DNF at 25%

I think I'm officially calling quits on this one. I started reading this three months ago after falling in love with the first book and was a little startled when, after almost 50 pages, that I was starting to hate the characters that I had fallen in love with in Stolen Songbird. I decided at around the quarter mark that I would take a short break from it and pick it back up again after I had revitalized myself with another book. As you might have guessed, it didn't happen.

Cecile always seemed to straddle the line between endearingly pig-headed and annoying. I liked her a lot in Songbird, but she was almost unbearable in Hidden Huntress. Her life choices are questionable and her thought process is mind-boggling. I just didn't GET her and the fact that she was surrounded almost exclusively by annoying characters (her mother, her brother, and her friend whose name I don't even remember) also didn't help.

We also lose all the beautiful little romantic moments between Cecile and Tristan because they are separated for most of the book. Watching Tristan be repeatedly condemned for his decisions during Songbird while Cecile runs around footloose and fancy-free irked me.

There was so much potential with this series. I guess I'm going to just have to pretend that the series concluded with a purposeful open ending so readers can decide how Cecile and Tristan complete their mission.