rethink how the law is applied in some circumstances.