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A review by agalaxyexplorer
Pegasus and the Rise of the Titans by Kate O'Hearn
2.0
2.5 stars.
I feel really disappointed that I didn't love this book nearly as much as I love the rest of the series. I want to say I loved it but I honestly didn't.
So why did i dislike this book compared to the other 4? Well I felt this book was rather slow paced and frustrating. The parts of the books I love the most are the interactions between Emily, Joel and Paelen, which this heavily lacked. I have come to love these characters I wanted more of them. My favourite part of the whole book was when Emily and Paelen escaped Mike and hastily travelled to Honolulu Zoo. That part was fast paced and familiar as part of the Pegasus series.
In addition, this series has introduced us to a new main character in each book. Lastly Stella was a strong willed character whom I grew to like. The 3rd book introduced Alexis, the sphinx. Although she annoyed me at first with her aggressive nature, I am now very fond of her. The 2nd book gave us Cupid. I loved having Cupid has part of 'the gang' and would have loved to have seen more of him. However, I cannot stress how much Lorin, this books new character, has frustrated me. I know she had been in a coma for years so has only a few years of life experience so was supposed to be a bratty child but damn it was annoying. Her need to find Emily and claim all that is hers was just so juvenile and chaotic. Also, the fact that Paelen has now taken to her has just completely blown my mind. I know she has 'changed' but seriously. My least favourite genre is romance. I don't mind romance within another genre if it is well structured and built up. However this feels completely futile and needless. People don't need to be in a relationship to get a happy ending. I am not buying that relationship one bit. I would have writen a different ending in which Lorin shows she's learned her lesson by giving her body to Emily so she no longer exists to be honest.
Moreover, what was with Joel's reaction at the end. This made appear to be a vain and simple which is not how he has been potrayed since maybe the start of the first book. This was needless. I've always thought that Emily should have chose Paelen but now I'm even more sold on this idea.
Nonetheless I loved the setting of Hawaii and the introduction to more native deities. The explanation of night dwellers and vampires was intresting and very believable. Details like this is what brings theses stories alive for me. I was actually relieved to find another appearance from the CRU as this part of the story was familiar and probably the best part.
Since the next book of this series is the last I will have to read it and hope it gets back to how the first 4 books were. Although I am annoyed to see Lorin mentioned in the next description but I am very intrested by the origins of the CRU. I also wanna see a revisit from Cupid but this will probably not happen.
I feel really disappointed that I didn't love this book nearly as much as I love the rest of the series. I want to say I loved it but I honestly didn't.
So why did i dislike this book compared to the other 4? Well I felt this book was rather slow paced and frustrating. The parts of the books I love the most are the interactions between Emily, Joel and Paelen, which this heavily lacked. I have come to love these characters I wanted more of them. My favourite part of the whole book was when Emily and Paelen escaped Mike and hastily travelled to Honolulu Zoo. That part was fast paced and familiar as part of the Pegasus series.
In addition, this series has introduced us to a new main character in each book. Lastly Stella was a strong willed character whom I grew to like. The 3rd book introduced Alexis, the sphinx. Although she annoyed me at first with her aggressive nature, I am now very fond of her. The 2nd book gave us Cupid. I loved having Cupid has part of 'the gang' and would have loved to have seen more of him. However, I cannot stress how much Lorin, this books new character, has frustrated me. I know she had been in a coma for years so has only a few years of life experience so was supposed to be a bratty child but damn it was annoying. Her need to find Emily and claim all that is hers was just so juvenile and chaotic. Also, the fact that Paelen has now taken to her has just completely blown my mind. I know she has 'changed' but seriously. My least favourite genre is romance. I don't mind romance within another genre if it is well structured and built up. However this feels completely futile and needless. People don't need to be in a relationship to get a happy ending. I am not buying that relationship one bit. I would have writen a different ending in which Lorin shows she's learned her lesson by giving her body to Emily so she no longer exists to be honest.
Moreover, what was with Joel's reaction at the end. This made appear to be a vain and simple which is not how he has been potrayed since maybe the start of the first book. This was needless. I've always thought that Emily should have chose Paelen but now I'm even more sold on this idea.
Nonetheless I loved the setting of Hawaii and the introduction to more native deities. The explanation of night dwellers and vampires was intresting and very believable. Details like this is what brings theses stories alive for me. I was actually relieved to find another appearance from the CRU as this part of the story was familiar and probably the best part.
Since the next book of this series is the last I will have to read it and hope it gets back to how the first 4 books were. Although I am annoyed to see Lorin mentioned in the next description but I am very intrested by the origins of the CRU. I also wanna see a revisit from Cupid but this will probably not happen.