The Book of Life

With all my complaining during my reading I'm sure it seemed I'd give it a lower score.... truthfully I'm feeling more 2.5 stars.
Yet, one fault I sincerely have with the book is that there is TOO much description. While I might not care about how the baby cradles are made out of four types of wood therefore super protected but alas, there are people who prefer to have all the information like that available.

My main concern is that the book seemed much longer than it needed to be. Had I started halfway through I'm sure I still would have understood what was going on.... a little confused but for the most part get it. There was a lot of language.

There was a bit of snobbiness but, I guess I can't blame the characters for that. On the other hand the overprotective-ness and seemingly unbearable situation of characters needing to spend mere months apart was... annoying.
In the end I think it comes down to the characters being so overdramatic. Scenes I didn't think were a big deal ended up in tears and horrible goodbyes. Scenes the thought would be full of action... were finished in a heartbeat. Little action, many words. Yeah, even though these are characters of action instead of words now (like Diana even says) the majority of action they do is fleeing country to country for no reason and worrying among each other.

This isn't to say that I didn't enjoy the series. The premise and basis of the story was so interesting and I absolutely loved how the creatures all connected. The imagery and writing were amazing.
I just feel let down by the ending of a story I thought would be mind blowing.

Do I recommend this series? I definitely think people should check it out.