Fragile Eternity

Its okay...not amazing though..

I keep questioning myself: Why am I still following this series, despite being sorely disappointed by the first two installments? Oh, right. It was because a dear friend said she loves the last two volumes, and looking at reviews they do seem to be better. So I'm holding on. For now.

Anyway, this book does a great job in making me dislike nearly all the characters. Keenan, Donia, and the lovesick Seth. Aislinn I've never liked since the first book, and it doesn't help AT ALL that she keeps on repeating the same mistake in this one—over and over and over again. This book is filled with a lot of interactions, and well... depending on your taste, that can be really interesting or really draggy.

For me, it's the latter.

I read a review that was complaining about why Aislinn is still with Seth and how she should just be with Keenan. I wanted to gag. Are there really people out there who actually like Keenan? I'm certainly not one of them. I liked him all right in the first book, but I liked him with Donia. After Ink Exchange I really didn't care for him much either way, but now I don't want him with Aislinn or Donia. He's a whiny bitch. There's really no other way to describe him. And compared to Seth, he's pathetic.

I enjoyed Wicked Lovely and it took me a bit of time, but I loved Ink Exchange as well. Fragile Eternity brought the focus back onto the four-way love .... square? We had the added bonus of keeping Niall. But the shining star in this installment is Sorcha. She was not important at first, but she became so full and bright you couldn't ignore her - and you didn't want to.

Seth is still my favorite character. I've lost a little affection for Aislinn and I do wish we could stay with Donia more. These books just keep getting better. I'm at the sweet spot in the series where I still have two books to go. As long as Marr keeps writing the way she has in the last three books I'm in!