Come Tumbling Down

Jack and Jill are both monsters, but how do you unmake a monster? By loving it, man.

Come Tumbling Down wasn't as fulfilling to me as the others. Jill essentially got Azula'd and it sucks? I don't necessarily want justice for Jill, but I want justice for the potential Jill had as a character. I absolutely would have lovedlovedloved to delve more into her headspace and the role of complex trauma, what with the descriptors of the Master as her father (a manipulative/abusive one that isolates her from all other contact and the frog is BOILING TO DEATH, GUYS) and Jill as his BRIDE and him wanting her bODY (i.e., blood).

I know Sticks and Bones was a prequel but so much emphasis was placed on Jack there, too, so it was a little disappointing that this one focused on Jack, too. I mean I get why the author wouldn't want to delve into how creepy and inappropriate the Master was, especially with all the warnings and foreshadowing we got in Sticks and Bones– it doesn't fit in with the tone of the book (it's not horror!!!!) and what was left unsaid about him and Jill's relationship is 100% worse nightmare fuel, but still. Still! I wanted more Jill Walcott. I wanted to see more of her in this instalment and I wanted more for her, too.

Gorgeous prose, as always. A little too expository in the beginning for what I like but I guess it made sense given the circumstances. The actual quest itself felt a little convoluted tbh. As always, I want more of the Moors. Is the system like a compass? If the Mad Scientists are in balance with the lesser vampires, then do the Drowned Gods balance the Werewolves? God, I love the Moors so much.